Human Chaos EP [November 2004]

Publication: Phride
Reviewer: Basel
Country: United Arab Emirates

"I have recieved my copy earlier tonight from Rami and James, as I headed home - the anticipation was mounting to finally listen to this record. Finally, I get to my CD player, inserted the CD and pressed play!

The album opens with a song called 'Signs Of The End' - the opening riff is one that would bang the head that does not bang! Very evil and dark. The song picks up with James's chilling growls until it reaches the '2:16' mark, where this emotional heavy-as-hell riff kicks in, the tempo keeps changing during this part of the song - from slow to fast and so on, then Rami bursts out an oriental solo that will sure make you cum in your pants - the song ends with another verse.

Following 'Signs Of The End', is the legendary 'Vastlands of Abomination' - first thing I noticed is how Nervecell slowed this song down, which makes it sound more doomy, but that does not, in anyway, take away from the overall feel of the song. Very heavy and dark - infact, the main part that I didnt like in the first version was the vocals, but now - the vocals have improved SO MUCH, James gives chilling atmosphere to the song and you feel the grimness in the vocals, awesome is all I can say. The solo is the same except much better played now! The best part is the 'suffering' part - sweet.

We go to the next song, 'The Darkened' - anyone whos seen Nervecell live will recognize this song - the riff is very catchy and groovy, actually the entire song is groovy; this is probably the grooviest song on the EP. But what REALLY stands out in this song is the kick ass riff that comes in at around 2:19 - brilliant riff - Kudos to whoever wrote it. The song then picks up and becomes faster but all the sudden breaks down to heavy palmmuting. The drumming is brillaint aswell.

Then comes the best song on the album, hands down! 'Human Chaos' is a work of art! The craziest metal song the scene has ever experienced. This is on part with material written by greats such as Testament - and I am not kidding. The song is fast, amazing riffs, amazing vocals and insane drumming - 7 minutes of crazy crazy metal! I love the riff changes and the harmonie. At 4:27, the song becomes ORGASMIC my friends, so emotional - these guys know how to write thier music, the harmonizing is so beautiful, then comes in the mind blowing solo! Then the acoustic outro is just so god damn beautiful. Well done Nervecell, welldone- this is the best local song I've heard, hands down!

'Demolition' is up next! The beauty of the old school main riff will put you in awe- the main riff is brilliant - alot of attitude and power. Nervecell played this back in warm up gig - it sounded amazing then, it sounds chaotic here. James shines on this one! The chorus is fucking brutal my friends - the combination of the vocals and the riffs make it an absolutley powerful chorus. The rest of the song is full of kick ass guitar work! Another masterpiece down in Nervecell's books.

All in all, the long wait was worth it! Nervecell worked thier asses off on this record and now I finally understand why it took them this long. This is a very well written, well produced, well mixed and well constructed album - brilliant material from a brilliant band. Kiran has yet again managed to impress the hell out of me with his mixing skills, well done dude. If these guys work hard enough, they can actually get signed. I give this album an 'A' grade, it deserves that! I cant wait to see Nervecell live again."