Inhale/Exhale (Nasum album)

Inhale/Exhale is the first album by the Swedish grindcore band Nasum. It was released on 26 May 1998 by Relapse Records.

Inhale/Exhale
Studio album by
Released26 May 1998
RecordedDecember 1997–January 1998
StudioSoundlab Studios, Örebro, Sweden
GenreGrindcore
Length45:09
LabelRelapse
Producer
  • Nasum
  • Mathias Färm
  • Per Lindberg
Nasum chronology
Inhale/Exhale
(1998)
Human 2.0
(2000)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Chronicles of Chaos8.5/10[2]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal6/10[3]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[4]
Metal.de8/10[5]
Rock Hard8.5/10[6]
Terrorizer[7]

The album has been credited with reviving the grindcore scene, following a period of downturn in the 1990s.[8][9] Napalm Death have also credited the album for encouraging them to return to their faster, grindcore roots with Enemy of the Music Business (2000).[8]

Track listing edit

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."This Is..."Anders Jakobson0:24
2."The Masked Face"Jakobson1:51
3."Digging In"Mieszko Talarczyk0:18
4."Time to Act!"Talarczyk1:21
5."Disdain and Contempt"Jakobson0:32
6."I See Lies"Jakobson1:10
7."Inhale / Exhale"Jakobson1:35
8."Too Naked to Distort"Talarczyk0:48
9."There's No Escape"Talarczyk1:40
10."The Rest Is Over"Jakobson1:09
11."Disappointed"Jakobson1:08
12."Lägg om!"Talarczyk0:18
13."You're Obsolete"Jakobson1:11
14."Tested"Talarczyk1:20
15."Shapeshifter"Jakobson1:09
16."Feed Them, Kill Them, Skin Them"Talarczyk0:50
17."When Science Fails"Talarczyk1:49
18."Closing In"Talarczyk1:00
19."The World That You Made"Jakobson0:57
20."The System Has Failed Again"Talarczyk0:33
21."For What Cause"Talarczyk1:01
22."Fullmatad"Talarczyk0:54
23."Screwed"Talarczyk0:41
24."Shaping the End"Talarczyk2:22
25."The New Firing Squad"Jakobson0:58
26."No Sign of Improvement"Talarczyk1:46
27."My Philosophy"Jakobson0:56
28."I'm Not Silent"Jakobson0:49
29."The Breathing Furnace"Jakobson1:21
30."Information Is Free"Jakobson1:27
31."Burning Inside"Jakobson1:33
32."A Request for Guidance"Jakobson0:47
33."Grey"Jakobson1:04
34."Worldcraft"Talarczyk2:34
35."It's Never Too Late"Jakobson0:33
36."Du Är Bevakad"Talarczyk1:09
37."Blinded"Jakobson0:39
38."Can De Lach"Jakobson3:13
Total length:45:09

Personnel edit

Nasum
  • Mieszko Talarczyk - guitars, bass guitar, screaming vocals
  • Anders Jakobson - drums, death growls
Production
  • Robert Ahlborg - photography, artwork
  • Adam Peterson - artwork
  • William J. Yurkiewicz Jr. - executive producer
  • Matthew F. Jacobson - executive producer
  • Mieszko Talarczyk - engineering, mixing, editing, pre-mastering
  • Anders Jakobson - mixing, layout, logo
  • Mathias Färm - recording, engineering
  • Dan Swanö - editing, pre-mastering
  • Per Lindberg - recording
  • Dave Shirk - mastering

References edit

  1. ^ https://www.allmusic.com/album/r351696
  2. ^ Schwarz, Paul (19 November 1998). "CoC : Nasum - Inhale/Exhale : Review". Chronicles of Chaos. Retrieved 29 July 2023.
  3. ^ Popoff, Martin (2007). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 3: The Nineties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 307. ISBN 978-1-894959-62-9.
  4. ^ Larkin, Colin, ed. (2006). "Nasum". The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). New York : MUZE : Oxford University Press. p. 123. ISBN 978-0-19-531373-4 – via Internet Archive.
  5. ^ Sylverback (28 September 2002). "Nasum - Inhale/Exhale Review". metal.de. Retrieved 29 July 2023.
  6. ^ "Inhale/Exhale". Rock Hard (in German). 27 July 1998. Retrieved 29 July 2023.
  7. ^ Whalen, Gregory (August 1998). "Reviews". Terrorizer. No. 57. Scantec Publishing Ltd. pp. 52–53.
  8. ^ a b Everleypublished, Dave (30 January 2020). "The story of grindcore: "This isn't metal, it isn't punk, I don't know what the f**k these guys are doing"". louder. Retrieved 7 July 2023.
  9. ^ Meyer, Gene (19 June 2018). "Interview: Nasum Celebrate 20th Anniversary of "Inhale/Exhale"". Decibel. Retrieved 30 July 2023.