I feel like they did top the brutality at "Abandon All Life", they kind of dialed it back and it really turned out in the album's favour. Abandon All Life was a bit too samey and boring.
Craig Mailman Ok, that's cool. Just thought bringing up Grohl's taste in music (when he's well known to have loved Metal for decades) in the way Sam did was a little weird.
what are you talking about? Dave's project Probot was a homage to all of the metal bands he grew up listening to and also before Nirvana he came up in the hardcore punk scene and had was in the band Scream. I think he is very qualified to have an opinion.
***** i think Nails are not your typical metal band i would say soundwise they are very close to hardcore, so it makes perfect sense. Napalm Death for all your deep description of them started out as a hardcore band. Grindcore as a genre is very much related to hardcore and punk. Don't get me wrong i think his band Foo Fighters is garbage but i think he has lot of knowledge on underground punk and metal.
Good call on Entombed production. HM2 pedal (or clone) is definitely present. That sound has definitely gotten overplayed over the last few years all of which was inspired by Entombed setup.
I really like what you do with this channel, but you should really get rid of the unrelated concert shots during the audio samples. Just show the album cover, that's cool enough
I always liked this band. They've got a lot of hardcore punk credibility. First album with their more hardcore influence will always my favorite though.
I think Kurt is a great producer but he's more of an engineer getting the sounds just right. He's produced the likes of Nails, Black Breath and Every time I die and all of these albums have sounded great on vinyl and CD.
you must seriously be half deaf if you think this album sounds anything near good..... if you want to hear what a well produced grindcore album sounds like listen to sickening bliss by regurgitate
First of all, thanks for taking the dimension of hype into account. I think it's important to discuss this phenomenon when trying to bring forth an honest review. That being said i loved this release. Always digged their style. Unsilent Death remains my no.1 though. Now, i gotta say i agree with some of the others here, and think you should lay off the stock concert videos, and fill the screen with artwork, bandpics or bits of lyrics. Again thank you, this is an awesome channel, and it's fantastic to see you on screen again, Sam.
I love discovering new tunes, definitely buying this and putting it on the playlist for Saturdays party. Thanks Sam and all you guys and gals at BANGER, solid review, great band, can't wait for more \m/
It's a bummer to see Nails blow up like this. The band has always been designed to offer a very specific listener the shit they love. Having a broader appeal means that all these fucktards are gonna start bitching about applying their own expectations onto one of the greatest hardcore bands of all time. Also, this new record is essentially just grindcore.
I think it's a good thing. NAILS are pure brutality and hopefully their straight-forward, no non-sense approach will clean the slate of all that sing/scream HotTopic-Core out there.
Good review. I really appreciate that u took the comments under consideration and reviewed this album. though I thought u shud have given it at least 4 out of 5. but anyway. opinions differ. like I said earlier. keep up the good work.
Good review, Sam, and a good decision to go to a 5-scale. Should give you some more wiggle room when you're in doubt. (Especially if still do halves) Imo, this record is top 3 of the albums I've heard so far this year, but I'm 90% confident that album of the year (for me) will be the new Hellbringer album. For people interested, look them up. It's Thrash from Australia and the production is VERY similar to Slayer's 'Hell Awaits'.
Its hilarious seeing all these cowardly casuals calling Nails shit. We get it, you can't handle actual extreme music. Enjoy your Dragonforce record fool.
I loved the album and one of my fav. Yet I felt the bass is mixed to high and as the bass has distortion and will hear how it clash with the guitar riffs. That is the only down side of the album.
I'm not even a fan of "Extreme" metal, more of an old school fan, Slayer, Maiden and Ozzy is my speed and love. But I love music from all over the place, NAILS tempo changes and pure bludgeoning power has made a fan of me. This is about as heavy as I like however, the ceiling if you will... never know where great tunes are going to come from.
If a Reign in Blood is a 5, this is an easy 4. The production on this album is very good and it sounds great in a truck with powerful subs. It’s a pleasureable album to listen to and will convert most people when forced upon them.
I only heard of this band and the song "You Will Never Be One of Us" just a couple of months ago. Thought it was extremely heavy as all fucktacularity.
This is a solid review, but I don't think it makes sense to expect a band like Nails to come out with "Album of the Year." They're really not the kind of band that aims for any of the keywords you'd associate with that title. They make relentlessly pummeling, punishing, head-smashing music, and I think they delivered on that front on this record even more than they have on their previous releases. Each album they've put out has been a step beyond what they did previously. I dunno, I just would never expect a band like Nails to strive to make an album as ULTRA-LEGENDARY as one that might be called "Album of the Year." They're completely straightforward about what they do, even if it's not as technical or melodic or emotive as other music. They're here to make your head explode, and this album definitely delivers on that front. Just my two cents.
I'm liking BANGER's reviews more by the day but you desperately need to extend your rating scale. Giving 3 out of 5 to everything is very limiting in my opinion.
I've discovered a lot of cool music from Fantano and he has perfected his review style, but I've noticed an annoying trend from him over time. New, obscure-ish band releases first or breakthrough album, Anthony loves it and sings its praise. Same band releases a new album that gets a little bit more attention and now he gives it a luke-warm review because they aren't as obscure anymore. Older commercial rock band from his youth releases long-awaited new album, he acts like the record gave him literal cancer. If I know a band or album has a little bit of hype behind it I almost always know that Fantano's going to shit on it.
Excellent effort from Nails once again but at 22 minutes it's really an Ep not a full album. Hell, the excellent Behind-Beyond from Spirit Adrift clocks in 28:30 with only two songs! Excellent breakdown and yes, Nails are excellent but way over-hyped as well. Feel free to check out tons of indie metal over on my site: www.thydemonsbescribblin.com/scribblin-metal---album-reviews
I think a 22-minute album is not an album, it's an EP. I don't like this type of guitar tone with a lot of fizz and never been a huge fan of grindcore. I'm more into brutal death metal. That was a good review though, thanks for keeping it heavy Banger.
So you're happy to pay the same price for a 50-minute album as you pay for a 22-minute one? The entire production takes less time, writing, recording, mixing, mastering... Personally I think calling this an album is short-changing fans even if it's grindcore and the album is amazing.
I agree with you that it's dumb to pay so much money for a short record, but at the same time I can't imagine grindcore albums lasting 50 minutes. I mean, it's too long for a grind album. But this is what happens when it is released by a big label. It is said that grindcore is not for money. Well, it depends...
