''Point Blank'' is the only studio album by heavy metal band

Nailbomb Nailbomb is a heavy metal band formed in 1993 as a side project by Brazilian musician Max Cavalera (then the frontman of Sepultura) and British musician Alex Newport of Fudge Tunnel. They played a combination of primarily industrial metal and ...

, released on March 8, 1994, by

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. The side project was started by

Max Cavalera Massimiliano Antonio "Max" Cavalera (; born 4 August 1969) is a Brazilian musician. He co-founded the Heavy metal music, heavy metal band Sepultura in 1984 with his brother Igor Cavalera, and was the band's lead singer and rhythm guitarist unti ...

and Alex Newport in the mid-1990s. Part of the first track, "Wasting Away", plays in the 1995 film ''

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''. The album cover is a photo of female Vietnamese civilian with a U.S. soldier's gun to her head, which Max Cavalera and Alex Newport retrieved from the Alternative Associated Press. Cavalera stated that they wanted to create a similar cover to Rage Against the Machine's self titled album, an image of the self immolation of

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. According to Cavalera, the woman in the cover lived after the photo was taken. ''Point Blank'' was played live in its entirety for the first time in 2017 by Cavalera and his band

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, more than 20 years after the release of the album and Nailbomb's breakup. Newport's parts were played by Cavalera's son Igor Amadeus Cavalera.

Track listing

All tracks written by

and Alex Newport unless noted.

Bonus track version

A remastered version was released on February 24, 2004, with liner notes and extra tracks:

Samples

"Guerrillas" contains a sample of "Procreation of the Wicked" by

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and a sample from the movie '' Salvador''. "Cockroaches" contains a sample from the movie '' Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer''. "For Fucks Sake" contains samples of

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's last TV appearance on '' The Jane Whitney Show'' before his death in June 1993.

Personnel

;Nailbomb *

: vocals, rhythm guitar, bass, sampling (vocals credited as "insults") *Alex Newport: vocals, lead guitar, bass, sampling (vocals credited as "mouthful of hate") ;Additional personnel *

Andreas Kisser Andreas Rudolf Kisser (; born 24 August 1968) is a Brazilian musician, best known for being the lead guitarist for the metal band Sepultura. He has been featured on every Sepultura release since their second album, ''Schizophrenia''. Additionally, ...

: lead guitar on tracks 2, 9 & 11 *

Igor Cavalera Igor Graziano Cavalera (born 4 September 1970) is a Brazilian musician, best known as the former drummer for the heavy metal band Sepultura, which he co-founded with his brother Max in 1984. Max left the band in 1997, and Igor himself would ...

: drums on tracks 1, 5, 7, 10, 12 & 13 *

Dino Cazares Dino Cazares (born September 2, 1966) is an American musician, best known as the guitarist and one of the co-founders of industrial metal band Fear Factory. He is also a co-founder of Divine Heresy, Asesino, and Brujeria (band), Brujeria. Cazar ...

: rhythm guitar on track 3 ;Production *Produced by Alex Newport and Max Cavalera *Recorded by Otto Agnello *Mixed by Alex Newport

Chart positions

References

{{Authority control Nailbomb albums 1994 debut albums Roadrunner Records albums Albums produced by Max Cavalera Albums produced by Alex Newport