Napalm Death

Napalm Death adalah sebuah band grindcore/death metal yang paling bertahan lama, mereka berasal dari Birmingham, Inggris. Mulanya band dibentuk di desa Meriden dekat Birmingham, Inggris pada tahun 1981 oleh Nicholas Bullen dan Miles Ratledge, dengan nama band awal Civil Defence.

Walaupun grup-grup lain telah lebih dahulu memainkan musik cepat dan agresif, Napalm Death selalu di sebut-sebut sebagai definisi struktur musik genre grindcore melalui campuran post-punk, hardcore punk dan metal, bermain secara agresif, tempo yang cepat dan vokal yang dalam dan parau. Grup ini menggunakan istilah "Grind" untuk menjabarkan musik yang mereka mainkan dengan referensi ke band post-punk Swans dari Amerika.

Sekarang tidak ada lagi anggota asli dari Napalm Death yang tersisa. Awal sejarah dari band ini adalah satu dari perputaran anggota tetap: grup tidak lagi memilki anggota asli pada saat mereka melakukan rekaman kedua debut album Scum pada tahun 1987.

Napalm Death dimasukan ke dalam kategori sebagai band death metal terlaris ketujuh di Amerika oleh Nielsen Soundscan.

Anggota

Saat ini 
 Mark "Barney" Greenway - Vokal (1989–1996, 1997–sekarang)
 Shane Embury - Bas (1987–sekarang)
 Mitch Harris - Gitar / Vokal Tambahan (1990–sekarang)
 Danny Herrera - Drum (1991–sekarang)

Mantan Anggota

Vokal 
 Nik Napalm (Nicholas Bullen) - (1981–1986)
 Marian Williams - (1984)
 Lee Dorrian - (1987–1989)
 Phil Vane - (1996–1997)

Gitar 
 Si O (Simon Oppenheimer) - (1981-1982)
 Daz F (Daryl 'Sid' Fideski) - (1982)
 Grayhard (Graham "Robbo" Robertson) - (1982–1985) (berganti posisi dari bass ke gitar)
 Damien Errington - (1985)
 Justin Broadrick - (1985–1986)
 Frank Healy - (1987)
 Bill Steer - (1987–1989)
 Jesse Pintado - (1989–2004) (Meninggal pada 27 Agustus 2006 karena kegagalan fungsi liver)

Bas 
 Grayhard (Graham "Robbo" Robertson) - (1982)
 Fin (Finbar Quinn) - (1983–1984)
 P-Nut (Peter Shaw) - (1985)
 Nik Napalm (Nicholas Bullen) - (1981, 1985–1986)
 James (Jim) Whitley - (1986–1987)

Drum 
 Rat (Miles Ratledge) - (1982–1985)
 Mick Harris - (1985–1991)

Diskografi

Demo 
 Punk Is a Rotting Corpse (1982)
 Like Sheep We All Have Gone Astray (1983)
 Hatred Surge (1985)

Album studio 
 Scum (MOSH3, Earache 1987) (UK Indie #7)
 From Enslavement to Obliteration (MOSH8, Earache 1988) (UK Indie #1)
 Harmony Corruption (MOSH19, Earache 1990)
 Utopia Banished (MOSH53, Earache 1992)
 Fear, Emptiness, Despair (MOSH109, Earache 1994)
 Diatribes (MOSH141, Earache 1996)
 Inside the Torn Apart (MOSH171, Earache 1997)
 Words from the Exit Wound (1998)
 Enemy of the Music Business (2000)
 Order of the Leech (2002)
 Leaders Not Followers: Part 2 (2004)
 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)

Singles dan EP 
 The Peel Session (EP, 1988, Strange Fruit SFPS049) (UK Indie #13)
 The Curse (7", included in initial copies of From Enslavement to Obliteration) (1988)
 Napalm Death/S.O.B. split 7" (1989)
 Double Peel Session EP (EP, Strange Fruit SFPDS049, 1989) (UK Indie #12)
 Mentally Murdered (EP, MOSH14 1989) (UK Indie #6)
 Suffer the Children (Single, MOSH24 1990)
 Mass Appeal Madness (EP, MOSH46 1991)
 The World Keeps Turning (EP, MOSH65 1992)
 Nazi Punks Fuck Off (EP, MOSH92 1993)
 Greed Killing (EP, 1995)
 In Tongues We Speak (split-CD with Coalesce) (MOSH168 1997)
 Breed to Breathe (EP, 1997)
 Leaders Not Followers (EP, 1999)
 Tsunami Benefit (Split CD with The Haunted and Heaven Shall Burn) (2005)

Napalm Death-album kompilasi 
 The Peel Sessions (1989)
 Death by Manipulation (MOSH51, Earache 1992)
 The Peel Sessions (1993)
 The Complete Radio One Sessions (2000)
 Noise for Music's Sake (MOSH266, Earache 2003)

Live 
 Live Corruption (1990)
 Bootlegged in Japan (1998)
 Punishment in Capitals (2002, CD)

DVDs & VHS 
 Live Corruption (VHS, 1991)
 The DVD (DVD, 2001)
 Punishment in Capitals (DVD, 2002)

Kompilasi 
 Chapter 3 - Various Artists (by Jako of "The Joy of Propaganda", 2 songs, 1982)
 Ruptured Gut - Various Artists (by Twisted Tapes, 2 songs, 1982)
 Twisted Nervous Breakdown - Various Artists (by Twisted Tapes, 1 song, 1982)
 Subversive Elements - Various Artists (2 songs, 1982)
 Bullshit Detector #3 : "Crucifixion of Possessions" (1984)
 North Atlantic Noise Attack : title ? (excerpt from Scum/FETO) 1989
 Hardcore Holocaust : "Moral Crusade", "M.A.D.", "Divine Death", "Control" 1989
 Grind Crusher : "The Missing Link" 1989
 Grind Crusher - free 7" : "You Suffer" 1989
 Hardcore Holocaust II : "Walls/Raging in Hell/Conform or Die/S.O.B." 1990
 Pathological Compilation : "Internal Animosity" - unreleased song 1990
 Grind Crusher - The Ultimate Earache : "The World Keeps Turning" 1992
 Masters of Brutality I : "Suffer the Children" 1992
 Masters of Brutality II : "The World Keeps Turning" 1992
 Virus 100 : "Nazi Punks Fuck Off" - unreleased song 1992
 Earplugged I : "Plague Rages" and "State of Mind" 1994
 Earplugged I (Japanese release): "I Abstain" 1994
 Rareache : "Living in Denial" and "Internal Animosity" - unreleased songs 1995
 Better Read Than Dead: ?? (1996)
 Mortal Kombat (soundtrack motion picture) : "Twist the Knife (Slowly)" 1996
 Metallurgy I : "Greed Killing" demo version - unreleased song 1996
 Earplugged II : "Breed to Breathe" 1997
 Earplugged III: "The Infiltraitor" 1998
 Hellspawn : "Breed to Breathe" remixed by DELTA 9 - unreleased song 1998
 Anti Racist Action : "Unchallenged Hate" live - unreleased song (only in America) 1998
 Hard Music News Vol 2: "The Icing on the Hate" 2002
 What Lies Beneath: "Silence Is Deafening" 2005
 Earache Summer Sampler 2007: "Scum (Remastered)" 2007

Video 
 "If the Truth Be Known"
 "Suffer the Children"
 "Mass Appeal Madness"
 "The World Keeps Turning"
 "Plague Rages"
 "Greed Killing"
 "Breed to Breathe"
 "Lowlife"
 "Necessary Evil" (2 versions)
 "Silence Is Deafening"
 "Morale"
 "When All Is Said and Done"

Referensi

Pranala luar 

 
 Napalm Death di Ensiklopedia Metallum

 
Grup musik Britania Raya
Grindcore