Inhale/Exhale (Nasum album)

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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]

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

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.