Portland's Nux Vomica has got to be one of the best Crust bands I've heard in a long time. I'm not sure it's even accurate to call this Crust. Would it be too annoying to name this Post-Crust? And the answer is yes, for the term, post, has often been used and abused to label or categorize music which defies categorization. Are Nux Vomica a Post-Crust band? They are a group that refreshingly redefines boundaries from a solid Crust-Punk background. Their music employs elements of Sludge, Hardcore, Black Metal, & Post-Rock, and their songs epically rage for an average of more than 6 minutes. The guitar work here is beautiful; the chord changes are far from random & non-sequitor like so much music of the Crust tradition. Here's a clip of the first track off their full-length, Asleep in the Ashes (Released 2009 by Aborted Society):
Really amazing, fresh-sounding Crust Punk. Make sure you checkout the entire full-length:
(Nux Vomica live....... awesome)
Check out: http://www.munarecords.co.nz/Jakob08/index.html. pretty awesome post rock/metal
ReplyDeleteThanx Ian, just downloaded the album. Sounds good so far. Check out artintopop.blogspot for conversations and postings on more 'conventional' music as well.
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