The side project Nailbomb was started by Max Cavalera and Alex Newport in the mid-1990s. While I would've love to see more of Nailbomb, "Point Blank" is still a great album for those who like industrial and thrash.Point Blank is the only studio album by heavy metal band Nailbomb, released on March 8, 1994, by Roadrunner Records. The band would release a live album named "Proud to Commit Commercial Suicide" a year later before Max and Alex disbanded it to do other things.
The mix of industrial and thrash is done well, the vocals are very angsty, and the lyrics expose a lot of the world's problems. These descriptive and exposing lyrics are present throughout the album, and they're written well.Įven though this is the only album they've ever released, "Point Blank" is still a brilliant album. Max and Alex's vocals are also more grueling and pissed, which makes the lyrics feel like they genuinely hate nukes. The track goes for a more slower tempo and has a further emphasis on the industrial tunes like in "Religious Cancer", giving the actions done by the countries a more sinister tone. Further more, the lyrics are enhanced by the instruments and vocals. The simile of how they treat them like toys is clever, and it expresses the problems with countries being careless on nukes. This verse talks about how countries are misusing nuclear bombs. For example, in the track "Sum of Your Achievements", this verse quotes: Children burning crawling dying Nailbomb mainly focused on political and social themes, and they are written well here. While the vocals are a bit weak in "Exploitation", they still maintain the raging atmosphere of the instruments very well. Their vocals also flow well to the instruments, since the dark industrial style flows well the rants of Max and Alex. In that song, their voice sounds more irate than usual as they scream about the problems of the church. This is especially true with "Religious Cancer". Their voice sound angry and vexed, and they have a punk-like attitude in their voice. Max and Alex do the vocals together, and they are great. The instrumentals on this album are fantastic, and remain some of the best in this type of genre.Īnother great thing about "Point Blank" would be the vocals. Other great instrumentals on this album would be "Vai Toma no Cú", "Cockroaches", and "For Fuck's Sake", since they mix in the thrash and industrial elements just as well. Even the bass is good, since it follows along the guitars well and plays its own riffs sometimes. The drums also beat very fast, and in some of the grander moments, it would play some blastbeats that further execute the fast-paced riffs.
The guitars play these angry riffs that set in a tone of fury and angst. They are good at setting in a dark atmosphere, and this atmosphere would be magnified when the guitars kick in.
The album starts off with the track "Wasting Away", which begins with some dark industrial synths. As stated before, this album mixes in industrial and thrash metal sounds, and they mix them a lot better than you'd think. One of the best elements on this album is the instruments. Not only does it mix these two contrasting genres well, but it also had some great vocals and deep lyrics. People didn't think that the dark electronics of industrial and the raging riffs of thrash would go together well, but to the shock of a lot of people, it actually worked. They would release their only album "Point Black" a year later, and the initial reception of the album was mixed. In 1993, Max Cavalera from Sepultura and Alex Newport from Fudge Tunnel formed an industrial/thrash metal band named Nailbomb, which was previously named Hate Project and Sickman.
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