Nunslaughter – Radio Damnation
Posted by Pugs Malone on June 21st, 2008 filed in Death Metal
Nunslaughter are one of my favorite death metal bands. They play old-school death metal with no frills whatsoever; no keyboards, clean vocals, hell, I can only think of a few songs they have which contain guitar solos. This album chronicles a live performance at the WRUW radio station, and the first thing that I noticed is that the production is much clearer here than on other Nunslaughter releases. Much of Nunslaughter’s previous work was muddy as hell, but the production here is pristine. The song titles and lyrics are hilarious, with the band performing songs like “Killed by the Cross,” “Death by the Dead,” “Obsessed with the Visions of a Satanic Priest”, and “Atheist Ways” (although that last one doesn’t really fit. It’s almost like they’re actually atheists who just use Satanism to troll Christians instead of actual Satan-worshippers). But the best part of this album is the between-song stage banter. It’s an absolute riot, with vocalist Don of the Dead and drummer Jim Sadist performing the most hilarious Satanic schtick between songs. Highlights include Jim’s pedal breaking and Jim commenting that it must have been built by Christians, and Don and Jim describing the horrors of living in the hell of Pittsburgh. I heartily recommend this album, but it’s not going to win over anyone who’s not into this style of metal.
June 22nd, 2008 at 4:24 am
Nunslaughter is fucking awesome and nobody can tell me otherwise. I’m going to have to pick this one up.