NAHUM - And the Chaos Has Begun (Self financed CD 2015)
Sadly it’s not often when I
get some music from Czech Republic, but usually when I do then it turns out
it’s some great music. Here’s one band that I didn’t know before, but whose
music really impressed me. They’re called Nahum. Their debut CD was titled “The
Gates Are Open” and released in 2013, but here’s a new material called “And the
Chaos Has Begun”. And well, I must say that I am very pleased with what I’ve
heard on this CD. First of all, the whole album is packed in nice digipak and
the music got very good production, which fits here perfectly. Secondly Nahum
composed some great songs and their blend of death and thrash metal is truly
exiting and worthy.
“And the Chaos Has Begun” has
a small Swedish flavour that many of you will surely like. What stands out on
this album are not only some truly great riffs, but also the energy and intensity
of the music. Even if Nahum has tendency to play some melodic riffs or leads
and quite often they also slow down, the music is still aggressive and heavy.
And when they do speed up, then it’s just absolutely crushing, fantastic stuff.
Especially towards the end the album gets more harmonious and slow, so this is
why I enjoy mostly the opening songs like excellent “Raging Chaos” (check the
video for this one!) or “Vomit the Darkness” and “Creator of Emptiness”, which
both have that great, aggressive thrashing feeling that reminds me one old band
from Portugal called Sacred Sin (at least in few parts it does). I am actually
also glad that the album is like 30 minutes long only. It’s like a perfect
length for such music, in my opinion, as it doesn’t gets boring or repetitive so
much.
So… I have nothing more to
add, really. Nahum released very good album, “and the Chaos Has Begun” surely
deserve your interest, especially if you’re into bands like Arch Enemy,
Pestilence, Death, Kreator (latest albums), Sacred Sin and so on. Nice!
Standout tracks: “Raging
Chaos”, “Vomit the Darkness”
Final rate: 70/100
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