Artist: Nug 
Title: Alter Ego
Label: Willowtip Records
Cat #: WT181
Release Year: 2020
Duration: Album
Format: CD
Packaging Type: Digipak

Alter Ego is the debut full-length album from the Ukranian progressive/post-metal band Nug.

Named after galactic behemoth Cthulhu’s father, Ukrainian post-metal/progressive metal quintet Nug did a fine job demonstrating their aesthetic with 2018’s Темна Маса (Dark Mass) EP. Channelling influences like ISIS, Russian Circles, Meshuggah, and Neurosis into its brief yet revealing runtime, the four-song collection was certainly a tempting appetizer.

Now, Nug returns with the main dish, Alter Ego, which builds upon its predecessor in every way. True, its relentless brutality can be dull and samey at times, but there are enough moodier and mellower asides—as well as an all-encompassing grander scope—to make the record satisfying more often than not.

Recommended if you like: Meshuggah, Isis, Neurosis, The Ocean Collective

Track Listing:
        
1.The Birth / Народження 02:24
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2.Beast / Звір 07:28
3.Psyche / Душа 02:27
4.Shores / Береги 07:02
5.Eleven / Одинадцять 08:00
6.Dorian / Доріан 07:09
7.Radiance / Сяйво 06:08
8.Night Shine / Блиск Ночі 08:26