[Music/lyrics: Anders]

A distant alarm, a sound from far away
We raised our heads towards the sky but there was nothing there to see
The restless crowd is now breaking the silence
Anxiety is rising, the sky is turning dark
A riot is emerging, men beat men to death
This is unexplainable, a fight without a battle
The alarm resounds and someone called in a speaker:
"This is not a drill, I repeat: this is not a drill..."

Today we die, today we testify
All we do must come to an end - this is the end

Reversed evolving, turning people into beasts
They're feasting on eachother, strong consume the weak

Sing with the song of Nasum, Alarm lyrics!

Flaming ruins, society is lost
Shattered city streets filled with blind, nameless creatures
The sky cracks open, dust is descending
Breath the black air, feel darkness in your lungs
Silence - nothing makes a sound
But we can still hear, the sound of the alarm

Today we die, today we testify
All we do must come to an end - this is the end

A distant early warning
A sound from far away
We raised our heads
Towards the sky
Towards the alarm...

nasum

Artist Information

Profile:

Legendary Grindcore act Nasum was formed in Sweden in 1992 by Anders Jakobson (guitar) and Rickard Alriksson (drums, vocals) as a sideproject to the Death Metal band Necrony. They began writing some material but nothing really happened until Spring 1993 where they got in touch with German Poserslaughter Records that offerend them a 7" EP split with Australian Blood Duster. But after a while it turned out to be a split with Agathocles. Before the recording of the material Mieszko Talarczyk (guitar) joined the band. The split with Agathocles was released and entitled "Blind World". The band had also sent a tape (containing songs from the split) to various labels in order to get more EP offeres etc. They recieved two offers, one offering a split-7" EP with Psycho on their own label Ax/ction Records, but also an opportunity to participate on the well-reputated Swedish hardcore comp-LP "Really Fast"'s 9th volume. November same year they returned to Unisound to record ten tracks. Nine for "Really Fast" LP and one for Mieszko's comp-tape - "Corpse Flesh Genitals". While dealing with Ax/ction Records, Mieszko started his own label with a friend. Their first release was a four-way split-3" MCD including Nasum, Retaliation (Swe), Clotted Symmetric Sexual Organ (Jap) and Vivisection (Jap). The release was called "Grindwork" which was released in 1994 along with the split-7" EP with Psycho, "Smile When You're Dead". In November same year a demo was released, "Domedagen", which contained new and old tracks. But because it was made with unexperienced students from a local soundtechnician school the sound turned out bad. The next release was a MCD, "Industrislaven", released by Poserslaughter Records in September 1995. After the release the band finally did some touring in Berlin with label mates Dead and Manus. But Rickard didn't want to play live so the band found Per Karlsson who replaced him on the tour. But after the tour Rickards left the band permanently and was replaced by Jallo Lehto. But it didn't work out so Anders took over the drums leaving Mieszko alone on guitar. In late 1996 the band recorded a split 7" Ep with Abstain, "The Black Illusions", which was released by German Yellow Dog Records in 1998 and their first full 7" EP - "World In Turmoil", released by Japanese Blurred Records. After that the band recorded some tracks for compilation albums, "Regressive Hostility" and "Vision Of War". They also sent a tape to American Relapse Records who were amazed and instantly offered them a deal. The band recorded their debut album "inhale/exhale" in 1997 and released it in 1998. November 1998, the band recorded more material for 7" EP splits, compilations and a also some for a box set called "Better off dead" which will be released by Clean Plate Records someday. After four years as a duo the band felt it was time to get a new bassplayer. In the spring of 1999 Jesper Liveröd joined the band. A really good start along with Relapse inviting them to the "Milwaukee Metalfest" in the US. It was four years since their last live show so the band had a really intense rehearsal. After the tour the band recorded "Human 2.0" which was released by Relapse Records in 2000 and after that they embarked on various tours. During the summer same year another split 7" EP was done. This time with Asterisk and one year later, one with Skitsystem. In 2002 the band once again started working on a new album. "Helvete" which was recorded and released in 2003 featured Shane Embury of Napalm Death and Jörgen Sandström of Entombed, playing bass and singing on some songs and also some local guests, the original drummer/singer Rickard Alriksson and Petter Freed of 2 Ton Predator came into the studio for some additional guitar noise. A while after the release Jesper left the band but two new members joined. Bassist Jon "Elle" Lindqvist and former live-only guitarist Urban Skytt were the new recruits. UPDATE: In december 2004, Mieszko Talarczyk went missing in Thailand while being on holiday there with his girlfriend. His girlfriend survived but Mieszko was later found dead. He became one of the victims of the disastrous tsunami that hit South-East Asia killing over 150 000 people. This unfortunate event ended Nasum as an active band.

Albums / OSTs:

blind world domedagen grindwork helvete human 2.0 industriaslaven really fast regressive hostility smile when you're dead the black illusions Click here to view All Albums and Song Lyrics of Nasum!