Band Name: Napalm Death
Music Album: From Enslavement To Obliteration
Album Release Date: September 1988
Music Genre: Rock Grindcore
Record Label: Earache
Album Release Country: United Kingdom
Music Record Type: 27 Tracks Vinyl Album LP Vinyl 7" 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 (...)
| A1 | Evolved As One |
| A2 | It's A M.A.N.S World! |
| A3 | Lucid Fairytale |
| A4 | Private Death |
| A5 | Impressions |
| A6 | Unchallenged Hate |
| A7 | Uncertainty Blurs The Vision |
| A8 | Cock-Rock Alienation |
| A9 | Retreat To Nowhere |
| A10 | Think For A Minute |
| A11 | Display To Me... |
| B1 | From Enslavement To Obliteration |
| B2 | Blind To The Truth |
| B3 | Social Sterility |
| B4 | Emotional Suffocation |
| B5 | Practise What You Preach |
| B6 | Inconceivable? |
| B7 | Worlds Apart |
| B8 | Obstinate Direction |
| B9 | Mentally Murdered |
| B10 | Sometimes |
| B11 | Make Way! |
| C | The Curse |
| D1 | Musclehead |
| D2 | Your Achievement? |
| D3 | Dead |
| D4 | Morbid Deceiver |
Recorded and mixed at Birdsong, Worcester.
First press with gatefold sleeve and bonus 7" "The Curse".
Lyrics and thank lists printed inside the sleeve.
Pressing company uncredited, identified by the matrix etchings.
Published by Earache Songs U.K.
© ℗ 1988 Earache Records.
The "The Curse" 7" should not be submitted as an unique release, the record was originally included with a gatefold edition of the first pressing of this album only and not sold separately.
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