NIGHTMARE - Silent Room
September 28, 2003, 21 years ago
(Napalm)
French band with NOW(B)HM roots, Nightmare came back with the quite bad Cosmovision album in '01. But Silent Room is a surprisingly thoughtful, obtuse addition to the band's legacy, the album reminding one of the fertile creative metal plains plowed and planted by Coroner and Rage. But there's a moody, obscure proginess to this thing as well, including the use of operatic vocals in places, to go along with Jo Amore's gruff gothic, improving sound (Amore was the drummer for the band, now turned frontman!), all set to crisp but still tough production values. Don't know what happened between the wobbled comeback and this one, but there is almost an embarrassment of riches here when it comes to riff, groove, quick changeovers and general class at every of the album's many creases.
