Band Name: Napalm Death
Music Album: The Peel Sessions
Album Release Date: November 1989
Music Genre: Rock Grindcore
Record Label: Strange Fruit
Album Release Country: United Kingdom
Music Record Type: 8 Tracks CD
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 | The Kill / Prison Without Walls / Dead Pt.1 | 0:55 |
| 2 | Deceiver / Lucid Fairytale / In Extremis | 1:45 |
| 3 | Blind To The Truth / Negative Approach / Common Enemy | 1:05 |
| 4 | Obstinate Direction / Life / You Suffer Pt.2 | 1:55 |
| 5 | Multi-National Corporations / Instinct Of Survival / Stigmatised / Parasites | 4:10 |
| 6 | Moral Crusade / Worlds Apart / M.A.D. | 3:35 |
| 7 | Divine Death / C.S. / Control | 3:20 |
| 8 | Walls / Raging In Hell / Conform Or Die / S.O.B. | 3:15 |
Tracks 1 to 4 recorded 13th September 1987.
Tracks 5 to 8 recorded 8th March 1988.
Released by arrangement with BBC Records and Tapes.
(R) 1989 BBC Enterprises Ltd.
(C) 1989 Strange Fruit Records
Made in U.K. is on the disc
Manufactured in Gt. Britain is on the booklet
Released in a slim jewel case.
The front cover says "Two complete sessions ···25 songs···" but the booklet lists 26 songs
The track times printed in the booklet differ to the actual track times, which are listed below:
1 The Kill / Prison Without Walls / Dead Pt.1 0:58
2 Deceiver / Lucid Fairytale / In Extremis 1:53
3 Blind To The Truth / Negative Approach / Common Enemy 1:08
4 Obstinate Direction / Life / You Suffer Pt.2 1:50
5 Multi-National Corporations / Instinct Of Survival / Stigmatised / Parasites 4:12
6 Moral Crusade / Worlds Apart / M.A.D. 3:40
7 Divine Death / C.S. / Control 3:24
8 Walls / Raging In Hell / Conform Or Die / S.O.B. 3:18
Total playing time: 20:26
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