Recommendation: Nocturnus - The Key

[Hell Mike]

NOCTURNUS - The Key

Death metal from outer space, that's what this is. Really fucking good death metal from 1990 that sounds like Darth Vader on a bad day. Influnces would be Morbid Angel, Death, Possessed and such, or more likely the same as those fellas listened to (Slayer, Venom etc?) plus ten. I don't know really how they manage to pull this off without even coming close to silliness, but they do. The synth dude could get a wee bit less space (no pun intended) outside intros, but it's still asskicking hellbanging goodness, just listen dammit and you'll be blowing up planets in notime.

1. Lake Of Fire
2. Visions From Beyond The Grave
3. Standing In Blood
4. Neolithic
5. Undead Journey
6. B.C./A.D. (Before Christ/After Death)
7. Andromeda Strain
8. Droid Sector
9. Destroying The Manger
10. Empire Of The Sands

 

[swizzlenuts]

Great album, but you can still buy this rather easily?

 

[skeptik]

It was reissued by Earache a few years back (you fucking idiot).

 

[IOfTheStorm]

This is probably my favourite death metal album of all times. So unbelievably ahead of its time.
Sorath you should have uploaded "Andromeda Strain", such a kickass song.

 

[Dazed and Brutal]

Great album, I always forget about it. Technical as fuck!

 

[JayKeeley]

Love it. I'm not a huge DM fan, but I liked this on the very first listen and it's only grown since. Good reco!

 

[circus_brimstone]

Sounds good! I really like early '90s death metal.

 

[Evil?]

 

[Hell Mike]

More people listen to this now OK thanks

 

[lurch70]

ahead of its time maybe ... overrated as fuck ... hell yeah.
one of the worst drummers in history

 

[Reign in Acai]

one of the worst drummers in history

I'm starting to think you have a thing against drummers as a whole.

 

[Necromunchkin]

This and Massacre's "From Beyond" always seem to get overlooked when examining the best of early Floridian death metal. And a shame, this has so many great moments.

 

[AsModEe]

what I like with this album is that when you listen closely with headphones, you can clearly hear the drummer (and singer, gotta give the guy credits for doing both) miss a few kicks

Excellent album, I heard they reunited and did a pretty generic album?

 

[lurch70]

This and Massacre's "From Beyond" always seem to get overlooked when examining the best of early Floridian death metal. And a shame, this has so many great moments.

that's another shitty disc and pretty pedestrian.

just because it came out at the "right time" does not make it great.

 

[swizzlenuts]

that's another shitty disc and pretty pedestrian.

just because it came out at the "right time" does not make it great.

But Gojira sure is good death metal.

 

[AsModEe]

I wouldn't call Gojira death metal, but FMtS isn't a bad album for sure.

 

[lurch70]

When the Massacre disc finally came out in 1991 it came and went with no big hurahh ...

Yes, technically they are one of the forefathers of DM, and I think people give them respect for that more than anything ... but their release/s were nothing really special.

 

[skeptik]

The main thing holding Massacre album back is the production. You should listen to the demos.