Band Name: Napalm Death
Music Album: Fear, Emptiness, Despair
Album Release Date: March 1994
Music Genre: Rock Grindcore
Record Label: Earache
Album Release Country: United Kingdom
Music Record Type: 13 Tracks CD Album
Formed in Birmingham, UK in 1982, by Nik Bullen. Napalm Death were originally one of the bands that defined the UK hardcore thrash/punk sound of the mid-late 1980s, along with bands such as Extreme Noise Terror, Doom and Sore Throat. The band has gone through countless line-ups and many former members have gone on to become significant figures in a variety of musical scenes.
Although their debut album "Scum" featured members Justin Broadrick (who was also a member of Fall Of Because, the band that later became Godflesh, at the time) and Nik Bullen (later part of Scorn), the first stable line up consisted of Lee Dorrian (vocals), Bill Steer (guitar), Mick Harris (drums) and Shane Embury (bass).
By late 1989, Lee Dorrian, whose vocals epitomised the early Napalm Death sound, had left to form another band (doom metal band Cathedral) and focus on his label Rise Above. Bill Steer also left to concen (...)
| 1 | Twist The Knife (Slowly) | 2:53 |
| 2 | Hung | 3:49 |
| 3 | Remain Nameless | 3:33 |
| 4 | Plague Rages | 3:51 |
| 5 | More Than Meets The Eye | 3:55 |
| 6 | Primed Time | 3:28 |
| 7 | State Of Mind | 3:32 |
| 8 | Armageddon X 7 | 3:16 |
| 9 | Retching On The Dirt | 2:59 |
| 10 | Fasting On Deception | 3:49 |
| 11 | Throwaway | 3:42 |
| 12 | Truth Drug | 3:51 |
| 13 | Living In Denial | 3:00 |
The Album was originally mixed by Pete Coleman in November 1993 and contained more samples but the band were unhappy and drafted in Colin Richardson, who remixed the album at Battery Studios in January/February 1993.
This is the Digipak version of the CD which contains two bonus tracks "Truth Drug" and "Living In Denial". These are not listed on the CD face, only on the Digipak.
The sticker on the front of the Digipak says:
Napalm Death
Fear, Emptiness, Despair
MOSH 109 CDD
Limited Edition Digipack [sic] CD
Contains 2 Bonus Tracks
Unavailable Elsewhere
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