Point Blank (Nailbomb album)
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | March 8, 1994 | |||
| Recorded | 1993 | |||
| Genre | ||||
| Length | 62:38 76:19 (2004 remaster) | |||
| Label | Roadrunner | |||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal | 8/10[2] |
| Kerrang! | [3] |
| Rock Hard | 8.5/10[4] |
| Vox | 5/10[5] |
Point Blank is the only studio album by heavy metal band Nailbomb, released on March 8, 1994, by Roadrunner Records. The side project was started by Max Cavalera and Alex Newport in the mid-1990s. Part of the first track, "Wasting Away", plays in the 1995 film To Die For.
The album cover is a photo of female Vietnamese civilian with a U.S. soldier's gun to her head, which Max Cavalera and Alex Newport retrieved from the Alternative Associated Press. Cavalera stated that they wanted to create a similar cover to Rage Against the Machine's self titled album, an image of the self immolation of Thích Quảng Đức. According to Cavalera, the woman in the cover lived after the photo was taken.[6]
Point Blank was played live in its entirety for the first time in 2017 by Cavalera and his band Soulfly, more than 20 years after the release of the album and Nailbomb's breakup. Newport's parts were played by Cavalera's son Igor Amadeus Cavalera.
Track listing
[edit]All tracks written by Max Cavalera and Alex Newport unless noted.
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Wasting Away" | 3:06 |
| 2. | "Vai Toma no Cú" (Portuguese: "Take it in the ass") | 4:47 |
| 3. | "24 Hour Bullshit" | 3:54 |
| 4. | "Guerrillas" | 4:26 |
| 5. | "Blind and Lost" | 1:54 |
| 6. | "Sum of Your Achievements" | 2:42 |
| 7. | "Cockroaches" | 5:10 |
| 8. | "For Fuck's Sake" | 5:44 |
| 9. | "World of Shit" | 4:13 |
| 10. | "Exploitation" (Doom cover) | 2:28 |
| 11. | "Religious Cancer" | 5:09 |
| 12. | "Shit Piñata" | 1:09 |
| 13. | "Sick Life" (The song "Sick Life" ends at 6:31. After 10 minutes of silence, at 16:31, an untitled improvised hidden track begins.) | 17:51 |
| Total length: | 62:38 | |
Bonus track version
[edit]A remastered version was released on February 24, 2004, with liner notes and extra tracks:
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 14. | "While You Sleep, I Destroy Your World" | 5:06 |
| 15. | "Zero Tolerance" | 6:34 |
| 16. | "Wasting Away" (live) | 3:03 |
| 17. | "Guerillas" (live) | 3:27 |
| 18. | "Cockroaches" (live) | 4:06 |
| 19. | "Police Truck" (live; East Bay Ray, Jello Biafra) | 3:08 |
| Total length: | 76:19 | |
Samples
[edit]"Guerrillas" contains a sample of "Procreation of the Wicked" by Celtic Frost and a sample from the movie Salvador. "Cockroaches" contains a sample from the movie Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer. "For Fucks Sake" contains samples of GG Allin's last TV appearance on The Jane Whitney Show before his death in June 1993.[7]
Personnel
[edit]- Nailbomb
- Max Cavalera: vocals, rhythm guitar, bass, sampling[8] (vocals credited as "insults")
- Alex Newport: vocals, lead guitar, bass, sampling (vocals credited as "mouthful of hate")
- Additional personnel
- Andreas Kisser: lead guitar on tracks 2, 9 & 11
- Igor Cavalera: drums on tracks 1, 5, 7, 10, 12 & 13
- Dino Cazares: rhythm guitar on track 3
- Production
- Produced by Alex Newport and Max Cavalera
- Recorded by Otto Agnello
- Mixed by Alex Newport
Chart positions
[edit]| Chart (1994) | Peak
position |
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| Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[9] | 70 |
| German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[10] | 63 |
| UK Albums (OCC)[11] | 62 |
References
[edit]- ^ "Point Blank – Nailbomb". AllMusic.
- ^ Popoff, Martin (2007). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 3: The Nineties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 305. ISBN 978-1-894959-62-9.
- ^ Brannigan, Paul (November 2011). "Nailbomb: Point Blank". Kerrang!: 666 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die!. Bauer Media Group: 77.
- ^ Kupfer, Thomas (March 25, 1994). "Point Blank". Rock Hard (Vol. 84) (in German). Retrieved June 23, 2023.
- ^ Perry, Neil (May 1, 1994). "Album Reviews: Rock". Vox (44). UK: IPC: 108.
- ^ Vandala (March 5, 2018). "A Brief History Lesson Within Nailbomb's Point Blank – An Interview with Max Cavalera of Soulfly". Vandala Magazine. Retrieved May 10, 2024.
- ^ "Max Cavalera on Making Nailbomb's Cult Classic 'Point Blank,' Revisiting It Live". October 10, 2017.
- ^ "Nailbomb – Point Blank". Discogs.
- ^ "Nailbomb Dutch Albums Chart". dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved July 14, 2014.
- ^ "Nailbomb German Albums Chart". musicline.de. Retrieved July 14, 2014.
- ^ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 387. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
