Nux Vomica has been going since late 2003. We are originally from Baltimore, MD. and are now located in Portland, OR. Our 7"ep "The Uninspired" is available from www.firestarterrecords.com. Our LP/CD "A Civilized World" is out now and available from www.abortedsociety.com. Our split 7" with KAKISTOCRACY is out now and available from humdinger records. All are also available from other fine punk/hc/metal distros.
We have several upcoming releases: A 2-song 7" with Profane Existence, a split 10" with the Makai, and a split LP with WAKE UP ON FIRE with Aborted Society Records.
We have also recorded what we hope to release as a double lp, 7 songs totaling over 60 minutes.
Ex members of Wake up on Fire, 2am Revolution, Ochlocracy, Apache Resistance, Control, Fallujah, Stave, Label Me Dead, Free to Die, Cognitive Dissonance, Creed, Stone Temple Pilots, Slipknot, Kid n' Play, and Sonny and Cher. And if you count our roadie, Dave Tedder, A//Political.
Current members of 57 Octaves Below, Machine Gun Congress, Deadpan Pariah, Back Alley Justice, and Rotting Sky. Tim Messing also has a solo project he likes to call "Tim Messing".
Review in Terrorizer:
Nux Vomica
"A Civilized World"
Aborted Society
The cover art signifies everything seductive and objectionable about political crust metal/punk, in a very intimate sense. This romantic view of the self as part of a hunted, outnumbered tribe of rainbow warriors, stumbling among the ruins of the promise of enlightenment and progress, broken foundations, broken hearts, looking around us in a mix of rage and disbelief coupled with the horrible realization that we aren't different. We too are infected. The lyrics prove more subtle than what may be expected, and the music backing it a formidable, passionate, crushing, and suprisingly crisp-sounding metalised crust, which occasionally dares to be melodic and even introspective. And if better days will indeed never be, there is still nobility in wishing to the contrary and giving it a sound.
(7) Avi Pitchon
Nux Vomica - A Civilized World CD
Aborted Society RecordsI'm gonna be honest. Since I got this record from Aborted Society, I have listened to it almost every singel day and I have to add that I got this record a while ago. That alone proves that this is a solid record because I grow tired of a record so fast if I listen to it too much and it doesn't have that extra special that makes me go crazy. Anyway, I think where Nux Vomica got me was somewhere between my weakness for Iron Maiden, At the Gates and melancholic bands like Remains of the Day. I'm talking about melodic hardcore punk with an impending metal feel to it. I know you've read that before a thousand times in reviews and descriptions about bands but Nux Vomica has a different approach to these features which I find very refreshing and enjoyable. Ca 31 minutes of piercing guitar leads, devastating vocals, powerfull basslines and insane druming with gloomy acoustic breakdowns. This made it to my "best of 2007" releases. Do yourself a favour and check this band out. Read the lyrics while you indulge in Nux Vomica's debut full length. [Sonny Subvert]
