---
title: "Nuclear Assault"
type: "MusicGroup"
url: "https://themetalnet.com/band/nuclear-assault"
genre: "Thrash Metal"
country: "United States"
formed: 1985
disbanded: 2022
---

# Nuclear Assault

**Nuclear Assault** is a thrash metal band, from United States, active 1985 to 2022.

Nuclear Assault was an American thrash metal band formed in New York City in 1984. Part of the mid-to-late 1980s thrash metal movement, they were one of the main bands of the genre to emerge from the East Coast, along with Overkill, Whiplash, Toxik, Carnivore, and Anthrax, the last of which was co-founded by Nuclear Assault bassist Dan Lilker, who had been fired from Anthrax shortly after the release of their first album. Nuclear Assault released five full-length albums and toured relentlessly throughout the 1980s and early 1990s, and broke up in 1995. The band reunited briefly in 1997, and permanently from 2001 to 2008 and again from 2011 to 2022.

Biography source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_Assault

## Facts

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Name | Nuclear Assault |
| Genre | Thrash Metal |
| Parent genre | Thrash Metal |
| Origin | Queens, United States |
| Formed | 1985 |
| Disbanded | 2022 |
| Releases in catalog | 9 |

## Genres

[Thrash Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/thrash-metal) · [Crossover Thrash Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/crossover-thrash) · [Heavy Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/heavy-metal) · [Speed Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/speed-metal)

## Line-up

| Musician | Instruments | Years | Status |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Dan Lilker](https://themetalnet.com/musician/dan-lilker) |  | 1984 to present | Current |
| [Erik Burke](https://themetalnet.com/musician/erik-burke) | Guitar | 2002 to present | Current |
| [John Connelly](https://themetalnet.com/musician/john-connelly) |  | 1984 to present | Current |
| [Glenn Evans](https://themetalnet.com/musician/glenn-evans) |  | 1985 to present | Current |
| [Scott Metaxas](https://themetalnet.com/musician/scott-metaxas) |  |  | Current |
| [Dave DiPietro](https://themetalnet.com/musician/dave-dipietro) | Guitar | 1992 to 1995 | Former |
| [Anthony Bramante](https://themetalnet.com/musician/anthony-bramante) |  | 1986 to 2002 | Former |

## Discography

| Year | Release | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1986 | [Game Over](https://themetalnet.com/album/12925f90-10a4-4520-82b5-e990da36bf3a) | Album |
| 1987 | [The Plague](https://themetalnet.com/album/f063c69b-1d39-3a9e-8f1a-3091c4a006c4) | EP |
| 1988 | [Fight to Be Free / Brain Death](https://themetalnet.com/album/53c61f7e-f6e1-4fec-90b1-941efd393b6e) | EP |
| 1988 | [Survive](https://themetalnet.com/album/22898c6b-5714-3b79-83d5-35c4a35e7a00) | Album |
| 1989 | [Handle With Care](https://themetalnet.com/album/7e83ef6a-c988-300e-a942-996b91cea268) | Album |
| 1991 | [Out of Order](https://themetalnet.com/album/05b741cf-1ef1-3214-985f-f5c02099c49c) | Album |
| 1993 | [Something Wicked](https://themetalnet.com/album/d43cdb75-3e7d-3534-8a31-67f7711d4c5f) | Album |
| 2005 | [Third World Genocide](https://themetalnet.com/album/dac24ad2-6100-348c-ac90-5a06daef1e29) | Album |
| 2015 | [Pounder](https://themetalnet.com/album/b1f9c43d-5723-48d7-8cde-5fbf0bdb59cc) | EP |

## Related bands

- [Slayer](https://themetalnet.com/band/slayer) (listened together)
- [Testament](https://themetalnet.com/band/testament) (listened together)
- [Anthrax](https://themetalnet.com/band/anthrax) (listened together)
- [Overkill](https://themetalnet.com/band/overkill) (listened together)
- [Kreator](https://themetalnet.com/band/kreator) (listened together)
- [Exodus](https://themetalnet.com/band/exodus) (listened together)
- [Sodom](https://themetalnet.com/band/sodom) (listened together)
- [Death Angel](https://themetalnet.com/band/death-angel) (listened together)
- [Venom](https://themetalnet.com/band/venom) (listened together)
- [Annihilator](https://themetalnet.com/band/annihilator) (listened together)
- [Destruction](https://themetalnet.com/band/destruction) (listened together)
- [Municipal Waste](https://themetalnet.com/band/municipal-waste) (listened together)

## Official and external links

- youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/NuclearAssaultVideos
- metal archives: https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Nuclear_Assault/121
- x: https://twitter.com/NuclearAssault_
- deezer: https://www.deezer.com/artist/241440
- spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/2iu7W76DMacXn6hzAqmJJU
- apple music: https://music.apple.com/us/artist/137951351
- bandcamp: https://nuclearassaultmerch.bandcamp.com/
- facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NuclearAssaultOfficial

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Source: [TheMetalNet https://themetalnet.com/band/nuclear-assault](https://themetalnet.com/band/nuclear-assault). Catalog data from MusicBrainz and Metal Archives. Full site index: https://themetalnet.com/llms.txt