Editing Nuclear Assault (section)

===First three albums and rise to fame (1986–1990)===
Nuclear Assault's second demo ''Live, Suffer, Die'' was recorded in 1985 and they began touring the United States consistently. The band signed a multi-album contract with [[Combat Records]] and recorded the ''[[Game Over (Nuclear Assault album)|Game Over]]'' album in April 1986, released to critical acclaim later that year.{{citation needed|date=June 2019}} ''Game Over'' was followed by an extended play called [[The Plague (Nuclear Assault EP)|''The Plague'']], which was released to coincide with a 1987 European tour with [[Agent Steel]] and [[Atomkraft]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.metallipromo.com/na.html|title=Nuclear assault tour history with flyers|website=www.metallipromo.com|access-date=June 21, 2019|archive-date=May 27, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190527005811/http://metallipromo.com/na.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Later, feeling constrained by their contract with Combat, the band signed with [[I.R.S. Records]] and released ''[[Survive (Nuclear Assault album)|Survive]]'' in 1988.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bsnpubs.com/aandm/irs.html|title=I.R.S. label history|website=www.bsnpubs.com|access-date=June 21, 2019|archive-date=July 23, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190723005322/http://www.bsnpubs.com/aandm/irs.html|url-status=live}}</ref> The album reached number 145 on the U.S. [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] chart<ref name="Billboard">{{cite magazine|url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=nuclear assault|chart=all}}|title=Artist Chart History - Nuclear Assault|magazine=Billboard|publisher=Nielsen Business Media|access-date=July 6, 2009}}</ref> and Nuclear Assault set off on a 180-day world tour<ref name=":0" /> in the United States and Europe; first as an opening act for [[Slayer]] and later headlining with British group [[Acid Reign]] as a support act.<ref name="MusicMight">{{cite web|url=http://www.musicmight.com/artist/united+states/new+york/new+york+city/nuclear+assault|title=Nuclear Assault biography|last=Sharpe-Young|first=Garry|publisher=[[MusicMight]]|access-date=July 6, 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090530134435/http://www.musicmight.com/artist/united+states/new+york/new+york+city/nuclear+assault|archive-date=May 30, 2009}}</ref> The Survive soundtrack was featured in the underground film on I.R.S. Media ''Blood & Concrete''. The band's next album, 1989's ''[[Handle with Care (Nuclear Assault album)|Handle with Care]]'', would see the band at their commercial peak, hitting the U.S. chart at number 126,<ref name="Billboard" /> and peaking in the [[UK Albums Chart]] at No.&nbsp;60,<ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums">{{cite book
| first= David
| last= Roberts
| year= 2006
| title= British Hit Singles & Albums
| edition= 19th
| publisher= Guinness World Records Limited 
| location= London
| isbn= 1-904994-10-5
| page= 398}}</ref> with more touring, including a trip to Japan and a U.S. tour opening for [[Testament (band)|Testament]] and [[Savatage]].<ref name=":0" /> The band released their first live album, ''Live at the Hammersmith Odeon (Nuclear Assault album)'', in 1990,<ref name="Allmusic" /> but internal troubles were causing problems for the band.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.voicesfromthedarkside.de/Interviews/NUCLEAR-ASSAULT--7032.html|title=NUCLEAR ASSAULT - interview|website=www.voicesfromthedarkside.de|access-date=June 21, 2019|archive-date=June 21, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190621170421/https://www.voicesfromthedarkside.de/Interviews/NUCLEAR-ASSAULT--7032.html|url-status=live}}</ref>