where to start with NAPALM DEATH...

Are there really only 2 Napalm Death threads on ILM, or is my search function insane?

Has anyone watched the Napalm Death minidoc on YouTube called Grindcore Select?

Actually, it's called Grindcore Special Issue, and here it is:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sl_YpVUbsdY

Is that Pintado with the massive veil of black hair? He looks like a baby in this!

I have seen this.

I went through a ND frenzy back in like March and got like 5 records over the course of a week.

i used to own 'greed killing', which i sold. since then i've purchased 'scum' which i enjoy a lot more, and which i imagine is a more fitting introduction to the style they're championed for.

SCUM is getting me warmed up for the weekend.

Will you be going on a violent rampage over the weekend?

I listened to "Fear, Emptiness, Despair" a LOT in college. Haven't heard them in ages.

Little guitar solo on the 23 second 'Parasites' is awesome.

SCUM

SCUM - absolute landmark. Amazing live experience at that time.

Youtube took down that video already :(

I listened to the album scum again recently. It's way slower and the vocals are much more clear than I remember. I guess because Anal Cunt style grindcore has tainted my perceptions.

Aw, that video was truly somethin' special!

i'm happy to see some love for Harmony Corruption upthread. i have the video for Suffer the Children on my HD and watch it all the time. as much as i liked the early stuff, i listened to my Death by Manipulation tape more than anything else. Mass Appeal Madness is an awesome song.

i haven't heard anything by them since Fear Emptiness Despair, which I didn't like at all.

"smear campaign" was surprisingly good. as close to the early stuff as i think they're capable of getting.

Utopia Banished gets my vote for best "middle-era" ND. Better than Harmony Corruption and much, much better than Fear Emptiness Despair.

Their last few albums have been great, Smear Campaign especially.

I was also a big fan of "Smear Campaign." Bought the shirt and everything.

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Right: kill me for ignoring them. I suppose I had this idea of them that satisfied me enough to like them so much so as to NOT get round to anything they ever did.

Worked my way through SCUM which, from a Harry Pussy et al perspective is actually kinda flabby at points? But the Peel Sessions I think I'll love and treasure forever. Almost nothing that's over a minute with those screams/machine gun drumming/pounding riffs all timed perfectly -- and there is a sense of precision that needs to be met head on every time, and that's what stops this from being classed as a gimmick.

Steven Wells' writing on them is some of my fave on any band ever. Wish I had some of those articles right now.

by "flabby" do you mean the a-side (broadrick/bullen/harris) stuff?

Scum is amazing, and makes me want to hear more of this stuff. So this seems as good a thread as any to ask: where to start with the Electro Hippies?

The Peel Session.

"Little girl is crying, cus all the sheep are dead..."

Thanks. The only thing on Amazon (apart from dls) is a CD compilation, going for at least £65 second hand!

re Electro Hippies I think pretty much everything you need is on The Only Good Punk Is A Dead One CD

Also get Repulsion - Horrified double CD right fuckin now

Dunno if this link is still active - it's their only album with a load of bonus tracks: http://lucidmedia.blogspot.com/2008/05/electro-hippies-only-good-punk-is-dead.html

...Daddy took them one by one and knocked them on the head

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WTF I saw that CD the other day for like 4 or 5 quid!

Other early grind I love:

Terrorizer - World Downfall
Fear Of God - 7"
Extreme Noise Terror - split with Chaos UK, Holocaust In Your Head
Sore Throat - And We Don't Care
S.O.B. - lots of stuff but it's all hard to find apart from on Slsk

then there's all that hyperspeed HC that borders on it:

Siege - Drop dead
Heresy - Face up to it
Ripcord - Hardcore
Infest - Slave
etc etc

First BOLT THROWER was good too.

the electro hippies stuff has been reissued a number of times, sometimes with different titles.

also poo's list is pretty good. i'd add septic death tho.

Yeah that goes in the etc etc :)

also other Earache stuff from the time that borders on death metal like aforementioned Bolt Thrower, Carcass, Cadaver etc

Cool, thanks all. That Electro Hippies comp is on Spotify, so I'lll give it a listen there.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ansBui-_w80&feature=player_embedded

This track off Fear Emptiness Despair is great:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ztRdUuOgEwk

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-fSTupLW5b2M/TrBLN9iDDYI/AAAAAAAACu8/dsTSWGqNrXg/s1600/shanecurse.jpg

Hahahaha.

The new one is great - Utilitarian.

Anyone have it yet?

Hoping to pick it up tomorrow, I've heard great things about it.

I can't imagine any fan of theirs being disappointed.

I've heard it, didn't like it much, but then again I'm not really a fan of theirs. On the other hand, I wrote this thing last year on music that may have inspired Scum that might make some people think I'm a fan:

http://www.rhapsody.com/blog/2011/07/napalmdeath

Napalm were so fun when I saw them at Primavera. "Thank you very muchos gracias"

Looking forward to seeing them on this upcoming tour, especially with Vektor opening.

This is my favourite thing today:

http://www.factmag.com/2015/02/05/napalm-death-frontman-pens-letters-to-indonesian-president-to-show-mercy-to-death-row-prisoners/

I ranked all their studio albums for Stereogum. In the process, I learned that it's Mitch Harris who does their hideous, goblin-like backing vocals (I always thought it was Shane Embury).

Great rankings Phil, I'm pretty much 100% on board with your top 5 and the slant towards the more recent material, though I might have given Utilitarian the slight edge over Time.... It's really astonishing how consistently great they've become at this point.

Utopia Banished is really good. it's not pure grind but it's earwormy as fuck.

I like Harmony Corruption too even if the production is a bit quiet. it's nowhere near as good as From Enslavement no but still quality choons.

I think Enemy of the Music Business is still my fav

I've been a groupie for SO long, been to the gigs, got the T-shirt, now's my chance to meet Napalm Death in person....tune in from 12. https://t.co/oWW1ceBan5

— Ed Miliband (@Ed_Miliband) June 21, 2017

improve your workday instantly by listening to the peel sessions

WEAK MINDSSSSSS

Herrera is a beast on the skins

Just finishing a run through of listening to their discography; unbelievably consistent and the last three are easily some of their best ever work. Want to catch them live ASAP.

they're deafening. i caught them at Decibel Metal and Beer a few weeks back and they blew the roof off the place.

Napalm Death playing BBC children’s show What’s That Noise? in 1989 pic.twitter.com/s74UXSFXYU

— area woman (@ambrosiasaIad) July 17, 2022

enjoyed that

full clip
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tE_ZUGPGAFM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fjd_gUaM74s

Napalm Death cartoon. pic.twitter.com/SntzC8UgSz

— Davey Jones (@DHBJones) June 14, 2019

https://shanenapalmdeathbook.com

Mine turned up yesterday and I was finished it before dinner. It's very slight and didn't tell me a huge amount I didn't know though Shane's quite open about his medical issues and very candid about his relationship with Barney.

One of the photos manages to mix up Lee and Mick in the description.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQfTHJWLfxc