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These guys were the SH*T!

factory31 | Albany, NY USA | 10/30/2001

(5 out of 5 stars)

"I totally miss this band. I thought they were probably one of the best bands on the scene at the time and this CD that includes the "Abstract" EP is ESSENTIAL! Indulgence is one of the best metal CDs of all time. Point blank! Songs like "xxx", the awesome riff in "Divination" all the way to the title track and "Hypnotic Trance" are such classics that I still listen with anticipation to this day. The EP is awesome as well. "Unchained Angel" and "Abstract Reality" just smoke. They were very progressive and just a great band that I wish would reform. Face it, there are so many bands that have reformed from that era that cant touch the Savage! Love this and everyone must own it if they have any metal in them."

The blueprint of a scene...

John O. | Tampa Bay, FL | 06/22/2000

(5 out of 5 stars)

"How do you build a scene? The thrash metal scene of the 80's had strong roots in the Tampa Bay area. If you were a metal fan, and lived in the Tampa Bay area from 1985-1990, then Nasty Savage and Savatage were the heartbeat of your generation. The Nasties second release, "Indulgence" is a delivery of a promise made on their debut. The guitars are every bit as crunchy, and the drumming of Curtis the Shark, is as stellar as ever! If you were to have witnessed Savage in 86-89 at a local show, you would have invariably been in an audience alongside members of Death, Obituary, Deicide, Atheist, Six Feet Under, Massacre, Morbid Angel, Iced Earth, Oblivion, Fester, Fatal Blessing, Last Rites... The result was a birth of a powerful and influential scene. So much that the student started to teach the master. With these two releases in 86 and 88, we saw on "Indulgence" that Nasty Ronnie adopted a heavier "death-like" growl. Nasty Savage always delighted fans with top-notch studio work, courtesy of Morrisound Studios (another way in which they gave birth to a scene and sound!). The sessions for "Abstract Reality" produced the only recorded works by bassist Chris Moorehouse, whom was tragically killed in an auto accident shortly after it's release. "Abstract Reality" was the final great work of a band that had too much to offer and not enough audience to revel in it. Nasty Savage was clearly a band that burned out too soon, and never get the respect that they justly deserve. Only Metallica has affected their "local" scene more profoundly than the Nasties did in Tampa in the 80's. I still think Van Der Car's artwork was weird!"

As Nasty As It Gets

John O. | 08/10/2000

(5 out of 5 stars)

"I live in Ft. Lauderdale, not that far from Tampa. I was able witness one of the most incredible growths of music...the growth of "death metal"...I can not actually consider Nasty Savage as "death metal"....It is much more than that. It may be the most unique mixure of music you will ever hear. It is so deep, and so mindboggling, that one listen will pull you in and never let you go. Nasty Savage is one of a kind. Nobody has ever been able to come close to matching the ferosity and pure adrenaline that Nasty Savage so seemingly easily produces. "Indulgence" takes you by the throat, brings you under its spell, then leaves in a catantonic state of bewilderment. Your chances of ever forgetting this experience are non existent. Nasty Savage will forever be one of the true pioneers of the "Tampa Bay Death Metal Era". If you don't already have this CD, you are truly missing out!!!"