Napalm Death are a grindcore band formed in Birmingham, England in 1981. While none of its original members remain in the group, the lineup of vocalist Mark "Barney" Greenway, bassist Shane Embury, guitarist Mitch Harris and drummer Danny Herrera has remained consistent for most of the band's career.
Napalm Death are credited with defining the grindcore genre by incorporating elements of hardcore punk and death metal, short songs, fast tempos, deep guttural vocals and sociopolitical lyrics. The band's debut album Scum, released in 1987 by Earache Records, proved substantially influential throughout the global metal community.
Napalm Death have released fourteen studio albums and are listed by Nielsen SoundScan as the seventh best-selling death metal band in the United States.
In November 2008, Napalm Death's fourteenth studio album, entitled Time Waits For No Slave, leaked onto the internet; it was officially released on January 23, 2009. Similar to Smear Campaign, Time Waits For No Slave also had a digipak version containing two extra songs ("Suppressed Hunger" and "Omnipresent Knife In Your Back" ).
In February 2011, Napalm Death appeared in an episode of Channel 4's "Skins". Napalm Death entered Parlour Studio in Kettering, U.K with producer Russ Russell to begin working on a new album. Also in 2011, they recorded the single "Legacy Was Yesterday". Napalm Death are putting the finishing touches on Utilitarian, their 15th studio album, and will be released on February 27 in Europe and February 28 2012 in North America via Century Media.
1. Circumspect 02:17
2. Errors In The Signals 03:02
3. Everyday Pox 02:12
4. Protection Racket 04:00
5. The Wolf I Feed 02:57
6. Quarantined 02:47
7. Fall On Their Swords 03:57
8. Collision Course 03:14
9. Orders of Magnitude 03:21
10. Think Tank Trials 02:27
11. Blank Look About Face 03:12
12. Leper Colony 03:23
13. Nom De Guerre 01:07
14. Analysis Paralysis 03:23
15. Opposites Repellent 01:22
16. A Gag Reflex 03:30