Album: You Will Never Be One of Us
Year: 2016
Rating: 86/100
After two short and physically punishing listens in the form of 2010's "Unsilent Death" and its 2013 follow up "Abandon All Life", southern California's extreme sonic terrorists Nails evidently decided that we haven't been punished enough in sonic terms. As a result, a third dose of punishment arrives for the listener in the form of the not so subtly titled "You Will Never Be One of Us".
From the off, it's obvious that it actually physically hurts to endure this, but that is undoubtedly the way in which Nails want to play it. Drummer Taylor Young hits harder than a slapshot from Shea Weber, while the wall of noise from John Gianelli and Todd Jones make Jones's fierce barked vocals by and large incomprehensible. With the tracks "Violence is Forever" and "They Come Crawling Back" taking up just about half the album's running time, with the other tracks clocking in under two minutes, Nails have fashioned a way to pack in as many influences as they possibly can by turning the volume up to 12 and finding new, finely nuanced ways in which to pummel the listener into submission as best they can.
"You Will Never Be One of Us" may not be the most original record you'll ever hear. But when it comes to genuine extremity, there are very few bands out there that can compete with Nails on that sort of level. It's hateful, nihilistic, and misanthropic, just like all good records of its ilk should be, and it's definitely not for everyone. On that basis alone, "You Will Never Be One of Us" is definitely worth the sonic assault on your senses.
Track list:
- You Will Never Be One of Us
- Friend To All
- Made To Make You Fail
- Life is a Death Sentence
- Violence is Forever
- Savage Intolerance
- In Pain
- Parasite
- Into Quietus
- They Come Crawling Back
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