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NAPALM DEATH: New Album Recording Status Update

Posted by aliblackdiamond on October 2, 2014
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After a busy year with intense studio sessions as well as incessant international touring activities, UK Grindcore legends NAPALM DEATH have checked in with an update in regards to their much anticipated next album release. Vocalist Mark ‘Barney’ Greenway had the following to say:

“When we say that we’ve been working on the album recording for nearly a year, people might be thinking that this all sounds a bit too extravagant for Grindcore-type behaviour. The full story is though that we’ve been recording it in segments to try and achieve varying types of sonic assault. There is a belief in certain quarters that you can only do so much with our particularly noisy strain of music. We think otherwise, so as well as a few stylistic quirks on the album (that are sometimes happy accidents), generally it’s rawer, perhaps a little looser and of course always dense, nasty and, hopefully, invigorating too. Certainly not more polished – yuk!

Russ Russell helped us to give lots of people headaches down the years. He doesn’t mind us adopting certain, erm, techniques with studio equipment that most producer-engineers would find somewhat distasteful. So back we went again with Russ to Parlour Studios in the comparatively serene surroundings of Northamptonshire to do damage. There’s possibly some of the fastest and spazziest stuff we’ve ever done and, on the other end of the scale, some of the weirdest, most oppressive and adventurous no-wave-type stuff too.

Some song titles for you to chew on: “Copulating Snakes”, “Dear Slum Landlord” (aired at Roadburn 2014), “What is Past Is Prologue”, “Stunt Your Growth”. We’re nearly finished – we promise!”

Expect an early 2015 release for this 15th (!) studio longplayer effort by NAPALM DEATH, which succeeds 2012’s critically acclaimed “Utilitarian” album.

In the meantime, NAPALM DEATH continue their restless and relentless worldwide touring campaign, which includes a current tour of South America, appearances at Phil Anselmo’s Housecore Horrorfest and at Slipknot’s own Knotfest in the US, European dates (Together with Hatebreed, headlining or at festivals like Speedfest / NL and Metal Hammer Paradise / D), but also a tour of Japan together with Brutal Truth. Here is a list of all next live-dates that have already been announced for NAPALM DEATH. And there is more to come soon…

NAPALM DEATH – Live 2014:
26.09. Rio de Janeiro – Circo Voador (Brazil) + Hatebreed
27.09. Sao Paulo – Carioca Club (Brazil) + Hatebreed
28.09. Curitiba – Music Hall (Brazil) + Hatebreed
30.09. Buenos Aires – Roxy Live (Argentina)
01.10. Santiago – Blondie (Chile)
03.10. Bogota – Teatro Las Vegas (Colombia)
05.10. Mexico City – Jose Cuervo Salon (Mexico)
25.10. Austin – Housecore Horrorfest (USA)
26.10. San Bernadino – Knotfest 2014 (USA)
07.11. Wroclaw – Alibi (Poland)
08.11. Chemnitz – Arena (Germany) + Hatebreed
09.11. Hannover – Capitol (Germany) + Hatebreed
10.11. Wiesbaden – Schlachthof (Germany) + Hatebreed
11.11. Genf – Le Usine (Switzerland) + Hatebreed
12.11. Ludwigsburg – Rockfabrig (Germany) + Hatebreed & War Of Ages
13.11. Bochum – Matrix (Germany) + Hatebreed & War Of Ages
14.11. Oldenburg – Amadeus (Germany)
15.11. Weissenhäuser Strand – Metal Hammer Paradise (Germany)
21.11. Paris – Le Trabendo (France)
22.11. Eindhoven – Speedfest (Netherlands)
26.11. Tokyo – Liquidroom (Japan) + Brutal Truth
27.11. Osaka – Club Quattro (Japan) + Brutal Truth
28.11. Nagoya – Electric Lady Land (Japan) + Brutal Truth
30.11. Tokyo – Earthdom (Japan) + Brutal Truth

NAPALM DEATH’s “Utilitarian” album video clips:
“Analysis Paralysis” (Official video): http://youtu.be/YWTz7730D7Y
“The Wolf I Feed” (Official video): http://youtu.be/el5ewJxBASo
“Everyday Pox” (Tour video): http://youtu.be/ZiNe6qDFZ4o

Check in with CM Distro for all available physical formats of recent NAPALM DEATH releases: http://www.cmdistro.de/Search?q=napalm

NAPALM DEATH’s cover version of ”To Go Off And Things” by the Cardiacs is still available as charity download (Donate £1 or more at own choice!) here:
http://napalm-death.bandcamp.com

More details about the new NAPALM DEATH album will be announced very soon…

NAPALM DEATH online:
http://www.napalmdeath.org
http://www.facebook.com/officialnapalmdeath

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NAPALM DEATH: Announce Special One-Off Performance

Posted by aliblackdiamond on March 12, 2013
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Century Media Records have announced the following news:

Extreme metal and art – two worlds apart? Not for legendary grindcore outfit NAPALM DEATH who will collaborate with ceramic artist Keith Harrison in a one-off performance at the renowned V&A in London on March 22, 2013 starting at 7:30pm UK time. The band will play a special live set through an experimental sculptural sound system constructed by Harrison. Clad with ceramic tiles, the structures will potentially disintegrate as the performance progresses.

Mark “Barney” Greenway, vocalist of NAPALM DEATH states:

“Sound as a weapon – or a weapon of change – is a very interesting concept and I think that the whole process of our sound gradually degrading clay sculptures is captivating. The noise element of music should never be understated and this exhibition at the V&A will hopefully demonstrate that music can do interesting things beyond the realms of clipped production techniques. On a personal level, particularly of interest to me is the fact that the sculptor Keith grew up around the very same area as me in Great Barr, Birmingham, and basing his sculptures around the tower blocks in that area brings back a lot of quirky memories mixed with the impressions of shameful deprivation in some of those places.”

 

Keith Harrison, V&A Ceramics Resident comments:

“My interest in NAPALM DEATH started in the late eighties when as a teenager in Birmingham I would listen to John Peel’s evening radio show when they would appear out of nowhere in jaw dropping fashion, sometimes for no more than a few seconds.

The raw, uncompromising energy of NAPALM DEATH will be used to activate a set of three specially created ceramic sound systems based on the group of vivid blue and yellow tiled tower blocks on the Bustleholm Mill estate, West Bromwich where I was born. I wanted to invite NAPALM DEATH to collaborate with me for this live performance at the Museum for the last of a series of Disruptions I have worked on throughout my residency.”

 

Ruth Lloyd, V&A Residency Co-ordinator adds:

“The V&A Residency Programme is public facing and aims to represent a wide range of audiences through artist led activities at the Museum. Past residents have staged events aimed at communities interested in poetry, sound art, architecture, design and contemporary craft. Harrison has led the V&A in developing a series of events aimed at heavy metal music and its fans.”

 

Booking information

Tickets are free, but limited.

To book, visit the V&A website – http://www.vam.ac.uk/whatson/event/2399/date/20130322/

Or call the Bookings Office on +44 (0)20 7942 2211

Tickets for this performance must be collected in person from the V&A on 22 March; 15.00 – 18.30 Tickets not collected will become available as returns.

 

More info about Keith Harrison and this very special event can be found at:

http://www.vam.ac.uk/content/articles/c/keith-harrison/

 

Victoria and Albert Museum, London, is the world’s greatest museum of art and design.

Address: Cromwell Rd, London SW7 2RL, United Kingdom

http://www.vam.ac.uk

 

NAPALM DEATH online:

http://www.napalmdeath.org 

http://www.facebook.com/officialnapalmdeath 

http://www.myspace.com/napalmdeath 

http://www.twitter.com/NAPALM_DEATH

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NAPALM DEATH Frontman Mark “Barney” Greenway – “People That Follow The Band, We Totally Respect Their Opinions”

Posted by aliblackdiamond on February 25, 2012
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Ultimate-Guitar.com recently caught up with NAPALM DEATH frontman Mark “Barney” Greenway to discuss his career with the outfit and the band’s new album, Utilitarian. An excerpt is available below:

UG: Can you talk about what drew you to death metal and grindcore?

Barney: “My heavy metal days were sort of fading away into the distance at that point. We were looking for the faster, heavier kind of things and so we sort of veered towards the more punkier end of the scene because that’s really where the chaotic, off-the-rails stuff was coming from. Me and Shane (Embury) the bass player were quite similar in that respect. We were looking for the fast stuff, the more crazier thing all the time. I mean at one point obviously bands like SLAYER were kind of really the ones that were doing the ultimate thing. But then there were other bands after that where to us kind of left Slayer in the dust a little bit. There was always that consistent search for faster, crazier music. I wanted bands that kind of spoke to me I guess in an ethical kind of way.”

UG: Does it make you crazy when you hear all the things people say about the band?

Barney: “I’m so thick-skinned at this point. I do respect people’s opinions of course even if they were to really rag on the band. I do certainly respect people’s opinions but I don’t lose sleep if people get overly negative about stuff. Because maybe not in the mid-‘90s but now I’m pretty certain that what I’m doing people like. I’m confident enough in myself to sort of know we’re doing what’s right for us as a band. People that follow the band, we totally respect their opinions and we’re always open to criticism.”

UG: At the end of the day if you want to bring in an operatic singer, then that’s what you have to do.

Barney: “You also have a certain responsibility to yourself to put your neck on the line and do what you have to do and what is the right thing at the right time. If for whatever reason that then brings the ceiling down on you then so be it—you live and die by your own decisions. It took me a while to think in that direction. In the mid-‘90s I definitely wasn’t that confident but now I’m pretty confident about that really.”

Go to this location for the complete in-depth interview.

As previously reported, Century Media Distro Europe is now streaming Napalm Death’s new album, Utilitarian. Head over to this location, where you can hear the album and get 10% off the entire Napalm Death catalogue until February 28th.

Utilitarian tracklisting:

‘Circumspect’
‘Errors In The Signals’
‘Everyday Pox’
‘Protection Racket’
‘The Wolf I Feed’
‘Quarantined’
‘Fall On Their Swords’
‘Collision Course’
‘Orders Of Magnitude’
‘Think Tank Trials’
‘Blank Look About Face’
‘Leper Colony’
‘Nom De Guerre’
‘Analysis Paralysis’
‘Opposite Repellent’
‘A Gag Reflex’
‘Aim Without An Aim’ (Bonus track)
‘Everything In Mono’ (Bonus track)

In anticipation of the release of their 14th studio album, Utilitarian, on February 27th in Europe and February 28th in North America, Mark “Barney” Greenway guides you through the final four songs on the album in the fourth and final track-by-track video.

The songs in this episode are ‘Nom De Guerre’, ‘Analysis Paralysis’, ‘Opposites Repellent’ and ‘A Gag Reflex’.

Check out all four track-by-track videos below:

Upon Utilitarian’s release, Napalm Death’s limited-edition ‘Analysis Paralysis’ 7″ single is also be available for purchase at CM Distro in black and clear vinyl. Its B-Side includes the exclusive track ‘Youth Offender’, making this 7″ a very collectable piece for any diehard Napalm Death fan.
Source : Bravewords.com 

NAPALM DEATH Frontman Joins VOLBEAT On Stage In London (Video)

Posted by tarjavirmakari on October 31, 2011
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Mark “Barney” Greenway of British grindcore pioneers NAPALM DEATH joined Danish metal rock ‘n’ rollers VOLBEAT on stage last night (Saturday, October 29) at the HMV Forum in London, England to perform the VOLBEAT track “Evelyn”. Low-quality fan-filmed video footage of his appearance can be seen below. Source: Blabbermouth.net

Live at HMV Forum:

Studio footage:

NAPALM DEATH Frontman To Join VOLBEAT On Stage In London

Posted by tarjavirmakari on October 27, 2011
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Mark “Barney” Greenway of British grindcore pioneers NAPALM DEATH will join Danish metal rock ‘n’ rollers VOLBEAT on stage this coming Saturday, October 29 at the HMV Forum in London, England to perform the VOLBEAT track “Evelyn”.

In April 2011 interview with Straight.com, VOLBEAT vocalist/guitarist Michael Poulsen spoke about Barney‘s appearance on the studio version of “Evelyn”, which appears on the band’s fourth album, “Beyond Hell/Above Heaven”.

“Writing a song like ‘Evelyn’ was my way of showing people that it was not only the ’50s elements we were inspired by, but we were actually growing up with a lot of great metal bands,” Michael said. “And NAPALM DEATH was one of the first extreme metal bands I was listening to — I was listening to them when I bought my first guitar. So being able to have a singer like Barney from NAPALM DEATH on my record was a real accomplishment. It’s great to see that it’s actually possible for dreams to come true, in a way.”

VOLBEAT will release “Live From Beyond Hell/Above Heaven” in Europe on November 21 via Vertigo/Universal on double DVD, Blu-ray, limited double DVD + audio CD, CD, digital download and VOD.

Filmed on 11 cameras, leaving no musical stone unturned, this is as close to a backstage pass as you can get. And joined by such musical greats as Scott Ian and Rob Caggiano of ANTHRAX/THE DAMNED THINGS, Michael Denner (MERCYFUL FATE), Mille Petrozza (KREATOR), Jacob Øelund, and L.G. Petrov (ENTOMBED), viewers also witness VOLBEAT in a rock and metal Hall Of Fame.

Source: Blabbermouth.net