In Search of Sanity (Reis) [Original recording remastered]

Onslaught | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 30, 2006)
• Original Release Date: 2006
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Original recording remastered
• Label: Candlelight
• ASIN: B000I2IZ5W
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #72,071 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Reissue of the legendary 3rd album, originally released on the major label London records in 1989. This album was a milestone in thrash/heavy metal music and still sounds great today. Remastered and includes upgraded artwork.

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Onslaught - 'In Search Of Sanity' (Blackened Records), July 15, 2008

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Mike Reed (USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: In Search of Sanity (Reis) (Audio CD)

I remember this late '80's metal release, believe it featured former Grim Reaper vocalist / frontman Steve Grimmett (one of hell's true rejects - keep in mind he's on this Onslaught record only). Tunes here I got the most out of were the title track "In Search For Sanity", the in-your-face "Lightning War", their decent cover of AC/DC's anthem "Let There Be Rock" and "Welcome To Dying". Might draw in fans of Celtic Frost, Possessed, King Diamond and Cryptic Slaughter {have always loved that name}. Not bad at all.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Onslaught : "In Search Of Sanity", April 2, 2004

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Masked Jackal (Ft. Lauderdale, FL United States) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: In Search of Sanity (Audio CD)

Excellent. A Masterpiece.

This sounds like early day Metallica. The riffs are incredible, and the crunch is some of the best I've heard since the days of "Killem All" and "Ride The Lightning"....

Ex- Grim Reaper vocalist S. Grimmet makes this release extra special. He's got a perfect voice for this kind of music, and this is the only release he did with Onslaught. I don't know what this would sound like without him. I think he's great...

The guitars are melodic, and very catchy. The overall sound is very old-school, and it's great to hear Onslaught putting forth this kind of effort. It's a mixture between 80's Metallica riffs, and 80's Maiden vocals IMO....

You wont be disappointed. This was one of the strongets Thrash Metal releases when it came out. It's unfortunate it didn't get the praise it highly deserves. Songs like "Shellshock", "Blood Upon The Ice", and "Blitzkrieg" are incredible...

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Power Play, January 14, 2007

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Hex "Hexen525" (Nowhere MT) - See all my reviews

This review is from: In Search of Sanity (Reis) (Audio CD)

I have owned this disk since 1990, and I must say it's an excellent choice. Steve Grimmet(ex-Grim Reaper front man) is at some of his best here. Rob Trotman and Nige Rockett do some sweet guitar on this. The first "song" is not really a song at all, but 5+ minutes of sound effects. This kind of stuff you can play on Halloween to scare the kids. The rest of the disk is solid. Good fret work, solid timings, and some edge to those guitars. There are covers of AC/DC's Let there be Rock and Angel Witch's Confused(both done real well), but the center piece is the 12+ minute long epic Welcome to Dying. A song that I think is about someone on life support. Sheer metal offerings here.

Now, I have not heard the remaster. But on the original there was a mixing issue. The drums are entirely too loud. They drowned out most of the bass guitar and sits on top of the rest of the music a bit. I had my CD player running through an EQ for a while to bring the guitars back up to par, but in the end it didn't sound right that way. I got used to the mix eventually. Not really a bad thing, but slightly annoying, might be fixed on remaster.