ASSASSIN - Interstellar Experience CD

Reissue in jewelcase, Comes in slipcase with poster.

There are mysteries that abound when one contemplates the space beyond, including but not limited to the scope of the universe, what does existence exist, and why do many seem compelled to beat up on Assassin's often dismissed or outright maligned sophomore album. To be forthcoming, it is an inferior offering when matched against the sheer ferocity of The Upcoming Terror, the steel-clad tank division of a debut thrasher that arguably put them in the running for the fifth slot of a hypothetical Teutonic Big 5 just after Tankard, but the figurative albatross of mediocrity that is often hung around this album's neck doesn't really jive with what's actually going on musically speaking. Whether it be the album's sub-30 minute duration (as if Slayer's Reign In Blood didn't come out two years prior) or the occasional asides into comical territory as if Nuclear Assault should be compelled to sing either exclusively about politics and the environment or video games and pizza, these poor Dusseldorf-born thrash maniacs' 1988 studio LP Interstellar Experience is mysteriously the butt of dismissive criticism. But as the old X Files adage goes and much like the album's cover art, the truth is out there.