Tuesday, January 30, 2007

Nasum: A journey in the mind

Seeing from this post you might be like...huh? Nasum is a grindcore band from Sweden. Although they're not together do to the tragic death of Mieszko Talarczyk, their stunning music will live on in infinitum. I brought up Nasum because today I was fortunate to get Human 2.0 added to my Nasum collection; I have Grind Finali and Shift as well. There is many sort of styles of grindcore and how the energy is inputed into the listener. The way Nasum plays the style of grind is akin to a chainsaw cutting sheet metal. Now that may sound atrocious but bear in mind thats an analogy. The vocals are smooth, yet still hold to the guttural sound. The drums are arguably some of the fastest around, blastbeats and fast tempos abound. The guitars are very precise and has the straight ahead sound that fits well with the music. The bass is not too low and not too high but in a nice mid range. Overall the nasum experience is worht while. Albeit their earlier recordings were played in a different grind style, none the less Nasum has a sound to be reckoned with. I urge you to check out the website and any recordings you can get.

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