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The second document on the new Crucial Blaze imprint, Wolfnuke's Nightwar is a glorified demo, the first raw recorded work from this new Hagerstown, Maryland quartet that includes the C-Blast boss on bass and bellows, as well as a current member of long-running hardcore/grinders Strong Intention (Six Weeks / Coalition Records) on guitar. Wolfnuke seeks a different form of mayhem however, forging a furious, blackened thrash assault out of an unlikely combination of influences that include the obvious (classic second wave black metal and Teutonic thrash), the vitriolic crossover thrash of Cro-Mags's 1989 album Best Wishes, a lust for the driving, apocalyptic power of late 80's UK goth rock (Fields of The Nephilim, Sisters Of Mercy), and the violent aggression of Scandinavian hardcore. The four songs on Nightwar are universally fast-paced and dark as hell, starting with the nihilistic blackened thrash of "Beneath The Last Of The Neuro-Goat" and continuing through the blazing black metal-meets-crossover extermination vision of "Deathfire", the crushing mid-tempo blackened metalpunk of the title track and the anthemic matricide hallucination of closer "Filthwraith".
Originally made available as a free download and cassette at local performances earlier in the year, the Nightwar demo has been presented here as a hand-numbered cd-r release in a print run of 250 copies and packaged in the Crucial Blaze signature library case with an insert card, a set of 1" buttons, and a vinyl sticker. It is also available on cassette, likewise limited to a print run of 100 copies. In addition, the recording is still available to be downloaded for free, which can be done at the following link: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=NJFXJAT8.
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WOLFNUKE Nightwar CDR / CASSETTE