LUBRICANT — Nookleptia (review)

LUBRICANT — Nookleptia album cover EP · 1993 · Death Metal Buy this album from MMA partners
3.5/5 ·
UMUR
"Nookleptia" is an EP/mini-album release by Finnish death metal act Lubricant. The EP was released through Morbid Records in 1993. It follows the release of the rather brilliant November 1991 "Swallow The Symmetric Swab" demo. Unfortunately "Nookleptia" ended up being Lubricant´s last release in their original run as they disbanded in 1994. The material from the EP appears on the "Swallow This" compilation album (Svart Records, March 2017).

The material on the six track, 21:45 minutes long EP continues the Carcass influenced death metal style of "Swallow The Symmetric Swab" demo, but adds even more groove and experimental ideas to the mix. This is not groove metal or death´n´roll (even though quite a few parts point in that direction), but rather a pretty experimental and eclectic sounding death metal release. Lubricant obviously don´t care one bit for conventions and they do exactly what they feel like doing. That makes for a very interesting but sometimes also frustrating listen. When the band go from a groovy death´n´roll part directly into a deathgrinding Carcass influenced part it sometimes feels a bit awkward. Other times it works pretty well and it´s all arguably delivered with both great skill, energy, and charm. There´s a gleam in the eye here, which you won´t find on many death metal releases.

"Nookleptia" is relatively well produced, although I could have wished for a more brutal sounding production, but it´s still a well sounding and detailed production job. Upon conclusion Lubricant has released an experimental and intriguing death metal release, but I´m sure it´s a bit of an aquired taste, and those who want their death metal straight forward and not featuring too many oddball experimental moments will probably find this one a hard listen. A 3.5 star (70%) rating is deserved.
Share this review
more

Review Comments

Post a public comment below | Send private message to the reviewer
Please login to post a shout
No shouts posted yet. Be the first member to do so above!

Review Index

Member Zone

Username:
Password:
Stay signed in

Metal Subgenres

Artists Alpha-index

MMA TOP 5 Metal ALBUMS

Rating by members, ranked by custom algorithm
Albums with 30 ratings and more
Master of Puppets Thrash Metal
METALLICA
Buy this album from our partners
Paranoid Heavy Metal
BLACK SABBATH
Buy this album from our partners
Moving Pictures Hard Rock
RUSH
Buy this album from our partners
Powerslave NWoBHM
IRON MAIDEN
Buy this album from our partners
Rising Heavy Metal
RAINBOW
Buy this album from our partners

New Metal Artists

New Metal Releases

Rot Stink Rip Death Metal
TOMBSTONER
Buy this album from MMA partners
Human Rosin Melodic Metalcore
HATE BREEDER
Buy this album from MMA partners
Through The Hell Hardcore Punk
ENEMY 906
Buy this album from MMA partners
Lightmatter: Rebirth Deathcore
EARTHGAZER
Buy this album from MMA partners
Eye Of Horus (Lightmatter EP Pt. 2) Deathcore
EARTHGAZER
Buy this album from MMA partners
More new releases

New Metal Online Videos

Agremorta - Adrocitas (Official Lyric Video)
AGREMORTA
Bosh66· 5 days ago
Agremorta - Ploratus Umbra (Official Lyric Video)
AGREMORTA
Bosh66· 5 days ago
Agremorta - Vertex Membrana (Official Lyric Video)
AGREMORTA
Bosh66· 5 days ago
HAIL SPIRIT NOIR - The Temple Of Curved Space (Official Track Stream)
HAIL SPIRIT NOIR
adg211288· 5 days ago
In Sulfur - The Gate (OFFICIAL VIDEO) 2022
IN SULFUR
Bosh66· 6 days ago
More videos

New MMA Metal Forum Topics

More in the forums

New Site interactions

More...

Latest Metal News

members-submitted

More in the forums

Social Media

Follow us
Follow us on Twitter Become a Facebook fan RSS Feed