Assault

Assault was formed in June 2006 by vocalist Clarence and later joined by guitarist Hanesh and bassist Syaz. After several lineup changes, Rhythm Guitarist Noh joined the band in March 2010, Hanafi our newest member on drums joined the band in February 2018.

The group debut 4-track EP, titled "The Exceptions of the Rebellions “was released on 10th February 2011, the EP was recorded and mixed by “Cedric Chew, Inversion Studio”, it garnering many positive reviews from reputable heavy metal website & magazine worldwide, one such webzine is locally based Heavy Metal Tribune webzine, the EP was also reviewed on Decibel Magazine, being one of the very few Singapore Bands to be on the world renowned US based metal magazine.

In 2011, Assault toured heavily to support their EP release covering Philippines, Malaysia, Thailand (Headliner) & Singapore (Headliner). In February 2012, the band opens for Metalucifer (Japan) alongside established local bands (Rudra & Draconis Infernum).

In September 2012, Assault was the opening band for Decapitated (Poland) & alongside Nervecell (Dubai) in Zouk Singapore by Cynical Sound Singapore, this performance further establishes the band experience on bigger stage. The band started recording its debut album “The Fallen Reich” in January 2013 and completed in August 2016 with Typhoon Studio & Inversion Studio, the recording process spanning across a 3 years’ period marks the band emphasis on song-writing and recording quality.

In September 2016, Assault return back onto the live circuit by performing on two separate album launch for Ilemauzar and Rudra respectively. The band was signed to Transcending Obscurity Asia on September 2016 for the release of the debut album “The Fallen Reich”.
In January 2017 the band supported Italian Black/Death Metal Band “Hiss from the Moat” Asia Tour – Singapore Stop.

The band first full-length album “The Fallen Reich” was released on 10 May 2017 worldwide by Transcending Obscurity Asia, with mixing/mastering handle by Cedric Chew, Inversion Studio. The band successfully had its first album launch in Singapore on 2 July 2017. Assault is also one of the first Singapore music group to perform in Mongolia and being the first South-East Asia metal band to headline fourth edition of Noise International Metal Festival in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia on 16 September 2017.

The band also received the recognition for the “Best Release of the Year – Singapore” awarded by Global Metal Apocalypse website for its debut album “The Fallen Reich” in December 2017. In January 2018, its debut album “The Fallen Reich” made it onto Bandwagon top 45 standout Singapore music release.


The Fallen Reich Album Review -

Assault plays a musical style that takes melodic death metal and mixes it in with modern thrash to create a sound of their own, the production sounds very professional while the lyrics cover war, rebellions, and death themes. - Variety of Death Zine

Assault are another living proof that the South-East Asian Metal region is as brutal as it once was and that there is no signs of slowing down, sure it's taken the Singaporean unit 11 years to drop their debut album but f*cking hell it was worth the wait! No nonsense Melodic Death Metal comes crashing into Thrash Metal and Metalcore influences that give their debut album 'The Fallen Reich' the privilege of sticking the middle finger up at the overloaded Swedish Melodic Death Metal scene. Remember how extreme Impiety are? Well Assault have improved on that extreme nature and with their sound are sure to cause a shockwave across the wider Asian Metal scene; it might even have enough gusto to perk ears up in Europe. - Metal Music Review

Assault are considered to be the hidden secret of Singaporean metal, with a potent deaththrash sound that mixes ferocity and killer melodies into some excellent songs. Their new record, ‘The Fallen Reich’, looks to capture the hearts and minds of those of us lucky enough to come across it, and will be another standard bearer for music from the region.
- Those once royal webzine