Artist: NUKKE
Portugal’s NUKKE is, undoubtedly, one of the best bands going right now. Their unrelenting attack of classic råpunk, d-beat, and red-raw thrash is exactly what punks need at the present time, and this material will be the best soundtrack to a social system falling apart.
In less than 15 minutes, these Portuguese disfuckers tear through 13 rip-roaring tracks combining blistering kängpunk, steamrolling d-beats, and incendiary riffs with plenty of Japanese-worship on display (think of a band like Crow). Vitriolic tracks like “Zero Chance Survival,” “Nukke’Em All,” and “Dead From Above” are stripped-down onslaughts of blood curdling Discharge-inspired riffs and throat-ripping vocals. There is also the sheer brutality in even faster, similarly chainsawing tracks like “Wasteland Attire”, “Hellbound Drifter”, and my personal favorite “T.S.F.L.”
Clocking in 37 seconds, this particular track is a pure, untamed audio destruction to a deadly degree. Despite their undeniable influences, however, don’t consider this band just one of your typical d-beat congregants! They have so much dynamic range in their writing that it’s absolutely astonishing to hear such an extreme variety in a as short and aggressive record as this one. In a sea of d-beat conformity, NUKKE are a prime example of (anti-) musical prowess and creativity.
No More Peace is a piercing hardcore punk record inspired by dystopian times and sociopolitical injustices, so I’m sure it will get stuck in your brain for days. The artwork is quite remarkable as well, and I just can’t stress enough how much you need this in your miserable disrocker’s life.
