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Dityn DJ James said:
Just bought tickets to see Napalm Death (tickets were dirt cheap, and theyre playing 50 miles away from me), but Ive only heard 3 of their albums (their latest, Scum, and Time Waits For No Slave). Any fans here want to give me the essential listenings before I go?
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I would add Harmony Corruption from 1990 and Smear Campaign, 2006.
 
Dityn DJ James said:
Just bought tickets to see Napalm Death (tickets were dirt cheap, and theyre playing 50 miles away from me), but Ive only heard 3 of their albums (their latest, Scum, and Time Waits For No Slave). Any fans here want to give me the essential listenings before I go?
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Without having a clue what they play these days I recommend the following six releases:

From Enslavement to Obliteration (1988)
Mass Appeal Madness (EP, 1991)
Diatribes (1996)
Enemy of the Music Business (2000)

Very different in music but strong in their own way.

Fear, Emptiness, Despair (1994) is good to but I found it to be difficult at first. Some songs rule in a live situation.

And Noise for Music's Sake (2003) is an excellent double CD compilation album which features stand out tracks from all (other) albums.

Cool you're going to Napalm Death. I hope to catch them one day as well.
 
Forostar said:
Cool you're going to Napalm Death. I hope to catch them one day as well.
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I saw them in 2003 headline a small metal festival (together with Destruction and Evergrey). Because of delays on the day they didn't go on until around 02 - 02:30 at night and the place was half empty. Still they ripped up the place. Barney Greenway is like the grindcore version of Bruce :D Full of energy.
 
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Maybe you'll like some of their recent albums. They have a more modern sound. Scum is definitely not the easiest Napalm Death album to get into.
 
SixesAlltheway said:
Maybe you'll like some of their recent albums. They have a more modern sound. Scum is definitely not the easiest Napalm Death album to get into.
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Are their recent albums also grindcore? Grindcore just sounds like people repetitively bashing their instruments and some guy yelling random words on top to me, at least from what I've heard of the genre so far. Again, it might be me "not getting it".
 
All of their albums have grindcore elements yeah but none as extreme as those early albums, which truly were extreme metal pioneering. Over the years they've branched out quite a bit and taken influences from different metal styles. Early 90s saw them move into a more Death Metal approach, mid 90s they were dabbling in some groove metal with albums like Diatribes, Inside the Torn apart....


Then from about 2000-ish they really picked up again and have been putting out consistently good albums. They're still grindcore but there's also a healthy dose of thrash and death metal in their sound nowadays. But of course, speed and intensity are still key factors as well as a lot of social awareness in their lyrics.

 
The Flash said:
I've heard Scum by Napalm Death. I'm not going to call harsh names and say "I don't get it" instead.
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Side A of Scum is literally the most groundbreaking album I've ever heard
ND was actually a crust punk band before, and evolved from that (could be off-putting if you prefer metal)
 
frus said:
Side A of Scum is literally the most groundbreaking album I've ever heard
ND was actually a crust punk band before, and evolved from that (could be off-putting if you prefer metal)
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I understand @The Flash though. It's like Carcass. People forget they were part of that same scene...with Reek of Putrefaction and Symphonies of Sickness.
 
I think my issue with Napalm Death is that their style combines my least favorite aspects of two genres that I actually like. Lack of melody in hardcore punk and monotone fast paced rhythms of extreme metal.

It's not a coincidence that my favorite hardcore punk band of all time is Dead Kennedys, who incorporated a lot of melody in their songwriting, and that my favorite death metal songs are usually songs that feature riffs that can groove.
 
The Flash said:
Lack of melody in hardcore punk and monotone fast paced rhythms of extreme metal.
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Makes sense to be honest. If you don't get a kick out of the pure aggression/energy and the "grinding" in grindcore...then Napalm Death probably isn't for you. Some of that stuff is made to sound droney for a reason. You would probably like some Napalm Death songs if you were to check em out...perhaps the mid 90s albums would be a good place to start.
 
Switching to Daylight Saving Time tonight. Only the ones who have fucked up sleeping schedules know just how much of a bummer losing that one hour of sleep is.
 
The Flash said:
I think my issue with Napalm Death is that their style combines my least favorite aspects of two genres that I actually like. Lack of melody in hardcore punk and monotone fast paced rhythms of extreme metal.

It's not a coincidence that my favorite hardcore punk band of all time is Dead Kennedys, who incorporated a lot of melody in their songwriting, and that my favorite death metal songs are usually songs that feature riffs that can groove.
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I feel pretty much the same way, though I add I like singers that sing ... they do not necessarily need to have a massive range, but sing.
 
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