Band Name: Napalm Death
Music Album: Leaders Not Followers
Album Release Date: November 1999
Music Genre: Rock Grindcore
Record Label: Dream Catcher
Album Release Country: United Kingdom
Music Record Type: 6 Tracks CD EP
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 | Politicians | 1:45 |
| 2 | Incinerator | 3:20 |
| 3 | Demonic Possession | 3:13 |
| 4 | Maggots In Your Coffin | 1:36 |
| 5 | Back From The Dead | 2:35 |
| 6 | Nazi Punks Fuck Off | 6:40 |
Recorded and mixed at Jacobs Studios, Surrey, England 21-24th July 1999.
Produced and engineered for the House of Absurd.
Management: Absurd +(44) 1536 521228 ("Absurd Management" is a company of the "Maverick Records").
Mini-Album CD with cover versions by bands that influenced Napalm Death over the course of their career.
Track 6 contains a hidden bonus track. The track Nazi Punks Fuck Off actually lasts about 1:14, follows a period of silence, and an untitled track starts at about 6:10 and ends at 6:40.
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