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REVIEW: Napalm Death - Enemy Of The Music Dreamcatcher Records, 2000
10/10
Napalm Death - Enemy Of The Music - cover art At first glance you’ll notice that the original Napalm Death logo is back. For the first initial listen, you’ll notice that Napalm Death have gone back to their original roots with blasting grind. No it doesn’t sound like “Scum” or “From Enslavement to Obliteration”, but it does sound very fucking angry. Something, which some fans thought Napalm Death, lost. With this LP Napalm Death have gone back to their origins with the blasting grind, but they have included everything they have leant over the years, including the mid nineties experimenting. Which is not wasted here, and will make you realize that it wasn’t a waste of time either. This band has been through many tough situations in the last five or so years. 1) Barney, their vocalist since “Harmony Corruption” left the band for a brief period in ’96, but came back after a stint with “Extreme Noise Terror”. 2) They have left the label, which they helped create – Earache records. They were getting fucked over by Earache, and decided to end that relationship. Enemy of the Music Business is released through Dream Catcher records in Europe, and Spitfire in the United States. This album from start to finish is one of the greatest slabs of Metal/Industrial/grind ever recorded. Napalm Death has never sounded so angry!! Basically they are saying a huge FUCK YOU to anyone who has screwed them over, and the to the mainstream music industry as well. With this release Napalm Death is born again. They are so pissed with anger they blast the grind heavier, faster, more powerful, and better then ever before. Every band member shines on this album. Every instrument sounds equal in the mix, and Barney’s vocals have never sounded so massive. Danny Herrera is a drum machine god. Jesse Pintado and Mitch Harris are dizzying with the rhythm of their guitar work, and Shane Embury keeps the groove heavy as fuck with his bass. The band has also parted ways with long time producer Colin Richarson. Which you might think is a bad decision, but change is a great thing in this case, as Simon Efemey and Russ Russell take the Napalm Death sound to a higher level. I recommend every single song on this LP, but the instant classic’s are: “Taste the Poison”, “Next on the List”, “Constitutional Hell”, “Can’t Play, Won’t Pay”, “Fracture in the Equation”, “Volume of Neglect”, and “Vermin”.

written by Chris "Diatribe" Rohde

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Tracklist

1.
Taste The Poison
2. Next On The List
3. Constitutional Hell
/> 4. Vermin
5. Volume Of Neglect
6. Thanks For Nothing
/> 7. Can't Play, Won't Pay
8. Blunt Against The Cutting Edge
/> 9. Cure For The Common Complaint
10. Necessary Evil
11.
C.S. (Conservative Shithead) Part 2
12. Mechnics Of Deceit
/> 13. (The Public Get) What The Public Doesn't Want
14. Fracture In
The Equation

Playing time: 43.35

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