Nihilo
Doom (2018)
Album

Reviewed: 3/23/2019

Okay, another band I've never heard before with their third album out. Nihilo hail from Switzerland and play death metal. I don't like Toblerone, but Burning Witches are very lovely, thank you. Nihilo's branch of death metal is rather simplistic, both compositions and technicality-wise. It's sludgy, dirty kind of sound that Entombed utilized on their latter albums, like on 'Inferno' (2003) for example. The band are looking at the world today, hence 'Doom', and the riffs can be ominous or driving together with busy drumming. There surely is some hardcore punk music elements heard, ending up into grindcore at its fastest times. The pace varies from heavy stomping to tremolo-driven blast beat speeding. What this album misses are those essential hooks. The songs are often so similar to each ...

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