Review by Ben for Nailbomb - Point Blank (1994)

Entertaining industrial thrash metal project that's worth checking out.

Point Blank is one of those forgotten albums that never fails to bring a smile or two when it crosses my path. Being a side project of Fudge Tunnel frontman Alex Newport and Sepultura front man Max Cavalera (with guest appearances by Igor Cavalera, Andreas Kisser, Dino Cazares and more), Point Blank was always going to be an interesting proposition. Taking influence from both member's musical backgrounds, Nailbomb produce world issue themed thrash metal with a high dose of punk and industrial metal injected into proceedings.

The album is very bass driven and the drum sound is crunchy and powerful. There really isn't much shredding guitar work going on and for the most part the tracks are slow yet intense. My personal preferences have never really included hardcore punk style music and so I must admit that the punkier sections on offer don't entirely float my boat. But the more thrashy and industrial tinged tracks (such as Wasting Away, Guerillas, Sum of Your Achievements and For Fuck's Sake) are thoroughly entertaining and make Nailbomb a nice enough project that fans of industrial metal (a thrashier Ministry comes to mind) should check out.