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)
Dead
Napalm Death Lyrics
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The lyrics to Napalm Death's song Dead in 2-3 are simplistic yet powerful. The repetition of the word "die" and the aggressive delivery by the vocalist, Mark "Barney" Greenway, communicate a sense of anger and frustration with the world. The song can be interpreted in different ways, but one possible explanation is that it reflects the band's political views and their criticism of the current societal and political systems.
The lyrics can reflect the feeling of helplessness and frustration that can arise when facing issues such as poverty, inequality, and institutionalized oppression. The repeated use of the word "die" can be interpreted as a call to action, a demand for change, or a condemnation of the status quo. The song can also be seen as a criticism of the lack of empathy that some people display towards others' suffering.
Line by Line Meaning
Die!
An aggressive impetuous command to end someone's life or suffer their own inevitable fate.
Die, die, die... Annihilation!
A vehement outcry for ultimate destruction and obliteration of existence.
Extermination, titillation as you die in pain
The act of wiping out and purging the lives of others is a source of pleasure and excitement for the aggressor.
Conquerors of the useless, ravagers of nothing
Those who perpetrate violence and destruction are devoid of purpose and target anything and everything in their path.
Crimes borne of instinct, not of need or gain
The atrocities committed are purely based on primal urges and desires, not driven by necessity or profit.
Our legacy shall curse and haunt the species
The lasting impact of our actions will condemn and plague humanity for generations to come.
We set the wheels in motion, and seal you fate in time
We initiate the chain of events that will ultimately lead to your demise and ensure its inevitability.
Dead!
The culmination of the aggression and violence has resulted in your ultimate demise and non-existence.
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
Written by: STEPHEN FRETWELL
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Brendan Casey
A seasoned witch could call you from the depths of your disgrace,
And rearrange your liver to the solid mental grace,
And achieve it all with music that came quickly from afar,
Then taste the fruit of man recorded losing all against the hour
And assessing points to nowhere, leading every single one
A dewdrop can exalt us like the music of the sun,
And take away the plain in which we move,
And choose the course you're running
Down at the edge, round by the corner,
Not right away, not right away
Close to the edge, down by a river,
Not right away, not right away
Crossed the line around the changes of the summer,
Reaching out to call the color of the sky
Passed around a moment clothed in mornings faster than we see
Getting over all the time I had to worry,
Leaving all the changes far from far behind
We relieve the tension only to find out the master's name
Down at the end, round by the corner
Close to the edge, just by a river
Seasons will pass you by
I get up, I get down
Now that it's all over and done,
Now that you find, now that you're whole
My eyes convinced, eclipsed with the younger moon attained with love
It changed as almost strained amidst clear manna from above
I crucified my hate and held the word within my hand
There's you, the time, the logic, or the reasons we don't understand
Sad courage claimed the victims standing still for all to see,
As armored movers took approached to overlook the sea
There since the cord, the license, or the reasons we understood will be
Down at the edge, close by a river
Close to the edge, round by the corner
Close to the end, down by the corner
Down at the edge, round by the river
Sudden call shouldn't take away the startled memory
All in all, the journey takes you all the way
As apart from any reality that you've ever seen and known
Guessing problems only to deceive the mention,
Passing paths that climb halfway into the void
As we cross from side to side, we hear the total mass retain
Down at the edge, round by the corner
Close to the end, down by a river
Seasons will pass you by
I get up, I get down
In her white lace, you could clearly see the lady sadly looking
Saying that she'd take the blame
For the crucifixion of her own domain
I get up,
I get down,
I get up,
I get down
Two million people barely satisfy
Two hundred women watch one woman cry, too late
The eyes of honesty can achieve
How many millions do we deceive each day?
I get up, I get down
I get up, I get down
In charge of who is there in charge of me
Do I look on blindly and say I see the way?
The truth is written all along the page
How old will I be before I come of age for you?
I get up, I get down
I get up, I get down
I get up, I get down
The time between the notes relates the color to the scenes
A constant vogue of triumphs dislocate man, it seems
And space between the focus shape ascend knowledge of love
As song and chance develop time, lost social temperance rules above
Ah, ah
Then according to the man who showed his outstretched arm to space,
He turned around and pointed, revealing all the human race
I shook my head and smiled a whisper, knowing all about the place
On the hill we viewed the silence of the valley,
Called to witness cycles only of the past
And we reach all this with movements in between the said remark
Close to the edge, down by the river
Down at the end, round by the corner
Seasons will pass you by,
Now that it's all over and done,
Called to the seed, right to the sun
Now that you find, now that you're whole
Seasons will pass you by,
I get up, I get down
I get up, I get down
I get up, I get down
Valen B
Este tema me tocó el alma
#BullyInSpace #darts #stratosphere #PDC #WDF HAB
What a fantastic song
fsmetal
Play this at my funeral
Tufi Meme
LOL
Christina Hamilton
This is weird. The timestamp says it's about 1 second, but it's about 6 seconds.
Brendan Casey
@dev SH
Satan makes cookies.
dev SH
satan makes time
Lil Shmee
after the updates YouTube had since 2013 you can't actually post a video under 5 seconds anymore, It may say it's only 1 second but it's automatically increased to 5 seconds. You can't really tell because it's just showing a picture of the album.
Richard Dawkins Coined The Word 'meme'
Ikr what the hell
Alex Schuster
Lyrics to this gem please.