Nervosa bring the percussive thunder and cannon-fire, bursts of fast-scissoring and rapidly darting fretwork, and gloriously swirling guitar-leads too. A full-throttle thrasher for the most part, it also includes musical elements of sinister tension and diabolical delirium, as well as some segments that trigger the good ol’ headbang reflex, and of course the screaming and roaring vocals are venomous and vitriolic. “ Endless Ambition” is the name of the new one, and it’s an adrenaline-fueled, highly infectious spectacle. Now they too have a new single, unchained by Napalm Records through an exhilarating video earlier this week. The last time we devoted attention to Nervosa was back in 2021, when we published not one but two adulatory reviews of their fourth full-length, Perpetual Chaos ( here and here). I saw a press release saying this is the first of two songs the band will be releasing.
(I got flashes of Mantar and Goatwhore when listening to this, which are good hot flashes to get.) Eventually, the band bolt into a thrashy surge and spin out a spectacular fret-melter of a solo before returning to that ear-worm riffage. The shrieking and howling vocals are A-grade nasty, and go quite well with the reptilian hazard and rocking swagger of the music. The opening heavy metal riff, which is both brazen and serpentine, is a damned big hook, that’s for sure, and so are the subterranean bass undulations and the neck-snapping snare grooves. What we look for, and what we get here, after an eerily exotic intro, is music that’s menacing and mauling, and spring-loaded with hooks, though this new track is also a highly addictive rocker. The music’s not “nice” either, but that’s not what we look for in this band’s music.
“ Apostle of Gehenna” is a nice surprise, since about 2 1/2 years have elapsed since the band’s last release (the Negotium Crucis album, reviewed here), though there’s nothing “nice” about gaping jaws of the hellhound in the artwork (the work of Rob Gould). Oh hell, where to start? Well, how about with a new single from NCS favorites The Infernal Sea? At least I got a bit of a head-start today on the usual Saturday and Sunday collections, when more catching up will occur. Sadly, it was also another week when I couldn’t manage to catch up to them in other round-ups. Well, this was another ridiculous week for the release of new music and videos designed to tease forthcoming records, not to mention the release of complete albums, EPs, and splits. (5) A.R.O.A.The Infernal Sea – Photography by Jay Russell (1) (.) (4) (0) (1) (Dolch) (4) (The True) Veiled (1) (V.E.G.A.) (3) ۞ (1) ◊ (1) 〇 (2) 1000 Funerals (2) 13 Winters (2) 1349 (9) 13th Moon (6) 13th Temple (2) 1476 (1) 1879 (1) 1914 (1) 78424325 (1) 9 Beds (1) A Cloud Forest (2) A Cloud in Circle (8) A Diadem of Dead Stars (2) A Different Cloud (1) A Forest (6) A Forest of Stars (6) A God Or An Other (1) A Light In The Dark (3) A Monumental Black Statue (8) A Portrait Of Flesh And Blood (1) A Pregnant Light (4) A Premonition (1) A Ravens Forest (1) À Répit (1) A Transylvanian Funeral (6) A Tree (1) A Winter Lost (2) A:S: (2) A.H.P.
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