Abandon All Life

Abandon All Life
Studio album by Nails
Released	28 March 2013 [1]
Recorded	December 27, 2012 – January 2, 2013
Studio	GodCity Recording (Salem)
Genre	Grindcore [2] powerviolence [2] death metal [2] D-beat [2]
Length	17:14
Label	Southern Lord [1]
Producer	Kurt Ballou [1]
Nails chronology
Unsilent Death (2010) Abandon All Life (2013) You Will Never Be One of Us (2016)

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	80/100 [3]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[4]
The Austin Chronicle	[5]
Chronicles of Chaos	8/10 [6]
Drowned in Sound	7/10 [7]
Metal Injection	8/10 [8]
Pitchfork	8.0/10 [9]
PopMatters	8/10 [10]
Punknews.org	[11]
Q	[12]
Sputnikmusic	4.0/5 [13]

Abandon All Life is the second full-length studio album by American hardcore punk ^[2] band Nails. The album was released on 28 March 2013 through Southern Lord Records to positive reviews with an aggregated score of 80/100 on Metacritic. ^[3]

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"In Exodus"	1:17
2.	"Tyrant"	0:42
3.	"Absolute Control"	0:42
4.	"God's Cold Hands"	1:58
5.	"Wide Open Wound"	3:36
6.	"Abandon All Life"	1:20
7.	"No Surrender"	0:54
8.	"Pariah"	1:01
9.	"Cry Wolf"	0:23
10.	"Suum Cuique"	5:21
Total length:		17:14

Personnel

Nails

• John Gianelli - bass
• Taylor Young - drums
• Todd Jones - vocals, guitars

Session

• Andy Saba - lead guitar

Production

• Farron Kerzner - artwork
• Kurt Ballou - producer, engineering, mixing
• Scott Magrath - layout, design
• Brad Boatright - mastering

References

1. "Obscene Humanity, by Nails". Nails. Retrieved January 18, 2018.
2. Stosuy, Brandon. "Nails:Abandon All Life". Pitchfork. Retrieved January 2, 2017.
3. "Metacritic page". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved July 10, 2013.
4. Heaney, Gregory. "Allmusic review". AllMusic . Retrieved July 10, 2013.
5. Toland, Michael (August 2, 2013). "Nails: Abandon All Life Album Review". The Austin Chronicle . Retrieved October 15, 2024.
6. Lake, Dan (March 31, 2013). "CoC : Nails - Abandon All Life : Review". Chronicles of Chaos . Retrieved October 15, 2024.
7. Macmillan, Pieter (April 11, 2013). "Drowned in Sound review". Archived from the original on June 24, 2013. Retrieved July 10, 2013.
8. Zalucky, James (March 13, 2013). "Meta Injection review" . Retrieved July 10, 2013.
9. Stosuy, Brandon (April 4, 2013). "Pitchfork review". Pitchfork . Retrieved July 10, 2013.
10. Brown, Dean (March 28, 2013). "Nails: Abandon All Life". PopMatters . Retrieved October 15, 2024.
11. JohnGentile (March 14, 2013). "Punknews.org review" . Retrieved July 10, 2013.
12. They pack in an astounding brutality reminiscent of Napalm Death's grueling grindcore. [May 2013, p.99]
13. Kleman, Eli (March 1, 2013). "Sputnik Music review" . Retrieved July 10, 2013.