Awesome MRR Reviews of NUX VOMICA – Asleep in the Ashes 2xLP and CTA Cassette!

NUX VOMICA – “Asleep in the Ashes” 2xLP
The second Lp by Portland’s NUX VOMICA is an expansive, impressive effort featuring just six songs over two full albums that last  more than an hour. These songs are pretty “Cradle to the Grave” style- progressively diverse within themselves, raging from mid-tempo rockin’ punk to thundering metal to snippets of GUYANA PUNCH LINE-ish bursts of scathing thrash, to sky-opening epic crust riffs and bleak ambient, psychedelic passages. The vocals are full-on gnarled scratching screech a la WORD SALAD, but with detailed, thoughtful lyrics about the environment, decay and colonialization… An always solid recording from the Jam Room sets a foundation for this commanding adventure of sound, packaged in a nicely painted gatefold sleeve with splattered vinyl. (KS)
(Aborted Society)

COUNTDOWN TO ARMAGEDDON —
Damn, these Seattle punks have been playing together for six years but as far as I can remember this is the first time I’ve ever heard them. That’s a shame, becasue this is a great tape. COUNTDOWN TO ARMAGEDDON play crust/hardcore in a similar vein as TOTALITAR, REQUIEM or early HIS HERO IS GONE. They manage to play in a pretty melodic way in some of the songs here without shamelessly aping TRAGEDY’s style, which is impressive when you think about it – nearly every melodic crust band out there is content with doing just that. The more melodic tracks here have a dose of early post-punk/goth/deathrock influences like JOY DIVISION or THE BIRTHDAY PARTY. This tape is definately worth having (xYosefx) (5-Song cassette, lyrics included, www.countdowntoarmageddon.com, countdowntoarmageddon@hotmail.com)

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