Napalm Death need no introduction. They have been pummeling listeners for decades and are pioneers to the grindcore genre. On March 30 they will be releasing their new album titled “Coded Smears and More Uncommon Slurs”. This is a collection of rarities, splits, sold out vinyl editions and Japanese bonus tracks that cover over 10 years, from 2004 to 2016.
As Shane Embury states “NAPALM DEATH is a band that gives 100% when writing a song”. Knowing this coming in, you’re sure to get pure Napalm Death. Barney’s voice has a distinct guttural sound, that he is easily recognizable in the world of metal. Along with veteran musicians Shane Embury’s thundering bass lines, Mitch Harris’s chainsaw riffing and Danny Herrera’s blast beats, Napalm Death leave younger bands in ruins with their brutality, truth and chaotic sound.
This double album release contains 31 tracks that will leave your neck sore from all the headbanging, muscle aches from constant moshing, and body convulsions that you will be unable to control. Seriously. Napalm Death are veterans for good reason. You can’t help but want to get into the pit to cause some destruction, in a friendly manner of course.
Can your ears bleed from listening to this album too loud? Maybe, but it’ll be worth it! I, for one, am glad that I’ll be able to catch them live when they go out on tour with Slayer this summer.
Written by Rene Botello
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Track listing:
- Standardization (02:46)
– LP-only bonus track from “Utilitarian” album sessions 2011
- Oh So Pseudo (02:36)
– Bonus track from “Apex Predator – Easy Meat” album sessions 2014
- It Failed To Explode (03:38)
– Japan-only bonus track from “Utilitarian” album sessions 2011
- Losers (04:22)
– Bonus track from “The Code Is Red…Long Live The Code” album sessions 2004
- Call That An Option? (03:03)
– Bonus track from “Smear Campaign” album sessions 2006
- Caste As Waste (03:06)
– Japan-only bonus track from “Apex Predator – Easy Meat” album sessions 2014
- We Hunt In Packs (03:49)
– Japan-only bonus track from “Time Waits For No Slave” album sessions 2008
- Oxygen Of Duplicity (03:30)
– From Melvins Split EP, recorded 2013.
- Paracide (01:39)
– Gepopel cover / Japan-only bonus track from “Apex Predator – Easy Meat” album sessions 2014
- Critical Gluttonous Mass (02:26)
– Bonus track from “Apex Predator – Easy Meat” album sessions 2014
- Aim Without An Aim (03:05)
– Bonus track from “Utilitarian” album sessions 2011
- An Extract (Strip It Clean) (03:12)
– From Split EP with Heaven Shall Burn, recorded 2014
- Phonetics For The Stupefied (03:29)
– From Split EP with Voivod, recorded 2014
- Suppressed Hunger (03:09)
– Bonus track from “Time Waits For No Slave” album sessions 2008
- To Go Off And Things (02:29)
– Cardiacs cover / From Split EP with Melvins, recorded 2013
- Clouds of Cancer / Victims Of Ignorance (02:06)
– G-ANX cover / Bonus track from “Apex Predator – Easy Meat” album sessions 2014.
- What Is Past Is Prologue (02:57)
– Bonus track from “Apex Predator – Easy Meat” album sessions 2014.
- Like Piss To A Sting (01:31)
– From Split EP with Melt Banana, recorded 2014
- Where The Barren Is Fertile (02:22)
– From Split EP with Melt Banana, recorded 2014
- Crash The Pose (01:33)
– Gauze cover / Japan-only bonus track from “The Code Is Red…Long Live The Code” album sessions 2004
- Earthwire (02:55)
– Download only as DZI Foundation benefit following the 2015 Nepal earthquake, recorded 2014
- Will By Mouth (01:25)
– From Split EP with Converge, recorded 2012
- Everything In Mono (02:48)
– Bonus track from “Utilitarian” album sessions 2011
- Omnipresent Knife In Your Back (05:15)
– Bonus track from “Time Waits For No Slave” album sessions 2008
- Lifeline (03:18)
– Sacrilege cover / From “Respect Your Roots Worldwide” compilation, recorded 2011.
- Youth Offender (02:07)
– B-Side from “Analysis Paralysis” EP; recorded 2011
- No Impediment To Triumph (Bhopal) (03:02)
– From Split EP with Converge, recorded 2012
- Legacy Was Yesterday (02:15)
– From Decibel Magazine Flexi EP, recorded 2010
- Outconditioned (02:25)
– Despair cover / From “Covering 20 Years Of Extremes” compilation, recorded 2008
- Atheist Runt (06:07)
– Bonus track from “Smear Campaign” album sessions 2006
- Weltschmerz (Extended Apocalyptic Version) (04:05)
– Bonus track from “Smear Campaign” album sessions 2006
