Point Blank (Nailbomb album)

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Point Blank
Point Blank (Nailbomb album) coverart.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedMarch 8, 1994
Recorded1993
Genre
Length62:38
76:19 (2004 remaster)
Label Roadrunner
Producer
Nailbomb chronology
Point Blank
(1994)
Proud to Commit Commercial Suicide
(1995)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal 8/10 [2]
Kerrang! Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [3]
Rock Hard 8.5/10 [4]
Vox 5/10 [5]

Point Blank is the only studio album by heavy metal band Nailbomb, released on March 8, 1994, by Roadrunner Records. The side project was started by Max Cavalera and Alex Newport in the mid-1990s. Part of the first track, "Wasting Away", plays in the 1995 film To Die For . The album cover is a female Vietnamese civilian with a U.S. soldier's gun to her head.

Contents

Point Blank was played live in its entirety for the first time in 2017 by Cavalera and his band Soulfly, more than 20 years after the release of the album and Nailbomb's breakup. Newport's parts were played by Cavalera's son Zyon.

Track listing

All tracks written by Max Cavalera and Alex Newport unless noted.

No.TitleLength
1."Wasting Away"3:06
2."Vai Toma no Cú"4:47
3."24 Hour Bullshit"3:54
4."Guerrillas"4:26
5."Blind and Lost"1:54
6."Sum of Your Achievements"2:42
7."Cockroaches"5:10
8."For Fuck's Sake"5:44
9."World of Shit"4:13
10."Exploitation" (Doom cover)2:28
11."Religious Cancer"5:09
12."Shit Piñata"1:09
13."Sick Life" (The song "Sick Life" ends at 6:31. After 10 minutes of silence, at 16:31, an untitled improvised hidden track begins.)17:51
Total length:62:38

Bonus track version

A remastered version was released on February 24, 2004, with liner notes and extra tracks:

No.TitleLength
14."While You Sleep, I Destroy Your World"5:06
15."Zero Tolerance"6:34
16."Wasting Away" (live)3:03
17."Guerillas" (live)3:27
18."Cockroaches" (live)4:06
19."Police Truck" (live; East Bay Ray, Jello Biafra)3:08
Total length:76:19

Samples

"Guerrillas" contains a sample of "Procreation of the Wicked" by Celtic Frost and a sample from the movie Salvador . "Cockroaches" contains a sample from the movie Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer . "For Fucks Sake" contains samples of GG Allin's last TV appearance on The Jane Whitney Show before his death in June 1993. [6]

Personnel

Nailbomb
Additional personnel
Production

Chart positions

Chart (1994)Peak

position

Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [8] 70
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [9] 63
UK Albums (OCC) [10] 62

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