Artist: Nominon
Album: Monumentomb
Type: Album
Label: Deathgasm Records

I can't help but love death metal; especially the Stockholm styled Swedish death metal. In fact, some would say it's an addiction for me. When you find yourself at 3am in the morning sitting in front of your laptop with Metal Archives, eBay and various online distros open over a plethora of browsers just to research as much as you can about it, you suddenly realise it's turned into a bit of an obsession. But yes, I'm a metal geek and proud. Thus, any chance of reviewing any album that sounds anything like it takes its main influence from Entombed, Dismember or Unleashed soon has me sitting up excitedly with large pupils and dry mouth in anticipation. Nominon are a Power Metal band from Italy... just kidding. Of course, they're Swedish and play Sunlight studios styled death metal. Monumentomb is their 4th full length album recorded at Necromorbus studio in Sweden. Although they formed in the early 90s releasing a handful of demos, they only got around to releasing their debut full length in 1999. So, even though they're not truly old school, they've still been around for a fair time to be considered somewhat veterans themselves. Their music blends the old Swedish sound with some newer tricks learned by the likes of Vomitory (the cleaner production helps keep things a little crisper than some of the uglier, gnarlier Swedish death metal). But thankfully the buzz-saw guitars, gruff vocals and pounding drums are all kept intact reeking of just about any Stockholm styled band of worth.

Each track spews forth an unholy stream of fast, heavy and filthy death metal that sounds as though it's been dredged from the depths of the river Styx, slowing occasionally to add in an eerie section reminiscent of the dying embers of Entombed's 'Left Hand Path'. There's no thrash throwbacks or black metal posturing to be heard here this is pure death metal, just the way you want it. I can't really ask for much more from these guys, they tick all the boxes for a prime re-enactment of the classic bands from the very early 90s. Every sound you hear on this record sounds as though it has been primed for pure annihilation of the senses - a must for any fanatic like myself.

http://www.myspace.com/nominon