Unsilent Death

Unsilent Death to pierwszy album studyjny amerykańskiego hardcore-punkowego zespołu Nails. Oryginalnie wydany w marcu 2010 roku przez Streetcleaner Records / Six Feet Under Records, a później ponownie wydany przez Southern Lord Records.

TRACKLISTA:

1 Conform
2 Scum Will Rise
3 Your God
4 Suffering Soul
5 Unsilent Death
6 Traitor
7 I Will Not Follow
8 No Servant
9 Scapegoat
10 Depths

"Unsilent Death" is the latest 10-song EP of blistering, in your face hardcore/punk from Nails (once more via Six Feet Under Records). The label refers to the sound as "not unlike the late 80's Earache Records catalog mixed with early power violence", and I can definitely agree with that. They're still utilizing a raw, gritty recording with loads of distortion that occasionally caves in to straight up feedback/noise, but the guitars have that killer Swedish-tinged "Sunlight sound" this time out, which is awesome. The songwriting has improved as well, though, as the sparse D-beat blasts and completely hammering speeds are laced with vicious midpaced breakdowns and some really memorable arrangements throughout. I really don't know why, but judging from the explosion of comments the last time I posted about Nails, this is a band that a number of people "love to hate", apparently. I'd like to believe the improvements made on this outing will change a few minds, but it's probably unlikely. That being said, the entire record runs just 14 minutes, and the more I listen to it, the more I like it. Those of us who care more about the music than who's in the band or who else thinks it's "cool" can find plenty to appreciate…

Recorded on December 27th 2009 – January 2nd 2010.

Engineered and mixed at Godcity Recording Studio.

Mastered at West West Side Mastering.

Artwork [Front Cover Artwork By] – Billy Benson

Bass – John Gianelli

Drums – Taylor Young

Engineer, Mixed By – Kurt Ballou

Guitar, Vocals – Todd Jones

Layout, Design – Scott Magrath

Mastered By – Alan Douches

Photography By [Back Cover Photo By] – Todd Pollock