{"id":19641,"date":"2014-06-24T00:00:56","date_gmt":"2014-06-24T00:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/?p=19641"},"modified":"2014-07-08T02:41:01","modified_gmt":"2014-07-08T02:41:01","slug":"album-review-nunslaughter-angelic-dread","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/album-review-nunslaughter-angelic-dread\/","title":{"rendered":"NUNSLAUGHTER – Angelic Dread (2014) | Album \/ EP Reviews @ Metal Forces Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"

NUNSLAUGHTER
Angelic Dread<\/strong><\/span>
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\nHells Headbangers (2014)<\/span>
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Every now and then I like to take a drip into the humid vacuum of hell, but every time I wish to do so I require a permit to travel. Thankfully, this time my portal into the underworld is through the flaming channels of Nunslaughter, those American purveyors of the perverse and the hellish who have just released a fantastically smothering and satanic chapter by way of Angelic Dread<\/em>. <\/p>\n

Now, these guys have been worshipping the goat since 1987 and still feature original member Don of the Dead (bass \/ vocals) who is joined here once again by guitarist Zack Massacre and drummer Jim Sadist.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m pretty sure that any fan of old school blasphemous metal will know just the hell who Nunslaughter is, because this unhealthy 31-track double album is the perfect soundtrack for ventures into those titan caverns and blood-encrusted passageways of Hades.<\/p>\n

Angelic Dread<\/em> is one of only a handful of studio albums to emerge from this band who like to call their brand of noise \u201cdevil metal\u201d. However, when one pits this clutch of releases alongside the countless EPs, live albums and split projects, then one can see just how prolific and vicious this bunch of Devil\u2019s rejects are. <\/p>\n

This time round we get more of the same, but hey, we wouldn\u2019t want it any other way. Read the titles and weep as Nunslaughter cave our heads in with the likes of \u2018Crush The Guff\u2019, \u2018Inner Beast\u2019, \u2018Blood Drinker\u2019, \u2018Coffins And Crosses\u2019, \u2018One Bad Bitch\u2019, \u2018The Bog People\u2019, \u2018Sickened By The Sight Of Christ\u2019 and \u2018Deathlehem\u2019 to name but a few of these sordid acts. On average, a majority of the tracks run for just over two minutes, and each one is a foetid cacophony of the highest disorder. <\/p>\n

Nunslaughter seem to be the natural (or should that read unnatural?) step on from Bathory, Venom, Bulldozer and the likes in the sense that the music is rough, fast, raw and just a tad unholy to say the least! The title track prepares the listener for war as a brief rush of hate engulfs the ears before the next barrage of bullets enters the flesh, \u2018Looking Into The Abyss\u2019 with its vintage thrashing rage.<\/p>\n

\u2018Twisted Spirit\u2019 adopts the same levels of maniacal mayhem and then it\u2019s onto the rusty rush of \u2018The Lycanthrope\u2019 with its rapid drum kicks, the hideous trudge of \u2018Don\u2019t Mourn Me\u2019 and the catchy and effortless is the blazing entity that is \u2018Infested\u2019, which remains one of the fastest expressions on this foul outing.<\/p>\n

Nunslaughter have never taken any prisoners; they merely swagger into the fray and command respect. Uncompromising and unrelenting is the order of the day for this despicable bunch. With the second disc being comprised of tracks only previously available on rare seven-inch singles and reworked for this disc especially, Angelic Dread<\/em> is a must-have for anyone who likes filthy metal that spends most of its billowing black smoke. Just choke on the fumes of the rotten \u2018Emperor In Hell\u2019 and gulp down the rust spewed forth from the vile atrocities which are \u2018Shadow World\u2019, \u2018Healing The Possessed\u2019 and the frightful \u2018In The Graveyard\u2019 and \u2018Black Horn Of The Ram\u2019.<\/p>\n

The next time you tell your mates you\u2019re off to get slaughtered, be careful what you wish for because after experiencing this hell-hole of a platter, I feel like I won\u2019t be visiting hell for a long time yet. This was one rough ride indeed!<\/p>\n

Neil Arnold<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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