Nuclear Assault

When bassist Dan Lilker was booted out of Anthrax in 1984, he went on to start a rival band with one of the thrash metal act's former vocalists, John Connelly. Nuclear Assault enjoyed some modest success during the '80s before eventually breaking up in 1995, but they've reformed a few times since then. Their first Japan trip since 2007 sees them accompanied by Michigan death metallers The Black Dahlia Murder, plus additional support from long-running Japanese thrash metal act United.