Napalm Death.........

scorpionldr · #1 09-01-2007, 01:28 PM

So I went to FYE yesterday and traded in a whole bunch of cds i found at a garage sale for a bit of cash. I decide to go browsing, and I see a lot of new death/grind metal bands that i want to check out, but I'm just not convinced with the quality some bands believe they have today. So anyway, I see the new napalm death album.......live. Picked it up, these guys F***ing ROCK live! Read the insert, and turns out the entire performance was one live concert (compared to other bands that need six or seven gigs to get a whole line of songs right). The thing that's just bothering me is how they've gone so long without more recognition......I mean $H!T, they're the world's oldest (and first) grindcore band, been around 20-30 years, and have no remaining original members, and they're still kicking the new school's @$$ at grinding, are very active both live and in studio, and they don't have more fans? Sometimes I just don't get it.............

Lost Drummer · #2 09-01-2007, 02:18 PM

probably has to do with their awesome name.

scorpionldr · #3 09-01-2007, 02:20 PM

lol like names like "drowning pool" "godsmack" "dillinger escape plan" etc are any smarter?

besides, it's not that bad

Lost Drummer · #4 09-01-2007, 02:21 PM

I seriously like the name. no sarcasm

scorpionldr · #5 09-01-2007, 02:23 PM

oh lol, my bad......i thought you were just referring to how a name like theirs would scare off regular promotion

Poop-Loops · #6 09-01-2007, 02:24 PM

I have their song "You Suffer". It's awesome.

scorpionldr · #7 09-01-2007, 02:25 PM

lol uh.....yea, that's not a song, that's a second long outburst

bryan bailey · #8 09-01-2007, 02:25 PM

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Originally Posted by scorpionldr

lol like names like "drowning pool" "godsmack" "dillinger escape plan" etc are any smarter?

besides, it's not that bad

Well God Smack is an Alice in Chains song, and they were an AIC cover band before they got big doing originals.

Dillinger Escape Plane is exactly that, Dillinger's plan on escaping, and well drowning pool is dumb I guess.

Baryonyx · #9 09-01-2007, 04:12 PM

yeah, Napalm Death really were as good as Grindcore would ever get. They were the first and last, imo! Breed to Breathe is a pretty good song for a metal band. My favourite tune of theirs is probably "Evolved as one", to be fair!

Matt Till · #10 09-01-2007, 11:13 PM

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Originally Posted by scorpionldr

lol uh.....yea, that's not a song, that's a second long outburst

But there in lies the magic, a second outburst is a song, if they label it as such. I think this SONG is genius, in that second the question, "You suffer, but why?" is asked, and really, that is a pretty powerful question when looked at in many different contexts. That's another great thing about Napalm Death, their lyrics are often more about social commentary and real life situations, rather than the Cannibal Corpse "****ed with a knife" lyrics... which I love as well, but in a different way.

I honestly love Napalm Death... I can't say that about a lot of metal. They are the band I would pick to represent metal because not only did they start "grindcore," their new album (from those old fogeys) DESTROYS most of the stuff from modern metal bands. The Code is Red is one of the heaviest albums I've ever heard, as a non mosher, this album makes me wanna mosh. I want to see them live before I die.

Yngwie 4String · #11 09-02-2007, 12:03 AM

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I want to see them live before I die.

Ill do the best I can for you bro:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZB3WxvTaMo

joeydavidson · #12 09-02-2007, 06:17 AM

I will see them in two weeks

mat gregory · #13 09-02-2007, 06:47 AM

I see them quite often in a pub in birmingham and at villa park sometimes too lol

Cool guys, Brummies too!!

Never seen them play live though, just when theyre drunk in the pub....

Baryonyx · #14 09-02-2007, 08:31 AM

Has Shane Embury got rid of his thinning candy floss hair yet? And does he still use Streamer Stage II's?

Matt Till · #15 09-03-2007, 11:39 AM

Last I checked, Shane was still rockin' the craaaazy hair.

MoD_Scotty · #16 09-04-2007, 01:14 AM

Awesome vid with my fav NP song: Twist The Knife (Slowly)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qCQhxaBT65M

God of Rapture · #17 09-04-2007, 08:25 AM

Without question one of the greatest bands on the planet.

lefty007 · #18 09-04-2007, 09:32 AM

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Originally Posted by scorpionldr

. . . and they don't have more fans? Sometimes I just don't get it.............

Well, it is 2007, and grindcore/death metal/speed metal stopped selling records after 1993 or so in America. Anything alive today here is pretty much underground.

Heck, sometimes it feels like the hardest thing you hear on the radio today is the Foo Fighters.

I'm sure Napal Death still enjoy decent tours in Europe and other parts of the world, where metal is still alive and kicking.

scorpionldr · #19 09-04-2007, 11:13 AM

lol but your talking to someone whos been avoiding the radio for like 7 years +

SMASH · #20 09-04-2007, 11:26 AM

I agree completely with those who say that their new stuff is still blowing away the new school. I've said so many times myself. Very rare for a band to be around pushing 30 years, with no original members as someone above pointed out, and be releasing arguably their most progressive, hardest-hitting, and poignant work.

Live they are fantastic. Videos do it no justice. I've seen them several times, the last time travelling about 2100 miles round trip to do it (and see Opeth the next night).

I go to all kinds of shows from local jazz in small cafes to platinum-selling rock in arenas, and Napalm is one of the best live acts - consistently so, over the course of years - that I have ever seen. And that's from someone who doesn't even listen to the bulk of their recorded work (with the exception of their recent couple of discs).

I thought Live In Japan was really good too. If there's a new live disc, I'll check that out. Thanks for the tip.