(Poserslaughter Records)
Release date: 1995

Review: Although this cd contains 18 tracks, the running time is only 16 minutes! Nasum proposes pure Grindcore here. Rumbling rythmic blasts, fast, heavy guitar riffs and brutal vocals(low growls + backing screams) are the specialities of this disc. All the songs are quite short and straightforward... without any boring parts! Except the slow instrumental song "Skithus" which bring some diversity to the whole album. Nasum reach the level of best grindcore bands ever like early Napalm Death and Terrorizer, this is a must-have for all the grind bastards!

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Tracks: 1)L�pande-bands principen 2)Cut to fit 3)Fantasibilder 4)Distortion & disinformation 5)Brinn 6)Krigets sk�rd 7)Ditt �de 8)Ingenting att ha! 9)Revolution 10)Den m�rka tiden 11)Forcefed opinion 12)Domedagen 13)Dold under ytan 14)I helvetet 15)Skithus 16)S�ndermald

Reviewed by Pierre

(Relapse Records)
Release date: 1998

Review: Hell! This album is a real violent blasting slap in the face! I was expecting something more crusty, without the powerful grind style of the previous releases! But "Inhale/Exhale" is one of the most grinding and catchy records ever made. The lyrics are socially aware, very hateful... The music is not pure grindcore; sort of grinding powerviolent hardcore, with ultrafast tempos and only tracks with real short running time... As well, two extreme types of vocals: high pitched screams and lower shoutings, but something less growling than in "Industriaslaven"(it's the same guy on the vocals)... Anyway, the shit is recorded with a goddamn top notch metal sound... There's also something quite rare these times: it contains 38 compositions, but 38 compositions worked to perfection! Nothing written in a hurry... Nasum always manage to write quality grindcore, and record it with crystal clear sound! You noticed it was released by Relapse Records... so it comes with perfect packaging and artwork as always! High quality and straightforward brutality assured! A grindcore milestone!

Tracks: 1)This is... 2)The masked face 3)Digging in 4)Time to act 5)Disdain and contempt 6)I see lies 7)Inhale/exhale 8)Too naked to distort 9)There's no escape 10)The rest is over 11)Disappointed 12)L�gg om ! 13)You're obsolete 14)Tested 15)Shapeshifter 16)Feed them, kill them, skin them 17)When science fails 18)Closing in 19)The world that you made 20)The system has failed again 21)For what cause? 22)Fullmated 23)Screwed 24)Shaping the end 25)The new firing-squad 26)No sign of improvement 27)My philosophy 28)I'm not silent 29)The breathing furnace 30)Information is free 31)Burning inside 32)A request for guidance 33)Grey 34)Worldcraft 35)It's never too late 36)Du �r bevakad 37)Blinded 38)Can de lach

Reviewed by Pierre

(Relapse Records)
Release date: 2000

Review: This album clearly works on a 'take everybody out of breath' mode. Songs chain up, and pauses between songs are so hard to notice it sounds like the whole set is been executed at one stroke, without any second take. Still, they also do have one of the cleanest, most elaborated and powerful sound production ever in the genre. Their infuriating grindcore style is always so progressive, like on "Inhale/Exhale". Out of the obvious violent/blasting priority, song-writing is also meant to be inventive and clever. It's as close to early Napalm Death intensity than to Entombed-"Clandestine"-era churning ingenious metal or to old Mob 47 fresh crusty-hardcore energy. Is it worth describing the kind of music they play? Well, it's perfectionist grind-hardcore with awesome metal sound quality, crushing-heavy anvil-guitar grind riffs, brutal tight drums, mostly screamy vocals with some backing low hardcore growls. Everything performed with unbelievable fastness, ease and fluidity. The lyrics are very pretty but the problem is that I do not always get their meaning, I'm not sure they all make sense. Anyway, freaks of past Nasum masterpieces will surely love it. Freaks of big sound metal/hardcore/grind can go for it blindfold too. This album can't disappoint. With a possible 'except' if you have a problem with 'too clean' sound productions, stylised cover artwork and well-spirited lyrics. Fuck it, Nasum rules! I bet you know where to find this record already, Relapse worldwide distribution is the best, you can't miss it!

Tracks: 1)Mass hypnosis 2)A welcome breeze of stinking air 3)Fatal search 4)Shadows 5)Corrosion 6)Multinational murderes network 7)Parting is such sweet sorrow 8)The black swarm 9)Sixteen 10)Alarm 11)Detonator 12)Gargoyles and grotesques 13)N�r dagarna... 14)Resistance 15)The idiot parade 16)Den scarta fanan 17)We're nothing pawns 18)Defragmentation 19)Sick system 20)The professional league 21)Old and tired? 22)Words to die for 23)Riot 24)The meaningless trial 25)Sometimes dead is better

Reviewed by Pierre

NASUM "Helvete" Cd

(Relapse Records)
Release date: 2003

Review: This new Nasum album is in the vein of "Human 2.0"... Heavy, fast-as-hell grindcore-hardcore-metal hybrid, with near-constant blast-beats, loud, crushing riffs and insane screaming fury for vocals... Like on last album, song structures are slightly more progressive than in the past with a few catchy arrangements and thrashing parts among the straightforward grind assaults... The sound production, as usual is super-heavy, super-loud, super-powerful but in the end also slightly monotonous... Fact is I'm not as excited about the band as I was for their early stuff up to "Inhale/Exhale", new stuff lacks surprise and the more basic edge that made the old stuff stand out. This is however still high-quality grind, extremely effective, insanely fast and perfected to death... You can expect the usual stylish cover art, the thoughtful lyrics, etc... If it's quality extreme metal you're after, you can't go wrong with this one...

Tracks: 1)Violation 2)Scoop 3)Living Next Door To Malice 4)Stormshield 5)Time To Discharge 6)Bullshit 7)Relics 8)We Curse You All 9)Doombringer 10)Just Another Hog 11)Drop Dead 12)I Hate People 13)Go! 14)The Final Sleep 15)Slaves To The Grind 16)Breach Of Integrity 17)The Everlasting Shame 18)Your Words Alone 19)Preview Of Hell 20)Illogic 21)Whip 22)Worst Case Scenario

NASUM "Shift" Cd

(Burning Heart Records)
Release date: October 11 2004: World edition: Burning Heart Records - Mid October 2004: US edition: Relapse Records - Japan edition: Ritual Records - Vinyl edition: No Tolerance Records
Running time: 37:29

Review: I had no idea there was a new cd coming out so soon, I wasn't really keeping up with any kind of Nasum news... So this "Shift" cd showing up in my mailbox was like an album coming from out of nowhere! Especially when you know the gap between their full-length inputs usually is a lot longer than that (between 2 or 3 years)! I won't lie to you it's a really cool feeling, and it really added to the enjoyment of this album... Alright, so this band needs no introduction, this album is yet another step in the band's musical evolution, I know it contains some re-recorded old songs but overall it's in direct continuity of the previous albums... Like in "Helvete" grindcore is still here as the basis, but the band continues to go for a more subtle approach to it, much more furnished riffs, intricately arranged and highlighted with some melodic ... I can't say I'm totally into like this musical direction, straying away further from the very straightforward grind of the beginning, injecting more and more metal into it... I mean some of this stuff almost sounds like At the Gates now... But alright you gotta admit the band still sounds fucking furious: incredible blasting speed, crushing heaviness, ripping riffs, really versatile and refreshing song-writing... All you have to do with this album is just press play and get blown away... Like all the last few album, all the songs seem to bleed into each others, with very few downtime to catch your breath between songs... I'll still contine to point out my regret though in the now almost total abandon of the more guttural lower vocals, I thought dual vocal tradeoffs were always one of the band's past great strengths... Ok, midrange high screams as lead vocals still makes for some great intensity and maybe a more coherent feel overall, still I miss those nasty low growls! The band also welcomed a fourth member/second guitar, which is a familiar face in that it's Urban from Regurgitate... And well, it makes sense since both Nasum and Regurgitate seem to be going in the same direction, something of a more polished grindcore...

MP3: " Fecal Alcohol Syndrome"

Tracks: 1)Particles 2)The Engine of Death 3)Twinkle, Twinkle Little Scar 4)No Paradise for The Damned 5)Wrath 6)Fear is your Weapon 7)The Deepest Hole 8)High on Hate 9)Pathetic 10)Circle of Defeat 11)Like Cattle 12)Ros 13)The Smallest Man 14)Cornered 15)Strife 16)The Clash 17)Hets 18)Closer to The End 19)Fury 20)Fight Terror with Terror 21)Ett Inflammerat Sår 22)Deleted Scenes 23)Creature 24)Darkness Falls

Burning Heart Records: www.burningheart.com
Nasum: www.nasum.com