Point Blank (Nailbomb album)
Point Blank is the only studio album by heavy metal band Nailbomb, released on March 8, 1994, by Roadrunner Records. The side project Nailbomb was started by Max Cavalera and Alex Newport in the mid-1990s. The first track "Wasting Away" appears in the 1995 film To Die For. The album cover is a female Vietnamese civilian with a U.S. soldier's gun to her head. The album was played live in its entirety for the first time ever in 2017 by Max Cavalera with his band Soulfly, more than 20 years after the release of the album and the band's break up. However, Alex Newport was not part of these performances due to his busy schedule. Cavalera's son Zyon performed Newport's vocal and keyboard parts for the tour.
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Released | March 8, 1994 | |||
Recorded | 1993 | |||
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Length | 62:38 76:19 (2004 remaster) | |||
Label | Roadrunner | |||
Producer | Alex Newport, Max Cavalera | |||
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Track listing
All tracks written by Max Cavalera and Alex Newport unless noted.
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Wasting Away" | 3:06 |
2. | "Vai Toma no Cú" | 4:47 |
3. | "24 Hour Bullshit" | 3:54 |
4. | "Guerrillas" | 4:26 |
5. | "Blind and Lost" | 1:54 |
6. | "Sum of Your Achievements" | 2:42 |
7. | "Cockroaches" | 5:10 |
8. | "For Fuck's Sake" | 5:44 |
9. | "World of Shit" | 4:13 |
10. | "Exploitation" (Doom cover) | 2:28 |
11. | "Religious Cancer" | 5:09 |
12. | "Shit Piñata" | 1:09 |
13. | "Sick Life" (The song "Sick Life" ends at 6:31. After 10 minutes of silence, at 16:31, an untitled improvised hidden track begins.) | 17:51 |
Total length: | 62:38 |
Bonus track version
A remastered version was released on February 24, 2004, with liner notes and extra tracks:
No. | Title | Length |
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14. | "While You Sleep, I Destroy Your World" | 5:06 |
15. | "Zero Tolerance" | 6:34 |
16. | "Wasting Away" (live) | 3:03 |
17. | "Guerillas" (live) | 3:27 |
18. | "Cockroaches" (live) | 4:06 |
19. | "Police Truck" (live; East Bay Ray, Jello Biafra) | 3:08 |
Total length: | 76:19 |
Samples
"Guerrillas" contains a sample of "Procreation of the Wicked" by Celtic Frost and a sample from the movie Salvador. "Cockroaches" contains a sample from the movie Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer. "For Fucks Sake" contains samples of GG Allin's last TV appearance on The Jane Whitney Show before his death in June 1993.[2]
Personnel
- Nailbomb
- Max Cavalera: vocals, rhythm guitar, bass, sampling[3] (vocals credited as "insults")
- Alex Newport: vocals, lead guitar, bass, sampling (vocals credited as "mouthful of hate")
- Additional personnel
- Andreas Kisser: lead guitar on tracks 2, 9 & 11
- Igor Cavalera: drums on tracks 1, 5, 7, 10, 12 & 13
- Dino Cazares: rhythm guitar on track 3
- Production
- Produced by Alex Newport and Max Cavalera
- Recorded by Otto Agnello
- Mixed by Alex Newport