Declared "the angriest band in hardcore" by Rolling Stone magazine, South
California thrashers Nails formed in 2009 with the goal of purging all of their
emotion and angst into a kind of primal noise furnace. Fronted by Todd Jones
with bassist John Gianelli and drummer Taylor Young, the volatile, brutal sound
of debut album Unsilent Death drew comparisons with Slayer, Discharge and Black
Flag, and critics praised their vitriolic styles. Their unrelenting aggression
and break-neck speed continued on follow-up Abandon All Life in 2013, but the
extreme force of their music and a rel...