Shift (Nasum album)

Shift
Shift
Studio album by Nasum
Released	October 26, 2004
Recorded	June 3 – July 13, 2004, at Soundlab Studios (Örebro, Sweden)
Genre	Grindcore
Length	37:19
Label	Burning Heart
Producer	Nasum
Nasum chronology

Last updated February 22, 2024

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
Brave Words & Bloody Knuckles	8.5/10^[2]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	^[3]
Metal.de	10/10^[4]

Shift is the fourth and final studio album by the Swedish grindcore band Nasum. It was released on October 26, 2004,^[1] by Burning Heart Records in Sweden and on Relapse Records in North America. Two months after this album was released, Mieszko Talarczyk died during the 2004 tsunami, resulting in the disbanding of Nasum.

Track listing

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"Particles"	Mieszko Talarczyk	Talarczyk	1:15
2.	"The Engine of Death"	Anders Jakobson	Jakobson	1:46
3.	"Twinkle, Twinkle Little Scar"	Jakobson	Jakobson	1:46
4.	"No Paradise for the Damned"	Jakobson	Jakobson	0:32
5.	"Wrath"	Jakobson	Jakobson	2:14
6.	"Fear Is Your Weapon"	Talarczyk	Talarczyk	0:43
7.	"The Deepest Hole"	Jon Lindqvist	Lindqvist	1:47
8.	"High on Hate"	Jakobson	Jakobson	0:40
9.	"Pathetic"	Talarczyk	Talarczyk	1:22
10.	"Circle of Defeat"	Talarczyk	Talarczyk	1:10
11.	"Like Cattle"	Lindqvist	Lindqvist	1:36
12.	"Ros"	Talarczyk	Talarczyk	1:25
13.	"The Smallest Man"	Talarczyk	Talarczyk	2:07
14.	"Cornered"	Jakobson	Jakobson	0:35
15.	"Strife"	Talarczyk	Talarczyk	1:40
16.	"The Clash"	Jakobson	Jakobson	1:31
17.	"Hets"	Jakobson	Jakobson	1:26
18.	"Closer to the End"	Lindqvist	Lindqvist	1:49
19.	"Fury"	Talarczyk	Talarczyk	2:36
20.	"Fight Terror with Terror"	Talarczyk	Talarczyk	2:26
21.	"Ett inflammerat sår"	Jakobson	Jakobson	0:58
22.	"Deleted Scenes"	Jakobson	Jakobson	2:34
23.	"Creature"	Lindqvist	Urban Skytt	1:21
24.	"Darkness Falls"	Jakobson	Jakobson	2:01
25.	"DLTD" (Japanese bonus track)			0:39
26.	"Gravar" (Japanese bonus track)			0:27
Total length:				38:25

Personnel

Nasum

Mieszko Talarczyk – guitar, vocals, recording, mixing
Anders Jakobson – drums, artwork
Urban Skytt – guitar
Jon Lindqvist – bass guitar

Additional personnel

Petter Samuel Freed – guitar (2, 22)
Rogga Johansson – vocals
Peter in de Betou – mastering
Robert Johansson – photography
Robert Samsonowitz – artwork, design

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References

1 2 "Shift - Nasum" . Retrieved September 8, 2013.
↑ Perri, David (6 December 2004). "Nasum - Shift". bravewords.com . Retrieved 2023-07-29.
↑ Larkin, Colin, ed. (2006). "Nasum". The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). New York : MUZE : Oxford University Press. p. 123. ISBN 978-0-19-531373-4 – via Internet Archive.
↑ Thomas (9 November 2004). "Nasum - Shift Review • metal.de". metal.de . Retrieved 2023-07-29.

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[Allmusic-1] 1 2 "Shift - Nasum" . Retrieved September 8, 2013.

[2] Perri, David (6 December 2004). "Nasum - Shift". bravewords.com . Retrieved 2023-07-29.

[3] Larkin, Colin, ed. (2006). "Nasum". The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). New York : MUZE : Oxford University Press. p. 123. ISBN 978-0-19-531373-4 – via Internet Archive.

[4] Thomas (9 November 2004). "Nasum - Shift Review • metal.de". metal.de . Retrieved 2023-07-29.

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