Napalm Death is an English grindcore band that was formed in Meriden, West … Read Full Bio ↴Napalm Death is an English grindcore band that was formed in Meriden, West Midlands in 1981. Since 1986, none of the band's original members have remained in the group. However, starting from their album "Utopia Banished" (1992), the lineup of bassist Shane Embury, guitarist Mitch Harris, drummer Danny Herrera, and lead vocalist Mark "Barney" Greenway has remained consistent for most of the band's career. From 1989 to 2004, Napalm Death briefly expanded to a five-piece band when Jesse Pintado joined as a replacement for former guitarist Bill Steer. Following Pintado's departure, the band reverted to being a four-piece.
The band is recognized as pioneers of the grindcore genre, blending elements of crust punk and death metal. They are known for their noise-filled sound, characterized by distorted, down-tuned guitars, grinding overdrive bass, high-speed tempo, blast beats, and vocals consisting of incomprehensible growls or high-pitched shrieks. Their songs are exceptionally short, often featuring sociopolitical lyrics. Napalm Death gained substantial influence in the global metal community with the release of their debut album "Scum" in 1987, which was issued by Earache Records. Notably, their track "You Suffer" holds the Guinness World Record for the shortest recorded song, lasting a mere 1.316 seconds.
Over the years, Napalm Death has released sixteen studio albums and is recognized by Nielsen SoundScan as the seventh-best-selling death metal band in the United States.
Studio albums
Scum (1987)
From Enslavement to Obliteration (1988)
Harmony Corruption (1990)
Utopia Banished (1992)
Fear, Emptiness, Despair (1994)
Diatribes (1996)
Inside the Torn Apart (1997)
Words from the Exit Wound (1998)
Enemy of the Music Business (2000)
Order of the Leech (2002)
The Code Is Red...Long Live the Code (2005)
Smear Campaign (2006)
Time Waits for No Slave (2009)
Utilitarian (2012)
Apex Predator - Easy Meat (2015)
Throes of Joy in the Jaws of Defeatism (2020)
The band is recognized as pioneers of the grindcore genre, blending elements of crust punk and death metal. They are known for their noise-filled sound, characterized by distorted, down-tuned guitars, grinding overdrive bass, high-speed tempo, blast beats, and vocals consisting of incomprehensible growls or high-pitched shrieks. Their songs are exceptionally short, often featuring sociopolitical lyrics. Napalm Death gained substantial influence in the global metal community with the release of their debut album "Scum" in 1987, which was issued by Earache Records. Notably, their track "You Suffer" holds the Guinness World Record for the shortest recorded song, lasting a mere 1.316 seconds.
Over the years, Napalm Death has released sixteen studio albums and is recognized by Nielsen SoundScan as the seventh-best-selling death metal band in the United States.
Studio albums
Scum (1987)
From Enslavement to Obliteration (1988)
Harmony Corruption (1990)
Utopia Banished (1992)
Fear, Emptiness, Despair (1994)
Diatribes (1996)
Inside the Torn Apart (1997)
Words from the Exit Wound (1998)
Enemy of the Music Business (2000)
Order of the Leech (2002)
The Code Is Red...Long Live the Code (2005)
Smear Campaign (2006)
Time Waits for No Slave (2009)
Utilitarian (2012)
Apex Predator - Easy Meat (2015)
Throes of Joy in the Jaws of Defeatism (2020)
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Napalm Death Lyrics
Breed to Breathe Divorced humanity Science strays Walk the path of servitude …
Cursed to Crawl A fragile peace that exists inside A frame so shallow, so…
From Enslavement To Obliteration Committed to a life of slavery In the factories our own…
Greed Killing The wrong time, the wrong place, Our smiling face of distrus…
Hung Downwards, downwards Life's spiraling descent Downwards, dow…
I Abstain I abstain! Summon my pride? What pride lies behind blinkered…
If the Truth Be Known Your self-determined place of value Think before you act! …
Judicial Slime Taste me, You made me what I am, Mind polluting worthless fu…
Lowpoint Lowpoint Banish the emotion Severing the ties Mutual aggres…
Lucid Fairytale Delude yourself with the notion That life's viewed defiantly…
Mentally Murdered Your aspirations, unable to stretch Beyond the barriers of w…
Nazi Punks Fuck Off Lyrics : jello biaffra / music : dead kennedys Punk ain't…
Next of Kin to Chaos Stuck in the learning hole, There is no teaching That I can…
Plague Rages Scale the inferno, take it all in Am I right or…
Prison Without Walls Trapped, inside your head Insular, living dead Existing for…
Scum In your mind Nothing but fear You can't face life Or believe…
Siege of Power Siege of power In your land Too many problems For you to und…
Social Sterility [misprinted a "Social Security" (!) on the liner notes] Tim…
Suffer The Children Your unflappable conceptions Moralistic views Never open t…
The Infiltraitor Shaped thus, shipped'em out A new deal to flog and flou…
The Kill There's nothing to gain You have just been led The kill, af…
The World Keeps Turning No way forward or back, in stalemate, we stagnate Life cycle…
Unchallenged Hate A chronic complaint of dimness Prevails your profound ideolo…
Unfit Earth Looking from outside inwards A view to dumbfound the most…
You Suffer You suffer, but why?…
Yöü Süffer You suffer But why?…