Onslaught break out crunching riffs, galloping guitar runs and clanking bass, throughout In Search Of Sanity, as if the clock were turned back to the mid '80's and the scene was set in "Bashland" (aka San Francisco). Drawing heavily on early day Metallica, with former Grim Reaper troll, Steve Grimmett, fronting the English thrash band, Onslaught send it down with speed and aggression. In Search of Sanity finally saw the light of day in the spring of 1989. It entered the UK national charts at 36 and peaked at number 1 in the specialist metal equivalent. In Search Of Sanity opens with the haunting strains of the mind-numbing "Asylum", a five-minute instrumental of disturbing rubber room ambient sounds. What follows is old school Bay Area mayhem, as Onslaught unleash heavy hitters such as "Blood Upon The Ice" and "Power Play". "Welcome To Dying", a slow, yet grinding number, which builds as it peaks, is the most ambitious song from the disc, consuming almost thirteen minutes of air play. Tossed into the mix is a cover of the mighty AC/DC's legendary '70's riveting anthem, "Let There Be Rock".