Customer Reviews
Nailbomb - 'Point Blank' (Roadrunner)
Nailbomb was a side project of Fudge Tunnel's Alex Newport and Sepultura's Max Cavalera. 'Point Blank' is the first of two releases by this short-lived band. Boy,is this CD H-E-A-V-Y!!Maybe too heavy for it's own good. It's decent,though. Good industrial metal to take in,that is if you're willing. All thirteen cuts kick ass,like "Wasting Away","24 Hour Bullsh*t","Cockroaches" and "Sick Life" especially. Just might appeal to some fans of Godflesh,Corrosion Of Conformity,Ministry and Napalm Death.
Classic Thrash
Oh well. For years I hunted CD stores looking for another CD of this band, but then I found out it was a one time side project deal. . . it's just one of those classic "must have" Cd's like SOD, or Evil Dead.
It's basically like the other reviews - take the best guitars and aggression from Sepultura and that "brazillian" sound, and electrify it with some techno bits and samples. It is so flipping awesome, I love it. Some of the riffs are just badass. . .
Must have if you're a metal head.
A Landmark Album
Ministry was the first to use a two-man operation, a guitarist / vocalist, a bass player, and a drum machine, to play guitar driven industrial. While Nailbomb may not be the most original band, they're one of the most powerful. Following in the footsteps of Ministry were Skrew, Rig, Godflesh, and Nailbomb. Next to Godflesh, Nailbomb was the best of the followers.
Max Cavelera, of the well-known Sepultura, plays guitar and Alex Newport, of the less well-known Fudge Tunnel, plays bass. Together they made some of the heaviest and fastest industrial metal ever made.
The suggested intensity and violence on the cover of "Point Blank" are a good preview of what the music is like. Also, the real life picture is sure to repel the antiwar hippie types, which is probably an intentional thing.
The album has a military feel to it, but not in a patriotic sense. It's more like a full-scale destructive assault for destructions sake. The diving, grinding guitars have an acidic quality and can eat a hole right through flesh. The hammering drums can knock holes in brick walls.
The album kicks off with the hyper-speed "Wasted Life", which foreshadow the punk nihilism that partly defines the lyrical theme of the album. The music along with the lyric gives a "nothing to lose type" feeling of freedom. "Sum of Your Achievements", "For F:(ks Sake", "World of S:(t", and "Sick Life" drive their message home.
The album is worth owning for the one of the greatest thrash anthems of all time, "Sick Life". Lyrical and musically, it's a glorious moment in all of music. Forget my friends, they already forgot me!" and "Because I hate myself" is some of the greatest sing along lines ever. The sawing guitars and hammering beat give away to a scream and heavy guitar power cords that lift you up like an explosion. The song falls apart into feedback and chaos in almost reminiscent of Sonic Youth. Then, it comes out even more powerful than before. It's easily one of the greatest songs of all time.
There are very few albums out there can pummel your head like this one. If you have the bravery to listen to it, you will be forever changed.
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