Napalm Death – Resentment is Always Seismic – a final throw of Throes

Napalm Death – Resentment is Always Seismic – a final throw of Throes
Century Media Records
5,0/10,0

Brief:
Although the name Napalm Death has existed since 1981, as the band’s first line-up plundered the post- and anarcho-punk scenes for inspiration, it was 1987’s seminal Scum album that would ensure their place in the grand pantheon of heaviness.

While many veteran bands are content to repeat themselves or to wallow in nostalgia, these noise-hungry stalwarts seem to have gained fresh impetus and momentum in recent times, as showcased on 2020’s Resentment is Always Seismic – a final throw of Throes. The creation of the latter masterpiece clearly ranks as one of the most fertile periods in Napalm Death history. Boasting some of the band’s most experimental material yet, alongside the expected bursts of bone-shattering extremity, the new release continues Napalm Death’s devotion to a defiantly underground punk rock ethos.

Tracklist:

1. Narcissus (03:10)
2. Resentment Always Simmers (04:16)
3. By Proxy (02:22)
4. People Pie (04:24) [SLAB! cover]
5. Man Bites Dogged (04:24)
6. Slaver Through a Repeat Performance (03:47)
7. Don’t Need It (01:05) [Bad Brains cover]
8. Resentment is Always Seismic (Dark Sky Burial Dirge) (05:59)

Main Focus Tracks:

• Narcissus (03:10)
• By Proxy (02:22)

Other Recommended Tracks:

• Resentment Always Simmers (04:16)
• Slaver Through a Repeat Performance (03:47)

Line-Up:
Mark ‘Barney’ Greenway – Bawling, shrieking, intermittent baritone
Shane Embury – Bass reverberations, barks and moans, noise-testing everyday objects
Danny Herrera – Turbulent beat throes

Comments:
With Resentment is Always Seismic – a final throw of Throes Napalm Death seem to be merely scratching the surface of their own potential.

Contact:
Napalm Death

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Selected Discography:
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
Leaders Not Followers-MCD – 1999
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
Coded Smears And More Uncommon Slurs – Comp. 2018
Throes of Joy in the Jaws of Defeatism – 2020
Resentment is Always Seismic – a final throw of Throes – Mini-Album 2022