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Where to start with this legendary LP?? It’s not just your
regular
piece of
music - it’s history. This album defined the term
“Grindcore”. It
also
took six young English chaps to record what would
become one of the
most
important records in grindcore history. They did
not invent this
musical
style, because Repulsion had already released
“Horrified”. Napalm
Death
brought grind to the most extreme level. By
this point (1987) Napalm
Death
had already been through many line up
changes, and a change in musical
style. At one time they were a hardcore
punk band, they then took the
influences from such metal acts as Slayer, and
Death; the end result
was an
inhuman noise named – Grindcore. No other
band had played this fast or
this
brutal before. The songs are short, the
guitar riffs are blistering,
and
the drums are pounded to dust. The first
twelve songs of Scum were
recorded
by the three piece consisting of Nik
Bullen –Vocals/Bass, Justin
Broadrick -
Guitar, and Mick “The Human
Tornado” Harris - Drums. Then the later 16
songs saw Nik Bullen and Justin
Broadrick depart to be replaced by Lee
Dorian - Vocals, Bill Steer - Guitar,
and Jim Whiteley - Bass. Mick
Harris
(ENT, Praxis, Painkiller, Scorn,
Defecation) stayed behind the kit.
Nik
Bullen left and later joined
“Scorn” with Mick Harris. Justin
Broadrick
went on and joined “Head of
David”, to leave and form “Godflesh”.
After
Scum was released Napalm
Death went on the road to tour the LP. Jim
Whiteley decided to leave the
band, and long time Napalm Death member
Shane
Embury (Warhammer, Unseen
Terror) took over on bass for good. With so
much
going on with the band
you’ve got to wonder if the music is any good??
Well
you have 28 songs
played in 33 minutes of sheer brutality. The songs
range
from .07 of a
second to just over three minutes long. The production
is
very raw, but
so is the band. The bass is very low, and is rarely
recognized, as is the
buzz saw guitaring, but you can hear the guitar
more
than the bass. The
drums are very high in the mix. The drums pummel
your
head while the
vocals are vomited onto the mic. The lyrics aren’t
understandable unless
you read the liner notes. The lyrics are very
socially aware, and
political, but they also tackle animal and human
rights.
When sung by
Nik Bullen they are grunted, while Lee Dorrian
(Cathedral)
sounds like a
grizzly bear, but then transforms into a rabid screeching
iguana.
Highlights would include the title track “Scum”, “Siege of
Power”,
“The
Kill”, “Life?”, “Pseudo Youth”, “Deceiver”, “Parasites”,
“Polluted
Minds”, “Multinational Corporations”, and “Instinct of
Survival”.
| Tracklist |
1. Multinational Corporations |
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2. Instinct Of Survival 3. The Kill 4. Scum 5. |
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Caught... In A Dream 6. Polluted Minds 7. Sacrificed 8. |
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Siege Of Power 9. Control 10. Born On Your Knees 11. |
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Human Garbage 12. You Suffer 13. Life? 14. Prison Without |
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Walls 15. Point Of No Return 16. Negative Approach 17. |
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Success? 18. Deceiver 19. C.S. 20. Parasites 21. |
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Pseudo Youth 22. Divine Death 23. As The Machine Rolls On |
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24. Common Enemy 25. Moral Crusade 26. Stigmatized |
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27. M.A.D. 28. Dragnet |
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