The
artwork of „Nursed“ could mislead you that
it’s a matter of revival of blackened
speed/thrash metal
with a concept of demo sound. However it seems that in Germany there is a
very strong law of purity of thrash! FIRST AID do not hammer
release after release but when they make it, it had achieved its necessary
precision.
The
beginning of the album is extremely crude with the quote that became a trade
mark of SODOM from ‘Apocalypse Now’. Immediately becomes clear that in riffs
direction things are measured in a proportion 50/50 SODOM/KREATOR. This is a very precisely performed thrash metal, but
definitely in the manner of the sound of the 80es. We have to point that it
is a matter of the period ’87-’89 when the chaos of the extremism is
overcome, and is also the golden period of the virtuoso thrash albums. The
vocals of Chris Carl remind
a lot of Tom Araya, without swine-like falsetto twist from his early
years (He is yet the voice of the brutal death metal band HARMONY DIES). Here
is the place to mention that the drummer is Max Scheffler
who recently released an album with POSTMORTEM.
FIRST AID write their songs in various tempos. They
do not hesitate to use middle tempo smashing riffs where they have great
power. Although that the presence of the German tradition is strong, the
quotes are not much, and the style of the band is specific. The Groove mood
is not forgotten, and at the end of the release there is a thrash`n`roll in „Grimace of Lies“, as well as the sodomized again ‘tribute to Chuck
Norris’ – „Missing In Action“.
For
good or bad „Nursed“ sounds as a very good
release from the end of the 80es. It definitely receives bonus points because
of the constant respect toward nurses in the artworks of the band!
