Assault Brigade | The Worst Is Yet To Come | Underrated Underground Records

 

Release Date: September 5, 2025

Format: Digital

Genre: Thrash Metal

Country: Spain

Assault Brigade is an international thrash metal force born from the online community of the New Wave of Thrash Metal. The project was initially imagined as a wide collaborative experiment, but it soon focused into a three-man alliance of Salva Campuzano from Spain, Robson Dionisio from Brazil, and Helge Roe from Norway. What started as an online exchange of riffs and ideas grew into a cohesive band that gathered guest musicians from acts like Godless Agenda, Warfect, Audrey Horne, and Tilintetgjort to forge a debut that hits hard and without compromise.

“The Worst Is Yet To Come” is a blunt and furious take on the darker side of human existence. The album rushes forward with thrash intensity that recalls the late 80s and early 90s energy of bands that played with speed, spite and rawness. It doesn’t hide behind concept or complexity, everything is upfront, aggressive, and soaked in anger. The guitars attack with cutting precision, the bass keeps things grounded, and the drumming drives every riff forward like a tank. Vocally, Helge Roe delivers a venomous performance, nailing themes of death, war, fanaticism, and decay that matches the violence of the music.

Tracks such as “We Love Death More Than You Love Life” and “Into The Meatgrinder” are merciless bursts of thrash warfare, fast and relentless, while “Atrocities Of God” and “Man Is The Warmest Place To Hide” dig into the band’s darker lyrical side, mixing biblical imagery with horror and irony. “Birds Aren’t Real” brings a touch of conspiracy-fueled madness, delivered with sardonic bite, and “At The Threshold Of Death” closes the album with a grim, fatal calmness that suits its title perfectly. The production keeps the sound raw but balanced, allowing the aggression to come through without softening the edges.

“The Worst Is Yet To Come” sounds fast, loud, and honest. There’s no pretense, no dressing things up. It’s about riffs, rage, and reality. For a debut made across continents by musicians working remotely, it captures the unity of purpose and energy that keeps underground metal alive. A strong debut that delivers the chaos and fury it promises. Straightforward thrash with bite, attitude and substance, proof that global collaboration can still sound raw and real.

Score: 7.0

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