One thing the listener will immediately notice is that the album flows very quickly and almost seamlessly. The first track, "F.Y.W.", serves as a neck and knuckle warm-up for what is to follow. "Rock Bottom" kicks in, followed by the ferocious "At War With Love", both released as a promo videos. The songs leave no room for misinterpretation; Nasty is here to rightfully claim their throne. "DRTY FNGRZ 2" is the
The title track features a guest
performance by JJ Peters of Deez Nuts. Both vocalists unleash an avid attack to
organized religion and bring forth the importance of self-realization and
empowerment while “At Night” is a rampant banger that doesn’t stray from the character
of the album. “Interlude” functions as both a breather and the introduction to
quite possibly one of the best tunes Nasty has ever written; “Prediction”. The ‘love
song’ of the album with a sort of anthemic feel, has some catchy vocal melodies
that don’t go unnoticed. Absolutely one that needs to be added to the setlist and to be sung along. As we head
towards the end, “Welle”, the only German song in the release, and “In Defeat”
are the explosive combination that allows the record to go out with a bang. Set
the latter at the 01:48 mark and be prepared to trash your bedroom. You’re welcome. Following the path of "Shokka", the final track is the
outro which, although unusually melodic for this album and with a
Heaven-Shall-Burn-ish momentum?, fits right in and feels just as heavy as the
rest of the songs.
You thought you were done, didn’t
you? Not before the bonus track, “Babylon”, is over. A rapacious epilogue to conclude
the album.
“Realigion” is a relentless sonic assault. The short length of the compositions
is a really big advantage to that; before the listener has the chance to
recover from the hit of one song, the next one is already blasting. The face-melting
riffage and the pounding drumwork have always been the key components of every Nasty release. One would think that, when
a band has paved a very specific path with their sound, it would be hard not to
release the same thing over and over. I myself am guilty to have said that a
few times for certain bands. The case with these guys, however, is different. Over the last 7 or so years, Nasty took their massive sound, broke it
down to the absolute fundaments and established their identity by completely assimilating their influences.
I wouldn’t exactly call it a matter of proper structure per se, as Matthi put it, but I would definitely label it as
growing up and embracing new sounds. The consistent touring with bands of
different scenes and genres has been a catalyst to open up to new ideas and
approaches. To that, we should also add the progressive change of the vocals
from throaty growls to potentially less harming screams.
Understandably, Nasty might not be everyone's cup of tea. Before dismissing them completely, though, I strongly recommend that you check this album out.
9/10
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