Something Wicked (album)
Something Wicked is the fifth studio album by American thrash metal band Nuclear Assault, released on February 23, 1993 by I.R.S. Records.
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| Released | February 23, 1993 | |||
| Recorded | August 3 – September 7, 1992 | |||
| Studio | IRS Studios, Los Angeles, California | |||
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| Length | 38:17 | |||
| Label | I.R.S. | |||
| Producer | Nuclear Assault | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal | 6/10[2] |
This is the first and only album not to feature founding members Dan Lilker and Anthony Bramante, as they departed in 1992 before the recording process began. Their replacements, Scott Metaxas and Dave DiPietro, were both part of the final Prophet line-up that recorded the Recycled album; DiPietro had also previously played in T.T. Quick with drummer Glenn Evans. Something Wicked would also be Nuclear Assault's final studio album for 12 years, until the release of Third World Genocide in 2005.
The record is considered a slight departure from the band's early hardcore punk/thrash metal roots, by incorporating a slower groove metal sound.[1] The title track was released as a music video. The song is featured in the end credits of the 1993 film Warlock: The Armageddon and in the 2017 film It.
Track listing
All songs written and composed by Nuclear Assault
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "Something Wicked" | 4:42 |
| 2. | "Another Violent End" | 5:10 |
| 3. | "Behind Glass Walls" | 4:09 |
| 4. | "Chaos" | 3:57 |
| 5. | "The Forge" | 5:14 |
| 6. | "No Time" | 5:19 |
| 7. | "To Serve Man" | 2:27 |
| 8. | "Madness Descends" | 4:31 |
| 9. | "Poetic Justice" | 2:48 |
| 10. | "Art" | 0:09 |
| 11. | "The Other End" | 0:39 |
Credits
- Nuclear Assault
- John Connelly – lead vocals, guitar
- Dave DiPietro – lead guitar, backing vocals
- Scott Metaxas – bass, backing vocals
- Glenn Evans – drums
- Guest musicians
- Steve Hunter – special performance on "Behind Glass Walls"
- Karl Cochran – 12-string guitar on "No Time"
- Ray Gillen, Allan Anderson, Michael Sterlacci – gang vocals
- Production
- Scott Gordon – engineer
- George Marino – mastering at Sterling Sound, New York
References
- Rivadavia, Eduardo. "Nuclear Assault- Something Wicked review". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved 2021-05-12.
- Popoff, Martin (1 August 2007). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 3: The Nineties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 321. ISBN 978-1-894959-62-9.