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NERVOSA “Slave Machine”
NERVOSA “Slave Machine”
By Dr. Abner Mality
When the ladies of NERVOSA tell you to take out the trash, you better fuckin’ jump! They seem to get heavier and angrier with each new album and “Slave Machine’ continues the onslaught. The last album “Jailbreak” was a real statement of intent following major lineup changes. “Slave Machine” is here to say that the mission is the same.
Bearing 12 always aggressive tracks, this is the heaviest NERVOSA yet. The production is really dark and raw and on a couple of tracks like “You Are Not A Hero” and “Crawl To Your Pride”, the tone was almost Swedish death metal in feel. The style comes across as a mix of classic thrash ala SLAYER and KREATOR with the more modern version in the style of LAMB OF GOD and ARCH ENEMY. Prika Amaral sounds pissed as hell throughout the album, making even average tracks sound intense; she has really doubled down on her “Jailbreak” performance here.
The album gets off to a good start with “Impending Doom” and the title track, but it really hits its stride in the middle. “You Are Not A Hero” is one of the catchiest yet brutal tracks NERVOSA has ever done, with the chorus being especially outstanding. “Hate” also delivers the goods and lives up to the venom promised in the title. I do think that the album might have been a little punchier with ten songs instead of 12; some of the later cuts like “30 Seconds” and “Learn And Repeat” seem to lean toward the generic.
Nevertheless, this band continues to move forward and proves that the female of the species is at least as deadly as the male…
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