While it can sometimes just be a bit too speedy and brutal without much difference and can get a bit samey, the times when this band try and shake it up with the more technical playing and the breakdowns are easily some of the best parts. I am also a massive fan of the length of this album, which keeps it from being boring, and the bass playing throughout has a very prominent roll which causes it to have a pretty unique sound, especially for the time

SwftVenom

Sadus are what I’d imagine to be the result if Kreator never got big and German-style thrash stayed underground. It doesn’t seem like much at the surface level but once you dig enough, you find a hidden gem. Now Illusions isn’t the most revolutionary thrash album out there, taking an American spin on the aforementioned German-style, with more technical parts, but ever so slightly that you can barely notice it. Sadus go for more speed and brutality rather than technicality and ... read more

Dragonaut_512

29 minutes of pure aggression. One of the strongest thrash debuts of all time.

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Track List

1	Certain Death 4:14
2	Undead 4:03
3	Sadus Attack 1:44
4	Torture 2:25
5	And Then You Die 1:46
6	Hands of Fate 3:56
7	Twisted Face 2:00
8	Fight or Die 2:53
9	Illusions 3:50
10	(Chemical Exposure) 2:16