Thursday, July 10, 2025

Destruktor "Nailed" (Old Review)

Using the Internet Wayback Machine, I was able to cull a few of my old reviews on the old Ominous Vomit site for use here! Enjoy.


Destruktor Nailed

2009 Hells Headbangers

9/10 CRUSHED FUCKING SKULLS

Firmly rooted in the old schools of black and death metal, Destruktor deliver a nuclear fucking bomb to the face of the metal scene every time they release an album.  They've stepped it up on this one, from playing to songwriting to lyrics.  Their seamless blend of genres is a welcome cacophony - thrash, death metal and black metal all find a home in each and every song on this album.  As a death metal fan, I insist that this is essential listening.  They embody the Australian approach to blackened death and they can also play their instruments well.  Not many of the current wave of brutal black death metal bands are this capable.  The riffs aren't too simplistic, and the drums are light fuckin' speed and spot-on time-wise.  The vocals are powerful low roars, which all good death metal must have.  A death metal band without perverse or powerful growled vocals is just shit.  All told, it's an album that I find difficult to get out of rotation, being every bit as awe-inspiring as the newest Nile or the debut Nocturnal Graves album.  Death metallers need this album, period.  Get it or die unsatisfied.


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