NIRVANA 2002 IS THE NIRVANA OF SWEDISH DEATH METAL

I'm gonna start by saying that the line-up for this year's

Maryland Deathfest

is INSANE. Totally off the fucking meat-hooks. Have you seen it?

Repulsion

,

Autopsy

,

Sodom

,

Possessed

, past AFITFOG featured acts

Sadistic Intent

,

Obliteration

and

Black Breath

, to name a few. It is literally going to be the metal-fest of the decade, millennium, etc. Anyways, so

Nirvana 2002

will be playing there. It's their second ever live show, their first being at the launch of the

Swedish Death Metal book by Daniel Ekeroth

, in 2007. They only ever released a handful of demos, the majority(/all?) of which were recorded at Stockholm's infamous

Sunlight Studios

, where literally every Swedish death metal band recorded (think Entombed, Morbid, Carbonized… hell, even

Soulside Journey

was recorded there). So you know the sound: thick, down-tuned, brutal, unforgiving riffage. A compilation came out just last year, comprising all their recordings from 89-91 (imaginatively titled

Recordings 89-91

). It is so good you should get off your seat NOW and find it. Mug someone for the cash if you have to, I don't care. Or maybe save your cash and make the treacherous journey to Maryland in May. The choice is yours, heathens. Listen: Nirvana 2002, "Slumber" [audio:http://viceland-assets-cdn.vice.com/music/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/02-slumber.mp3]

†ROCKWELL†