Another free release here, this one I missed from back in
January. Skin Like Iron from San Francisco and Oxnard, California’s infamous
Nails unleash two scathing hardcore tracks each that can be streamed over at Decibel magazine. This split was released as a limited only wax pressing of one
thousand copies (900 on black and 100 on blue) available only from the band. Skin
Like Iron feed angry hardcore modernism off of old school punk melodies,
combining new and old to successfully rock out. Nails are basically the most
metal hardcore band out there these days, so much so in fact that I’m dubious
as to whether Nails should be classified more as a metal or hardcore band
(though realistically percentages are drawn somewhere close to the middle). Not
that it really matters. Nails mean business - big, bad, pissed off business,
and if you have any ounce of real rock in your soul, you’d be a fool not to
thrash your neck and pump your fist to this. This split upholds the wicked
quality of all their previous releases, so you all have three more minutes of
adrenaline-charged, punked-out metal madness to muck about to. If you’re
remotely interested in any hardcore/metal groups and you don’t know Nails,
educate yourself immediately. Even if you’re not into hardcore (yet), there can
be no harm done in giving this a listen as it’s free and only nine minutes
long. I believe the 7"s are still available for purchase too. So get on it.
In short: Free split. Four songs. Sick hardcore.
Standout tracks: Nails kill it with “Annihilation”
Score: 9.0
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