The Hall of Judgement: Nocturnal Graves - An Outlaw's Stand

Daniel has requested that this release be submitted into the Hall of Judgement. If you agree with the below change request, vote YES. If you don't, vote NO.

Request: Nocturnal Graves' "An Outlaw's Stand" album should be removed from The Pit while maintaining its position in The North.

This change will remove the Thrash Metal genre from the release.

Member comment: "Nocturnal Graves are generally tagged as blackened death/thrash & you can easily see why upon first listen to “An Outlaw’s Stand” however I’d argue that the links to thrash are misguided on this occasion which makes the album an uncomfortable fit as a feature release for The Pit. There are certainly some thrash influences here & there but this is much more of a blackened death metal record in my opinion with the two primary genres sharing the spotlight in roughly equal measure. Perhaps the links to thrash come from the similarities in approach to Sweden’s Witchery & fellow Aussie bands like Destroyer 666 & Vomitor whose blackened sounds are more heavily infiltrated by classic thrash but personally I’d suggest that there’s a lot more Sadistic Intent & particularly early Morbid Angel in Nocturnal Graves sound than there is the thrash metal of Slayer."

NOTE: Only members of The Pit &/or The North can vote on this judgement. Once 15 votes of Yes or No have been entered, the Hall will make its judgement.