GRAVEYARD / NOMINON - Split 7"EP (DOOMENTIA 7"EP 2015)
Carrying on with Graveyard
split 7”EP, here’s one they did with Nominon! It’s a second Nominon / Graveyard
split actually. The first one they did was released in 2012 through Cyclone
Empire and it was sort of Candlemass tribute release, as both bands recorded
Candlemass covers for it. And they sounded amazing. Three years later both
bands meet again, this time under Doomentia Records banner and again pay
tribute to a classic band, this time to Motorhead. Wow, nice idea and I hope
both bands will continue it with more such great tributes. With this split I
was a bit worried, as I’ve never been a Motorhead fan, I like some songs, but
never have been hugely into the band. I am lucky though that in case of this
split both bands didn’t disappoint and did great covers.
Let’s start with Graveyard and
“Deaf Forever”! OK, I this song I know well, so maybe this is why for me it’s a
nice, easily listenable cover tune, with great, catchy riff and simple
structure. Again the band played their song in more death metal manner, the
vocals are harsher, the sound is also quite raw, with a guitar tone taken
straight from the classic Swedish death metal… and it sounds nice. Ha, who
would think that Motorhead song can be performed like that? Of course it’s very
alike to “Orgasmatron”, my favourite Motorhead song, and we all remember killer
covers of Sepultura and Satyricon, but “Deaf Forever” is also excellent and
quite unique in my opinion.
Meanwhile the way Nominon
played their cover of “The Hammer” is even more characteristic. On one hand, the
band has kept the classic rock’n’roll feeling of Motorhead intact, the song is
filled with the rock energy and even the sound is quite like the old stuff. But
it also has that metal feeling and harshness added, with quite black / thrashy
vocals (sort of like in Aura Noir) and more vicious, fast playing, so the band
also managed to make something interesting and their own from the old Motorhead
classic.
Well, I am not sure this time,
which of these two covers I like more, they both sound damn good, but also different…
it’s just crazy stuff and even a non Motorhead dude – like myself – can enjoy
it deeply.
Final rate: 85/100
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