Band Name: Napalm Death
Music Album: Live
Album Release Date: June 1989
Music Genre: Rock Grindcore
Record Label: Rise Above Records
Album Release Country: United Kingdom
Music Record Type: 13 Tracks 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 | Multinational Corporations |
| A2 | Unchallenged Hate |
| A3 | The Kill |
| A4 | Lucid Fairytale |
| A5 | Dead |
| A6 | Stigmatized |
| B1 | Deceiver |
| B2 | Make Way |
| B3 | In Extremis |
| B4 | M.A.D. |
| B5 | Common Enemy |
| B6 | Success |
| B7 | You Suffer |
2,500 copies pressed. Came in housed in a poster, which the band folded themselves in the back of the van whilst on the UK / European tour with S.O.B. in June 1989.
The front cover was designed by Jeff Walker of Carcass, however, the printers made an error by reproducing the image as a negative (see second pic).
All tracks are recorded live.
A1 and B7 were recorded in Copenhagen, Denmark on 11-25-88.
A2 to A3 and B1 to B6 were recorded in Roskilde, Denmark on 11-26-88.
A4 to A6 were recorded in London, UK at the SOAS on 11-04-88.
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