NASUM

Human 2.0

When 30-year-old Nasum frontman Mieszko Talarczyk tragically lost his life to the tsunami in Thailand on December 26, 2004, the metal scene lost both a truly revolutionary artist and a band whose forward-thinking, ethically exacting approach had made them grindcore’s standard bearers, as well as a galvanising cause célèbre in their own right. While most of their peers were busy wading in gore-obsessed mulch, the Swedes’ crust-inflected fury and rare sonic discipline was honed to axis-shifting perfection on their second album, Human 2.0. Its 25 short blasts of righteous, riotous venom were stunning in their distinct groove and clarity, leaving even the mighty Napalm Death in catch-up mode.

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