Helvete (album)

Helvete is an album by Swedish grindcore band Nasum, released in 2003. It received universal acclaim from critics.

Background

Mitch Harris made a live music video for the song "Scoop". Shane Embury from Napalm Death plays bass guitar on "Drop Dead" and "Whip".

Music

Tom Morgan of Invisible Oranges described Helvete as "relentless extreme metal mayhem," and according to him, "the production is especially crisp and brittle for a grindcore album."

Legacy

In February 2009, Helvete was ranked number 2 in Terrorizers list of essential European grindcore albums, with writer Olivier 'Zoltar' Badin describing it as "confirming Nasum as the undisputed kings of the new wave of Swedish grindcore". In December 2009, the magazine would name it the 47th greatest album of the 2000s.
Eduardo Rivadavia of AllMusic gave the album four and a half stars out of five, saying: "Easily among the best grindcore albums of the new millennium, Helvete is an absolute winner."
Tom Morgan of Invisible Oranges said the album "capture the band at their most confident and well-realised," calling it "a grindcore album for the ages."