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NAPALM DEATH Sign New Deal With Century Media Records; Announce Catalogue-Album Re-Issues

Posted by tarjavirmakari on April 3, 2021
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UK Grindcore pioneers NAPALM DEATH have recently signed a new deal with Century Media Records, extending the long-running co-operation between the parties once more.

NAPALM DEATH vocalist Mark ‘Barney’ Greenway commented: “Very happy to let people know that we have put pen to paper and taken the plunge with Century Media again. Crucial to NAPALM DEATH was that we continued to retain artistic and creative control and also continue to have a determining voice in how our music is used – and, equally as importantly, isn’t used. The people we have consistently worked with down the years at Century Media have always been extremely attuned to this, and we have never experienced anything like the heavy hand of suffocating commercial pressure that can be inherent in this kind of relationship and lead to crappy creative outcomes. Looking forward to sonically bending more minds with their help.”

Philipp Schulte, Director Century Media Records Europe, also checked in with the following comment: “NAPALM DEATH and Century Media Records have gone a long way together already, so it makes us very happy continuing as the band’s partner for the years ahead. The value of artistic freedom and creativity has always been of profound significance for NAPALM DEATH. It was the key to becoming and staying one of the most important bands – then and now. We take this very seriously. Thanks to the band for their trust. We are looking forward to this extended strong partnership.”

In other news, Century Media Records are now making two of the group’s outstanding albums from their ample catalogue available physically again in their standard versions: “Time Waits For No Slave” (2009) and “Utilitarian” (2012) will be released as LP on 180g vinyl and as Jewelcase CD on June 4th, 2021. These are the vinyl variants and available for both albums:

“Time Waits For No Slave”:
Black LP – unlimited
Brown LP – 200x copies via CM Webshop Europe & Coretex
Neon green LP – 200x copies via EMP
Bright gold LP – 200x copies via Nuclear Blast
Neon orange LP – 300x copies via CM Distro and Webshop Europe

“Utilitarian”:
Black LP – unlimited
Bottle Green LP – 200x copies via CM Webshop Europe & Coretex
Bright gold LP – 200x copies via EMP
Transparent magenta LP – 200x copies via Nuclear Blast
Grey LP – 300x copies via CM Distro and Webshop Europe

The pre-order for the albums starts today here: 
https://napalmdeath.lnk.to/TimeWaitsForNoSlave-ReIssuePR
https://napalmdeath.lnk.to/Utilitarian-ReIssuePR

Here are the tracklistings for both re-issues:

NAPALM DEATH – “Time Waits For No Slave” (50:22)
1. Strong-arm (03:04)
2. Diktat (03:41)
3. Work To Rule (03:16)
4. On The Brink Of Extinction (03:29)
5. Time Waits For No Slave (04:26)
6. Life And Limb (04:00)
7. Downbeat Clique (04:26)
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8. Fallacy Dominion (04:07)
9. Passive Tense (03:48)
10. Larceny Of The Heart (03:36)
11. Procrastination On The Empty Vessel (02:56)
12. Feeling Redundant (03:23)
13. A No-sided Argument (02:13)
14. De-evolution Ad Nauseum (03:48)

NAPALM DEATH – “Utilitarian” (45:32):
1. Circumspect (02:09)
2. Errors In The Signals (03:00)
3. Everyday Pox (02:10)
4. Protection Racket (03:52)
5. The Wolf I Feed (02:50)
6. Quarantined (02:46)
7. Fall On Their Swords (03:55)
8. Collision Course (03:12)
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9. Orders of Magnitude (03:19)
10. Think Tank Trials (02:25)
11. Blank Look About Face (03:09)
12. Leper Colony (03:20)
13. Nom De Guerre (01:05)
14. Analysis Paralysis (03:20)
15. Opposites Repellent (01:22)
16. A Gag Reflex (03:27)

And feel free to re-visit these promotional videos for those albums:

On The Brink Of Extinction (from “Time Waits For No Slave”): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=npa8qUNEIFY
Time Waits For No Slave (from “Time Waits For No Slave”): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YGahj5rkqdY
The Wolf I Feed (from “Utilitarian”): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=el5ewJxBASo
Analysis Paralysis (from “Utilitarian”): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWTz7730D7Y

NAPALM DEATH’s latest and much lauded 16th studio album “Throes of Joy in the Jaws of Defeatism” (2020), which was again recorded with longtime producer Russ Russell and features artwork by Frode Sylthe, entered international sales charts upon release as follows: Germany: # 18, Austria: # 37, Switzerland: # 26, Finland: # 35, Belgium: # 88, Spain: # 78, France: # 120, UK (Rock Chart): # 3 and USA: # 58 Billboard Top Albums.

Check out the singles/videos that NAPALM DEATH have released for the new album so far:

“Backlash Just Because”: https://youtu.be/FFDHuCeaM_Y
“Amoral”: https://youtu.be/T5ChaOiPZGo
“A Bellyful of Salt and Spleen”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLKjpobj4vg

You can still order “Throes of Joy in the Jaws of Defeatism” in various formats here: https://napalmdeath.lnk.to/ThroesofJoyintheJawsofDefeatismPR

NAPALM DEATH line-up:
(From left to right on photo above!)
Danny Herrera – Turbulent beat throes
Mark ‘Barney’ Greenway – Bawling, shrieking, intermittent baritone
Shane Embury – Bass reverberations, barks and moans, noise-testing everyday objects

BRAVE THE COLD – Feat. Dirk Verbeuren and Mitch Harris – To Release Debut Album ‘Scarcity’ On October 2nd

Posted by tarjavirmakari on September 9, 2020
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Mission Two Entertainment is thrilled to announce the signing of BRAVE THE COLD to its already powerful lineage of artists. Fronted by longtime Napalm Death member Mitch Harris and Megadeth drummer Dirk Verbeuren, BRAVE THE COLD is a two-piece formed in 2018 as the two metal conglomerates focus their energies into a new level of aggression. The culmination is Scarcity, an eleven track collection of ferociousness breathing much-needed life into the heavy metal scene of 2020. Produced by the legendary Logan Mader (Machine Head, Soulfly), Scarcity is set for release on October 2nd, 2020.

Harris adds, “Mission Two Entertainment progressed to their next phase in the music world and they have been the most inspiring team I’ve ever worked with! They truly believe with heart and soul to push this to the highest level possible as we forge ahead in our forever altered civilization.”

BRAVE THE COLD’s glitchy, byzantine death metal doesn’t just shift gears – it whips, stutters and jumps sideways into heavyweight dimensions. The entire Scarcity theme is a well-researched, scenic debate combining Dystopian views ranging from Anti-Elite, Anti-Media, Anti-Division, Anti-Oppression, End of Days Philosophies, Post-Apocalyptic Poetry, Mind Control, Economic Instability, Educational Infiltration and Global Political Deceit that compromises our spirituality of ONE COLLECTIVE VOICE. This is a global agenda that was a long time coming. It’s a reflection on how government can create urgency out of necessity.

Scarcity hits the world on October 2, 2020.

NAPALM DEATH Launch New Single/Video “A Bellyful Of Salt And Spleen”

Posted by tarjavirmakari on September 7, 2020
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UK Grindcore pioneers NAPALM DEATH are soon to release their new studio album “Throes of Joy in the Jaws of Defeatism” on September 18th, 2020 via Century Media Records.

To further demonstrate the wide stylistic array explored on the album, NAPALM DEATH are now launching a single/video clip for the closing track “A Bellyful of Salt and Spleen”. Check it out in a video clip created by Sam Edwards & Khaled Lowe of A-Side Films / www.a-sidefilms.com here:

NAPALM DEATH’s vocalist Mark ‘Barney’ Greenway commented about the song/video as follows: “’A Bellyful of Salt and Spleen’, you could say, is about building and breaking down in the same discordant breath. The building came in the sense of many layers of coruscating industrial ambience, all marching to the beat of a home-made drum kit consisting of rubbish bins, oil drums and industrial screw parts and other bits that Shane could find littered around the studio grounds. The scope and gravity and density just demanded a vocal that was as baritone and anguished as I could push out of myself.

The breaking down side of it was the intention to just focus minds to understand that people who traverse continents, suffocate in confined spaces or drown grasping for assistance are as keen to live in dignity and peace –  and without violence and hunger – as the rest of us. As ever, quite simply, we are all human beings and if that means anything anymore, a helping hand is the least we can offer.

Sam Edwards & Khaled Lowe, directing the video, really focussed our minds in the way they wanted to drill down into the indifference generated around these things – via some incredible animation and suchlike married to the stuttering engines of unseaworthy vessels and the precision shunt of our industrial pounding. The whole visual concept of beach life going on around bodies washed up on the shore is a grotesque scenario that illustrates how meaningless those we can’t connect to our own small universe can become.”

And video directors Sam Edwards / Khaled Lowe from A-Side Films added the following comment: “This film was commissioned by UK Grindcore pioneers NAPALM DEATH. Both the song & video address the disturbing prevalence of the “anti-outsider” in contemporary society; from popular right wing publications filled with hate-fuelled rhetoric through to the chilling nonchalance of holiday makers found relaxing in front of washed up corpses.

Based on real events, the film uses a combination of live action and animation to depict a doomed voyage; Escaping their ruined city, a family of refugees meet a tragic end when their boat sinks during a storm. As the dinghy sinks near the shoreline, indifferent tourists party & picnic. Bodies wash up on the beach while people take selfies, heedless to the carnage behind them. The story concludes with images of a vast “sea cemetery” of floating gravestones & an obscure ghostly figure drifting on the horizon – these represent the countless lives lost in the pursuit of freedom from oppression and the ease with which they are forgotten.”

The pre-order for “Throes of Joy in the Jaws of Defeatism” in its various formats is available HERE.

NAPALM DEATH Launch New Single/Video “Amoral” From Upcoming Album

Posted by tarjavirmakari on August 21, 2020
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UK Grindcore pioneers NAPALM DEATH will be releasing their new studio album “Throes of Joy in the Jaws of Defeatism” on September 18th, 2020 via Century Media Records.

In advance of the album’s release, a new single is being launched today. Check out the song “Amoral” in a video clip created by Michael Panduro here:

NAPALM DEATH’s vocalist Mark ‘Barney’ Greenway checked in with the following comment about the song and its video: “A good shout to work once again with Michael Panduro, as he really adapts his style video to video rather than just using a singular approach. We delight in a generous helping of the absurd, so for one thing, the footage of children seemingly at play but displaying signs of systemic obedience really propels Shane’s lyrical thrust of our default powerlessness within the pecking order. As sonics go, I think it’s post-punk as fuck and grooves massively and accordingly.”

Previously, NAPALM DEATH introduced the album’s first single “Backlash Just Because” in a lyric video by Cloud Music Typography here: https://youtu.be/FFDHuCeaM_Y

“Throes of Joy in the Jaws of Defeatism” is the highly anticipated follow-up to 2015’s acclaimed “Apex Predator – Easy Meat” album and the 16th (!) studio album effort by NAPALM DEATH. It was again recorded with longtime producer Russ Russell and features artwork by Frode Sylthe.

From the pinnacle of confrontational instrumental extremity and steadfast lyrical humanity, NAPALM DEATH’s new album warps musical landscapes all over again. “Throes of Joy in the Jaws of Defeatism” includes 12 songs seething with caustic evolution and unrelenting scope. Here is the track-listing for the standard edition of the album:

“Throes of Joy in the Jaws of Defeatism” tracklisting

Fuck the Factoid
Backlash Just Because
That Curse of Being in Thrall
Contagion
Joie De Ne Pas Vivre
Invigorating Clutch
Zero Gravitas Chamber
Fluxing of the Muscle
Amoral
Throes of Joy in the Jaws of Defeatism
Acting in Gouged Faith
A Bellyful of Salt and Spleen

The pre-order for “Throes of Joy in the Jaws of Defeatism” in its various formats is available HERE!

Earlier this years, NAPALM DEATH had released a quickly sold-out 7” / Digital EP entitled “Logic Ravaged By Brute Force” to enhance their latest and extremely successful European touring run and to begin the campaign for the upcoming “Throes of Joy in the Jaws of Defeatism” studio album.

Check out “Logic Ravaged By Brute Force” HERE! Or stream the EP via Spotify HERE!

NAPALM DEATH Launch First Single And Lyric Video “Backlash Just Because” From New Album

Posted by tarjavirmakari on July 24, 2020
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NAPALM-DEATH-2020

UK Grindcore pioneers NAPALM DEATH will be releasing their new studio album “Throes of Joy in the Jaws of Defeatism” on September 18th, 2020 via Century Media Records.

Today, the band is launching the first single “Backlash Just Because” off the upcoming album.

Check out “Backlash Just Because” in a lyric video by Cloud Music Typography here:

NAPALM DEATH’s vocalist Mark ‘Barney’ Greenway comments about the song as follows: “This song in particular really spurred me on when I was writing lyrics for the album overall. It’s raucous and traditional, but also quirky and discordant and ultimately catchy-as-anything in the context of rampaging noise. Lyrically it was directed at the spiteful art of creating easy targets and fomenting paranoia and revulsion, which is something that I feel has become de rigeur in very recent times. I really let loose on the more sporadic vocals at the end of the song – it’s a real barkfest at that point. Lovely.”

“Throes of Joy in the Jaws of Defeatism” is the highly anticipated follow-up to 2015’s acclaimed “Apex Predator – Easy Meat” album and the 16th (!) studio album effort by NAPALM DEATH. It was again recorded with longtime producer Russ Russell and features artwork by Frode Sylthe.

NAPALM-DEATH-cover

From the pinnacle of confrontational instrumental extremity and steadfast lyrical humanity, NAPALM DEATH’s new album warps musical landscapes all over again. “Throes of Joy in the Jaws of Defeatism” includes 12 songs seething with caustic evolution and unrelenting scope. Here is the track-listing for the standard edition of the album:

Fuck the Factoid
Backlash Just Because
That Curse of Being in Thrall
Contagion
Joie De Ne Pas Vivre
Invigorating Clutch
Zero Gravitas Chamber
Fluxing of the Muscle
Amoral
Throes of Joy in the Jaws of Defeatism
Acting in Gouged Faith
A Bellyful of Salt and Spleen

The pre-order for “Throes of Joy in the Jaws of Defeatism” in various formats is starting today here: https://NapalmDeath.lnk.to/ThroesofJoyintheJawsofDefeatism

Earlier this years, NAPALM DEATH had released a quickly sold-out 7” / Digital EP entitled “Logic Ravaged By Brute Force” to enhance their latest and extremely successful European touring run and to begin the campaign for the upcoming “Throes of Joy in the Jaws of Defeatism” studio album.

Check out “Logic Ravaged By Brute Force” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ecqiuhmHeK0
Or stream the EP via Spotify here: http://open.spotify.com/album/57fFOIV2veGlPlQuZNNJnZ

 

NAPALM DEATH Announce New Album “Throes of Joy in the Jaws of Defeatism”

Posted by tarjavirmakari on July 8, 2020
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NAPALM-DEATH-2020

UK Grindcore pioneers NAPALM DEATH are delighted to announce their upcoming studio album release “Throes of Joy in the Jaws of Defeatism”, to be released on September 18th, 2020 via Century Media Records.

“Throes of Joy in the Jaws of Defeatism” is the highly anticipated follow-up to 2015’s acclaimed “Apex Predator – Easy Meat” album, was again recorded with longtime producer Russ Russell and features artwork by Frode Sylthe.

NAPALM DEATH’s vocalist Mark ‘Barney’ Greenway checked in with the following comment about the upcoming album and its theme:

“The phrase sticking in my mind when I started thinking about the lyrical direction for this album was “the other”. You could recognise at the time that there was a rapidly growing fear and paranoia being generated about everybody, from migrating people to people with fluid sexuality and this was starting to manifest itself in very antagonistic reactions that you felt were almost verging on violence. Not everybody resorts to such reactions of course, but even the basic lack of understanding can become toxic over time. I’m not saying that this is an entirely new phenomenon, but it has been stoked in recent history by some particularly attack-minded people in more political circles and, as ever, I felt that it would be the natural antidote to endorse basic humanity and solidarity with all.

The artwork specifically uses a white dove as a centrepiece, which of course is a commonly recognised symbol of peace and cooperation. The dove has been mauled very violently by a sterilising hand and in death appears particularly broken and bloodied. However, through the violence you can see an equality symbol in blood on the chest of the dove, which perhaps demonstrates – visually at least – that equality cuts through in the end. A positive amidst many negatives then, much like the album title itself being a bit of an oxymoron – the celebration of humanity even in the mangling jaws of negativity”.

NAPALM-DEATH-cover

From the pinnacle of confrontational instrumental extremity and steadfast lyrical humanity, NAPALM DEATH’s new album warps musical landscapes all over again. “Throes of Joy in the Jaws of Defeatism” includes 12 songs seething with caustic evolution and unrelenting scope. Here is the track-listing for the standard edition of the album:

NAPALM DEATH – “Throes of Joy in the Jaws of Defeatism”

Fuck the Factoid
Backlash Just Because
That Curse of Being in Thrall
Contagion
Joie De Ne Pas Vivre
Invigorating Clutch
Zero Gravitas Chamber
Fluxing of the Muscle
Amoral
Throes of Joy in the Jaws of Defeatism
Acting in Gouged Faith
A Bellyful of Salt and Spleen

A first single off “Throes of Joy in the Jaws of Defeatism” will be launched on July 24th, 2020 together with the pre-order start of the album. Look out for further details and the various album formats to be revealed soon…

NAPALM DEATH have most recently released a quickly sold-out 7” / Digital EP entitled “Logic Ravaged By Brute Force” to enhance their latest and extremely successful European touring campaign and to alert about the upcoming release of their 16th studio album “Throes of Joy in the Jaws of Defeatism”.

Check out “Logic Ravaged By Brute Force” here:

Or stream the EP via Spotify here: http://open.spotify.com/album/57fFOIV2veGlPlQuZNNJnZ

Previously, the group released “Coded Smears And More Uncommon Slurs” in 2018, a special compilation gathering a total of 31 songs in a playing time of over 90 minutes, including rarities and exclusive earworms spanning 2004-2016 from the whirling gene pool of noise that is NAPALM DEATH.

Check a few “Coded Smears And More Uncommon Slurs” samples here:

“Standardization” (video): https://youtu.be/FNlWLtZMvko

“Call That An Option?”: https://youtu.be/qugUJQUzma0

“Oh So Pseudo”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZzrZtOd2Po

And order the release here: https://napalmdeath.lnk.to/CodedSmearsAndMoreUncommonSlurs