NOHZ - SLUMBER BETWEEN ROTTEN WALLS

"NOHZ was first brought to my attention by Francis of DEVIL MASTER after they had opened for them in France. It was no accident that both would be sharing a bill together. Running parallel to Philadelphia's greats of darker sounding punk like ZORN, or BLANK SPELL, NOHZ adds their own coils and lurches to the ghastly mix of chorused out hardcore punk. Also to consider is that France has had its fair share of over the top hardcore punk such as the mighty BUTCHER or RAPT, and the dingy, lofi, & obscure blackness of the Black Metal projects produced by Les Légions noires, so there is plenty of local inspiration to find as well that inform on NOHZ's sound. NOHZ exhibits forward driven hardcore punk but with a pummeling US 80s Midwest vibe like a crazed carnival or sinister circus, think of the swirling and cascading riffs of the greats like MECHT MENSCH or New England's SIEGE. Adding to the drowning whirlpool vortex are unrelenting anguished screams of the vocalist all set against the bass that sounds like it's played with a piece of chipped concrete."
- Aaron (World Gone Mad)