Illusions (Sadus album)

1988 studio album by Sadus

Illusions

Studio album by

Sadus

Released| July 1988
Recorded| April 1988
Studio| Starlight Sound Studios
Genre| Thrash metal
Length| 29:07
Label| Independent/Roadrunner
Sadus chronology
| D.T.P.
(1986)  | Illusions
(1988)  | Swallowed in Black
(1990)

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Chemical Exposure cover

Cover of "Chemical Exposure", released in 1991.

Professional ratingsReview scores

Source| Rating
AllMusic| [1]

Illusions is the debut studio album of Sadus originally released in 1988. It was re-issued on CD by Roadrunner Records as Chemical Exposure in 1991, and again in 2006 with two bonus tracks.

Reissued by Displeased Records in 2007 with eight bonus tracks and a videoclip.

## Music

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In his review of the album, Eduardo Rivadavia of AllMusic assessed that stylistically, Illusions "stood balanced on a knife's edge between the already fading (though few were aware of it) thrash scene and the death metal movement about to replace it. [...] Tracks like "Certain Death," "Torture," "Fight or Die," and even the rather funny "Sadus Attack" played by the former style's unfailingly frantic, break-neck speed rules, rarely ever slowing down to preempt the latter's greater dynamic diversity. But the young Sadus players' already awesome technical abilities clearly belonged with the next generation of post-thrash deathsters." Hence, the material on Illusions is considered by critics to be technically superior to many other Bay area thrash bands of the time.[2]

## Reception

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Eduardo Rivadavia of AllMusic gave the album four stars out of five, commending the musicianship and expressing his belief that the band surpassed many Bay area trash metal bands technically.[2]

## Track listing

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All tracks are written by Sadus.

No.| Title| Length

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1.| "Certain Death"| 4:12
2.| "Undead"| 4:00
3.| "Sadus Attack"| 1:44
4.| "Torture"| 2:22
5.| "And Then You Die"| 1:44
6.| "Hands of Fate"| 3:54
7.| "Twisted Face"| 1:57
8.| "Fight or Die"| 2:53
9.| "Illusions"| 3:47
10.| "Chemical Exposure"| 2:16
Total length:| 29:07

## 2006 Reissue bonus tracks

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1.   2. "Desolator" (Demo) - 3:50
3. Torture (Demo) - 2:43

## 2007 Reissue bonus tracks

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1. "Sadus Attack (demo)"
2. "Torture (demo)"
3. "Kill Team (demo)"
4. "Desolator (demo)"
5. "Fight or Die (demo)"
6. "Twisted Face (demo)"
7. "Number One (demo)"
8. "Hands of Fate (demo)"
9. "Certain Death (video clip)"

## Credits

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* Darren Travis – guitar, vocals
* Rob Moore – guitar
* Steve Di Giorgio – bass
* Jon Allen – drums

## Charts

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### Monthly

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Year  | Chart  | Position

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2007  | Poland (ZPAV Top 100)  | 90[3]

## References

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1. ^ Rivadavia, Eduardo. Illusions at AllMusic. Retrieved March 29, 2021.
2. ^ a b Chemical Exposure - Sadus | Album | AllMusic, retrieved May 24, 2025
3. ^ "Związek Producentów Audio-Video :: Polish Society of the Phonographic Industry". February 23, 2007. Archived from the original on February 23, 2007.

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Sadus

* Darren Travis
* Steve Di Giorgio
* Jon Allen

Studio albums|

* Illusions
* Swallowed in Black
* A Vision of Misery
* Elements of Anger
* Out for Blood
* The Shadow Inside

Compilation albums|

* Chronicles of Chaos

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* MusicBrainz release group

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Album artwork by Rickey-Lee Rogers

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