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<i>Point Blank</i> (Nailbomb album)

Point Blank (Nailbomb album)

1994 studio album by Nailbomb

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.

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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.

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Bonus track version

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

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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
  • Max Cavalera: vocals, rhythm guitar, bass, sampling[7] (vocals credited as "insults")
  • Alex Newport: vocals, lead guitar, bass, sampling (vocals credited as "mouthful of hate")
Additional personnel
Production
  • Produced by Alex Newport and Max Cavalera
  • Recorded by Otto Agnello
  • Mixed by Alex Newport

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References

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    Brannigan, Paul (November 2011). "Nailbomb: Point Blank". Kerrang!: 666 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die!. Bauer Media Group: 77.
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    Kupfer, Thomas (March 25, 1994). "Point Blank". Rock Hard (Vol. 84) (in German). Retrieved June 23, 2023.
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    Perry, Neil (May 1, 1994). "Album Reviews: Rock". Vox (44). UK: IPC: 108.
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    "Max Cavalera on Making Nailbomb's Cult Classic 'Point Blank,' Revisiting It Live". October 10, 2017.
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    "Nailbomb – Point Blank". Discogs.
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    "Nailbomb Dutch Albums Chart". dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved July 14, 2014.
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    "Nailbomb German Albums Chart". musicline.de. Retrieved July 14, 2014.
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    Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 387. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
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