After a six year gap between albums, which saw them release an EP, Nale are back with their second full length album Death, Skulls, Satan, and boy jove is it an album that is worth the wait.
Starting off with Slither, Nale prove that they mean business, there is a grooviness to this song that adds to its sheer heaviness and brutality, making it the perfect opener. Filth is another monster of a song, the guitars moving in and out of precision with nice bullet proof focus. Dead Man’s Song is filled with swagger, and rightly so, it is a killer song worthy of time played on air. The title track is heavy and fast moving, a really headbanger and a mover and shaker.
Exit, is pure heaviness. Moving, swinging and swaggering through its three minute duration. No Escape is fast and riff orientated. Drive is fast, galloping and monstrous. The Black is slower, heavier and perhaps more terrifying because of that.
Hell’s Wrath is a mixture of heaviness and subtlety that combines elements of groove and thrash into one delightful mixture. Smasher is an appropriate title for this song, heavy, filled with energy and moving, a song that is sure to get the crowd moving. Pigs is fast and a fitting closer to the record.
Be sure to purchase this record when it is released on 23rd March via Black Lodge.