{"id":2280,"date":"2010-06-28T08:03:02","date_gmt":"2010-06-28T13:03:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cloggie.org\/wissewords2\/2010\/06\/28\/metal-monday-n-is-for-nuclear-death\/"},"modified":"2010-06-28T08:03:02","modified_gmt":"2010-06-28T13:03:02","slug":"metal-monday-n-is-for-nuclear-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cloggie.org\/wissewords2\/2010\/06\/28\/metal-monday-n-is-for-nuclear-death\/","title":{"rendered":"Metal Monday: N is for Nuclear Death"},"content":{"rendered":"

\nTwo bands today representing the letter “N”. First up, Napalm Death, the UK grindcore\/death metal pioneers. Influenced by punk and hardcore like so many other metal bands getting their start in the eighties, theyt took it further than most. In the first video, if you blink you miss their record breaking song “You Suffer”:\n<\/p>\n


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\nThey got a bit more “mainstream” later on in their career. Here’s an example of their later style:\n<\/p>\n


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\nThe other “N” band is Nuclear Assault, which you could call an Anthrax spinoff as Danny Lilker, ex-Anthrax bassist was a founding member. They of course play thrash metal with their earliest records having a decidedly apocalyptic flavour. No wonder considering the band was formed at the height of the Reagan era, when it really did seem like the missiles would start flying any minute now. Now unlike James Nicoll<\/a>, who watches Threads<\/a><\/cite> as escapism, I still get nightmares thinking to much about nuclear holocaust and some of their songs I just cannot play therefore. This is “Game Over”:\n<\/p>\n


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\nAnd this is “Critical Mass”:\n<\/p>\n


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