10 Awesome Thrash Metal Bands With One Terrible Album

Where the hell is Sy Keeler?

This question was the main one fans found themselves pondering when Onslaught unveiled a new, notably less popular frontman in 1989. Steve Grimmet was thrust upon the band owing to the label's discontent with the work they had been putting together initially. The group were told in harshly plain circumstances that either Keeler had to go or they all did.

Consequently, the English thrash ensemble unfortunately fell off a cliff on the quality front with their third LP. With a title that perfectly sums up the state of those who listened to it more than once, the album stumbles blindly through a selection of humdrum thrash tracks that offer little in the way of originality.

As is so often the case with bands, the frontman made up much of the group's attitude. While Grimmet had good success later on with Grim Reaper, his style simply didn't wow listeners here the way Keeler's had in the years prior. Worse still is the odd move into covers with a hammy rendition of AC/DC's already corny 'Let There Be Rock'.

Given its commercial success, the album cannot be considered a total failure. That being said, much of the prior buzz that helped its sales were generated from the budding reputation they'd built with Keeler. The group disbanded a couple of years later and, despite a 2007 reunion, never reached the full potential they initially had.