{"id":24371,"date":"2015-01-10T00:00:23","date_gmt":"2015-01-10T00:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/?p=24371"},"modified":"2015-02-28T18:59:16","modified_gmt":"2015-02-28T18:59:16","slug":"album-review-nailgun-massacre-boned-boxed-and-buried","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/album-review-nailgun-massacre-boned-boxed-and-buried\/","title":{"rendered":"NAILGUN MASSACRE – Boned, Boxed And Buried (2015) | Album \/ EP Reviews @ Metal Forces Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"

NAILGUN MASSACRE
Boned, Boxed And Buried<\/strong><\/span>
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\nXtreem Music (2015)<\/span>
Rating: 7.5\/10<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Will the day ever come when horror-obsessed death metal stops being entertaining? Probably not, and that\u2019s why Nailgun Massacre is the latest troupe to scrape the barrel of bones in search of their own decrepit sound of slurry. Boned, Boxed And Buried<\/em> is the second ooze of death metal discharge from a band which formed in 2010 out of Leiden in the Netherlands. <\/p>\n

Considering their origin and over the top moniker, I wasn\u2019t sure what style of extreme metal this quintet would play, but there\u2019s an interesting mix throughout here as Nailgun Massacre takes some of the best bits from the likes of the more expected Asphyx, and also Autopsy, Cannibal Corpse and Abscess. <\/p>\n

The album comes in 11 flesh-ripping segments, and rarely runs out of ideas due to its varying influences. Initially, we get a gloom-soaked chugginess hinting at the likes of Autopsy, particularly with the vocal burps of Corpsechucker. Musically, it\u2019s extremely catchy; the rotten riffs are served up on a filthy platter by Meataxe and Bonesaw who \u2013 believe it or not \u2013 has featured for fellow gore-hounds Abscess and one of my favourite death metal acts in Grand Supreme Blood Court.<\/p>\n

With the opening track \u2018Where\u2019s The Head?\u2019 one will find themselves wallowing in a gloomy crawlspace of sound where foetid solos eat their way through meaty riffs, but I\u2019d be interested to see what people make of the two vocal styles. Many death metal fans often prefer their vocalists to stick to one dominant style, however this is where the Asphyx \/ Autopsy marrying comes to the fore but it\u2019s still a joyous ride into the depraved side of what is entertaining gore metal. <\/p>\n

As I flick through each choice cut on this opus I\u2019m rewarded by a number of juicy joints of decomposing meat, and each time I expect to get bored the slumber never comes \u2013 instead, I\u2019m thrown into a blender and happy to be part of an old school visit that is as putrid as it is fun. <\/p>\n

The title track weighs in with a mournful albeit predictable chord of misery before the demented crew sets off on its watery trudge, and oddly the vocals slightly differ again as a gnarly growl mixed with a puking choke. As I said, while the record steals a great deal from the more dehydrated vocal style of Asphyx, it revels more so in that ability to slot itself alongside the sickening slurry of Autopsy, Abscess, The Ravenous and Necrophagia just because it\u2019s so duty-bound in its quest for gory delights. I love the slower, chunkier moments where the quintet gives the impression that it\u2019s wading through some soupy fog joined by several comrades of the undead. <\/p>\n

The leads howl like starving coyotes on a mist-enshrouded night; the banshee moans bring extra turns of sordid atmosphere to the aforementioned gungy title track, while there\u2019s the faster splodge of the hilariously titled \u2018Stinky Stench\u2019 with its punkoid heart and Swedish chainsaw buzz. Another doom-laden anthem is the yawning \u2018Meat Locker\u2019 with its brilliant vocal gurgles, and I also suggest you choke on the evil chants of \u2018Casket Full Of Fun\u2019 for a diseased dose of death metal charm.<\/p>\n

Sure, it\u2019s still very much tongue-in-cheek extremity; after all, who can be offended by a song called \u2018I Bury The Hatchet In Your Face\u2019 with its zombie chug, or the haunting dregs of the stark piano instrumental \u2018What\u2019s In The Box?\u2019 which makes way for the closing infestation that is \u2018Lower Me Down\u2019. Nevertheless, it\u2019s still good old fashioned and often funereal death metal with enough quality and horror to delight those with a fetish for gore.<\/p>\n

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

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