NERVOSA - Perpetual Chaos
Napalm Records
OK a few things to mention here. I remember NERVOSA from a few years ago. They were a three piece all female thrash act from Brazil. Their Downfall of Mankind from 2018 was pretty damm good. They had a cool blackened thrash quality to em. But that was then and things have changed for this band. Since last time around the bassist/vocalist and drummer have left the band leaving guitarist Prika Amaral left to re-start things.
Just for the record this band has gone through half a dozen band members. So NERVOSA are not a Brazilion band anymore. Instead they're now an international act with their three new members. Joining Prika Amaral is vocalist Diva Satanica from Spain. On drums there's Eleni Nota who hails from Greece. Finally there's Mia Wallace from Italy on bass. Wallace is the only one I know of since she played bass on ABBATH's last album.
So as far as this, their fourth album, goes I'd say the change works well. First off Prika Amaral is a damm good guitarist. She brings forth some diabolical riffs throughout. Her lead work is decent overall. Musically things are less blackened and simplistic than before. This new NERVOSA is full on death thrash with a modern touch. New vocalist Diva Satanica adds a more diverse range of vocal styling be they brutal death grunts, blackened screeches or blatant screams.
As far as the new rhythm section goes, they keep time with Prika Amaral fairly well. If anything is a miss it's the great drum work sounding like banging on Tupperware. All 13 songs are amazing and in your fuckin face. DESTRUCTION's Marcel Schirmer adds some vocals on one cut while Eric A.K. from FLOTSAM AND JETSAM sings along on another.
In the end this is some damm good thrash for 2021. Hopefully Prika Amaral will keep this line-up going because it has that early SLAYER quality which has been missing from the genre for a long time. The only sad note here is that because of the Wuhan virus BS the chance for seeing em play these great songs is up in the air.
https://napalmrecords.com/deutsch/?SID=rn2kr7fvmj20u99qjn0qc877r2
LISTEN HERE:
https://nervosa-brazil.bandcamp.com/
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