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Nashgul - El día después al fin de la humanidad

The zombie-ridden visions of Nashgul - 80%

twan666, March 16th, 2010

Attention, all you filthy dirtbags. Spanish Grindlovers Nashgul are back to attack your auditory canals with gory end-of-the-world-themed stuff. If you´re into this kind of music, you certainly heard the name Nashgul before or maybe you even know some of the numerous Split releases the band launched since their founding year 2003. If not, this rather short full length album (only 26 minutes of total playing time) is also a good way to get familiar with the band.

However, Power It Up Records took care of this bunch of South European gore worshippers and published “El Dia Despues Al Fin De La Humanidad”. What you´re about to hear is nothing else than fast and dirty old school Grindcore in the vein of Repulsion, Sewn Shut and Altar Of Giallo. Accompanied with some Death Metal ingredients, the songs also offer a retaining crusty D-Beat touch, which adds more variations to Nashguls sound. No doubt about it, this is true Grindcore insanity and brutal to the core. Dual vocals parts - dark growling and high pitched screams - fuel the aggression even more. The riffing is somewhat punkish, but well executed and deadly in its own manner. If you take a look at some of the song titles (e.g. “Street Trash“), you´ll easily imagine, these guys are obsessed by various movies and obviously some of the lyrics are a kind of sick tribute to particular motion pictures. The production is a bit low-fi, but still decent and it fits the whole album pretty good and leaves an unsterile aftertaste of death and gore. A nice artwork completes this interesting release and supporters of old school Grindcore would be well advised to keep an eye on Nashgul and their zombie-ridden visions.

Originally written for http://www.brutalism.com

Nashgul - El dia después al fin de la humanidad - 80%

Phuling, December 8th, 2009

I’ve heard some Nashgul material before, I even own a couple of their split 7”s. But I’ve never paid them too much attention for some reason, and only bought their releases for their split partners. It’s not that I’ve ever thought they were bad, but they’ve never managed to blow me away and hence I haven’t tracked down all of their stuff. But this is their first fullength and it’s just over 26 minutes long, so it’s a rather short fullength. That doesn’t bother me as grindcore is a genre that certainly can get away with shorter releases since it’s usually jam-packed with songs anyway.

But one of the first things that strikes me with "El dia después al fin de la humanidad" is the absolutely killer-looking booklet; I’m just a sucker for zombie artwork. And looking through the booklet I also realized that not all of their lyrics were in their native tongue (I was under the impression it was), here it’s about 50/50 between Spanish and English, and both languages have translations vice versa. I’ve never before realized just how obsessed the lads are with movies, and some lyrics are just pure homage’s to specific flicks. However none of that is really what’s important.

The old school grindcore presented here should speak to fans of Repulsion, Terrorizer, Warsore, Sewn Shut and tons of other bands, but they also incorporate some death metal all while retaining a somewhat crusty touch at times. They even go back to the days of yore which flavoured death metal with some thrash, so there’s tons of diversity presented. The riffing is carefully laced with melody instead of a pure churning whirlwind of indiscernible riffs, which is accustom for many grind acts. The drumming also feels very true, just pure human blasting ability; and it sounds real and vivid. A certain amount of variation throughout their tracks is to be heard, and it definitely doesn’t sound like just an endless stream of similar songs (which unfortunately also seems accustom).

The adrenaline level is high, the aggression is in your face and everything just reeks of old school munching grindcore. The dual vocals add tons of aggression with its high-pitch screams and low-key growls, and whether it’s one of their slower bits with groovy riffing or just pure onslaught of blasting it’s bliss. I don’t know really why I haven’t paid them more attention in the past, but I’ll definitely keep track of them in the future.

Originally written for http://www.mylastchapter.net