Band Name: Napalm Death
Music Album: Smear Campaign
Album Release Date: September 2006
Music Genre: Rock Grindcore
Record Label: Century Media
Album Release Country: Germany
Music Record Type: 18 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 | Weltschmerz | 1:28 |
| 2 | Sink Fast, Let Go | 3:23 |
| 3 | Fatalist | 2:51 |
| 4 | Puritanical Punishment Beating | 3:26 |
| 5 | When All Is Said And Done | 3:01 |
| 6 | Freedom Is The Wage Of Sin | 3:09 |
| 7 | In Deference | 3:14 |
| 8 | Short-Lived | 3:06 |
| 9 | Identity Crisis | 2:44 |
| 10 | Shattered Existence | 3:11 |
| 11 | Eyes Right Out | 3:14 |
| 12 | Call That An Option? | 3:02 |
| 13 | Warped Beyond Logic | 2:00 |
| 14 | Rabid Wolves (For Christ) | 2:14 |
| 15 | Deaf And Dumbstruck (Intelligent Design) | 2:46 |
| 16 | Persona Non Grata | 2:47 |
| 17 | Smear Campaign | 2:48 |
| 18 | Atheist Runt | 6:43 |
Recorded, mixed and produced at Foel Studios, Llanfair Caernon, Wales from 13th May to 27 May and 3rd June to 10 June '06.
Album art by Mick Kenney (www.mickkenney.tk).
Band-photo by Kevin Estrada (www.kevinestrada.com).
© 2006 Copyright Control.
℗ 2006 Century Media Records Ltd.
Manufactured in Germany.
Limited edition issued in a digipak with two bonus tracks and sticker inside.
Tracks 12 and 18 are bonus tracks.
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