Point Blank
Studio album by
Nailbomb
ReleasedMarch 8, 1994
Recorded1993
Genre
Length62:38
76:19 (2004 remaster)
LabelRoadrunner
Producer
Nailbomb chronology
Point Blank
(1994)		 Proud to Commit Commercial Suicide
(1995)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal8/10[2]
Kerrang![3]
Rock Hard8.5/10[4]
Vox5/10[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.

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
  • 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

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

References

  1. ↑ "Point Blank – Nailbomb". AllMusic.
  2. ↑ Popoff, Martin (2007). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 3: The Nineties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 305. ISBN 978-1-894959-62-9.
  3. ↑ Brannigan, Paul (November 2011). "Nailbomb: Point Blank". Kerrang!: 666 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die!. Bauer Media Group: 77.
  4. ↑ Kupfer, Thomas (March 25, 1994). "Point Blank". Rock Hard (Vol. 84) (in German). Retrieved June 23, 2023.
  5. ↑ Perry, Neil (May 1, 1994). "Album Reviews: Rock". Vox. UK: IPC (44): 108.
  6. ↑ "Max Cavalera on Making Nailbomb's Cult Classic 'Point Blank,' Revisiting It Live". October 10, 2017.
  7. ↑ "Nailbomb – Point Blank". Discogs.
  8. ↑ "Nailbomb Dutch Albums Chart". dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved July 14, 2014.
  9. ↑ "Nailbomb German Albums Chart". musicline.de. Retrieved July 14, 2014.
  10. ↑ 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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