Arguably the most influential band in extreme metal. Without these guys a lot of techniques in metal may have been delayed by a few years. Main thing being the blast beat which came from Repulsion and Napalm and they both helped pioneer guttural vocals in more metallic music . Now every track has blasts and extreme riffing and belching vocals, these guys were doing it back in the very early 80s. Hard to think Scum was released the same year as other at the time deemed the world’s heaviest albums Reign in blood and pleasure to kill by Kreator. They then went on to help pioneer other sounds with their groove albums with industrial elements. Musical genius at its finest.
Really glad I found your channel recently. SOC presentation is good on top of entertaining. The honesty is unmistakeable and I for one believe as long as one is honest with their workings, the work will be appreciated. Now that you have opened the doors with Napalm Death, Justin Broadrick and all of his discography would be a great addition to your channel; if you enjoy his discography that is! Keep ‘em coming!
Thanks man, I really appreciate it - it means a lot! I struggle to keep up with all of the various Justin Broadrick projects, but I really like JK Flesh - and Godflesh are one my favourite bands (will deffo do a video on them some day!)
@@linesinwax4996 I feel the pain when it comes to keeping up with everything JB produces! Mick and Justin are probably the two biggest influences on modern music for the past 30+ years and nobody even knows who they are, except for their fans and yet those guys keep on keeping on. It’s truly inspiring!
Bought Scum in 87" saw them in 89'. Pure punk band at that time. Most people at gigs at that time where fxcking punks. No extreme metal without the punks.
I’m going to the UK for the first time next month…I’ll be seeing ND 3/8 in London then again the next day on 3/9 in Liverpool…I’m super stoked for both shows
Been meaning to dive into these guy's discography and wasn't sure how there later output held up. Man I loved Apex Predator/Easy Meat! Gonna do a proper dive from there. One of the few truly HEAVY albums of the 2010s I can think of
I'm at almost half of the video and I'm getting hopes to have finally found a Napalm Death ranking that puts Scum at its deserved high place. All other rankings I saw put it ridiculously low.
Watching this, I realized my personal ranking would be the albums in chronological order, including "Fear, Emptiness, Despair", and then I realized I always considered all their stuf from that point on as 'the rest'. I still owe Napalm big, they changed my life forever as a snotty, stupid, awkward, silly teen. Back in the earliest 90's, my older sis had this deadbeat boyfriend. I was already into the usual suspects at the time (AC/DC, Metallica, Guns 'n' Roses, you get the drill), and he turned me on to Motörhead and the Sex Pistols, but one day he pulled out "Harmony Corruption" with the words "this is so stupid, you're gonna laugh yourself sick". I remember that moment still, 32 years later, it totally blew me away. That wasn't stupid, it was the most awesome thing I ever heard, and it made me realize that there was a huge world of great music buried beneath what we see and hear on the surface (please consider that these were pre-internet days). Again, it blew my mind in a way nothing has ever since. Now well in my forties, I still live and breathe underground music, both old and new, and I would not want it any other way. By the way, the last show I saw pre-pandemic was also Napalm! Saw them 2 months ago play with Dropdead, they keep slaying it live. Greetings from a fellow two-feet blast-beat poser!!
Great video, adore napalm. Yep the middle 90’s are experimental but before and all after all sublime. New sub, I’ll check out the other videos & keep up the good work my man 🤘
Type O Negative, Death in June, Black Sabbath, and Napalm Death. My guy you're cultured! Edit: Hey I randomly looked up a deathgrind/early brutal death metal band called Blood Clot and was surprised you made a review about it. Your website doesn't seem to load.
Thanks Bryan - I wouldn’t go as far as to say I’m a cultured individual but I do try and check out a lot of different stuff! Did you see the Blood Clot review on Rateyourmusic? I’ve been having a lot of problems with my website’s responsiveness recently (it also doesn’t display the tiled reviews properly sometimes whilst on the main page) so I’ve been relying on RYM more and more, putting off sorting the site to be honest. But it needs to be fixed! Cheers!
@@linesinwax4996 Haha. I did see your review on RYM. I do agree it has that Napalm Death sound and I commented on a vid of the demo on UA-cam that it has that Repulsion sound. The metallum page says blood and clot are separated.
Man you got it wrong about Words from the Exit Wound. Seriously, go back and listen with fresh ears and try to tell me there's even a whiff of nu metal on there. Its the best out of the 4 "groove metal" albums - still have the bouncy experimental 90s sounding riffs, but they were also leaning into the frenetic deathy grind stuff again - this is the direct precursor to Enemies of the Music Business and everything that you were praising about their 2000s material. I would put it in my top ten ND records.
@LINESINWAX one of my alltime favorite ND tracks is off WFTEW - Next of Kin to Chaos. Its got this slippery mechanical vibe to it, but still frenetic and intense.
I had the “best of” CD set Noise For Musics Sake when I was a teenager and it had a fold out Napalm Death Family Tree which detailed all the bands that came from Napalm Death and who formed them etc - that was very handy haha
I never gave Inside The Torn Apart or Words From The Exit Wound a proper listen…that said, everything else is great, including Diatribes and Fear Emptiness Despair…ever since Harmony Corruption, it’s been established that ND doesn’t stick to one sound…so I’m ok with the change in sound on these albums…and no one can deny that these albums still hit really hard, and are still in the camp of extreme metal…not as extreme as their other releases, but still extreme and well crafted
How can you not like NEXT OF KIN TO CHOAS or DEVOURING DEPRAVED? I swear everybody plays follow the leader and just regurgitates what they previously heard from the masses about a particular album. Love all the mid albums from Napalm, I was in middle school when FEAR... came out and then beginning of Highscool for DIATRIBES and The GREED KILLING EP so I don't care that they're groovy as fuck (not slow), I think that's why I love them more then the rest other than THE CODE IS RED (which is up there for me as well) because they're different from the rest of the Napalm catalog. I love all Napalm records I don't think they have a bad album and the mid albums blow away anything from MUSHROOMHEAD, I'm sorry but they do.
Nothing you’ve said about Napalm is wrong. Your favourites are just as valid. But when I started at Scum when I was 15 or 16 years old and worked forward it just got “worse and worse” for me until a turning point with Enemy of the music business. I’ve returned to the “groove” period many times but it just doesn’t work for me, unfortunately. To compare Mushroomhead and Napalm Death is pointless, I think. They are completely and totally different.
I always see people rank their groove albums very low. Personally they are my favorite Napalm Death albums. I think all Napalm Death eras are unique and good in their own way. Harmony corruption, utopia banished and from enslavement to obliteration are amazing. Wftew, diatribes, fear emptiness despair and inside the torn apart are awesome, their 2000s stuff is cool too and their latest stuff is amazing. With Napalm Death you cant go wrong. But i think if u ignore the fact that words from the exit wound is a Napalm Death album, the album is amazing.
Smear campaign was my introduction to Napalm Death back in the mid 2000s. To this day it remains my favourite album of theirs.
Arguably the most influential band in extreme metal. Without these guys a lot of techniques in metal may have been delayed by a few years. Main thing being the blast beat which came from Repulsion and Napalm and they both helped pioneer guttural vocals in more metallic music . Now every track has blasts and extreme riffing and belching vocals, these guys were doing it back in the very early 80s. Hard to think Scum was released the same year as other at the time deemed the world’s heaviest albums Reign in blood and pleasure to kill by Kreator. They then went on to help pioneer other sounds with their groove albums with industrial elements. Musical genius at its finest.
Very well put!
This is great! Thanks
Cheers man!
Really glad I found your channel recently.
SOC presentation is good on top of entertaining. The honesty is unmistakeable and I for one believe as long as one is honest with their workings, the work will be appreciated.
Now that you have opened the doors with Napalm Death, Justin Broadrick and all of his discography would be a great addition to your channel; if you enjoy his discography that is!
Keep ‘em coming!
Thanks man, I really appreciate it - it means a lot!
I struggle to keep up with all of the various Justin Broadrick projects, but I really like JK Flesh - and Godflesh are one my favourite bands (will deffo do a video on them some day!)
@@linesinwax4996 I feel the pain when it comes to keeping up with everything JB produces! Mick and Justin are probably the two biggest influences on modern music for the past 30+ years and nobody even knows who they are, except for their fans and yet those guys keep on keeping on. It’s truly inspiring!
Bought Scum in 87" saw them in 89'. Pure punk band at that time. Most people at gigs at that time where fxcking punks. No extreme metal without the punks.
I’m going to the UK for the first time next month…I’ll be seeing ND 3/8 in London then again the next day on 3/9 in Liverpool…I’m super stoked for both shows
That’s the tour with Pig Destroyer right? That’s gonna be amazing!
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Yep that’s it! I’ve seen Pig Destroyer and Napalm Death tour together once in NYC in 2016…they were both great, as to be expected 👍👍
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As a follow-up, both shows were indeed amazing
Been meaning to dive into these guy's discography and wasn't sure how there later output held up. Man I loved Apex Predator/Easy Meat! Gonna do a proper dive from there. One of the few truly HEAVY albums of the 2010s I can think of
I'm at almost half of the video and I'm getting hopes to have finally found a Napalm Death ranking that puts Scum at its deserved high place. All other rankings I saw put it ridiculously low.
Watching this, I realized my personal ranking would be the albums in chronological order, including "Fear, Emptiness, Despair", and then I realized I always considered all their stuf from that point on as 'the rest'. I still owe Napalm big, they changed my life forever as a snotty, stupid, awkward, silly teen.
Back in the earliest 90's, my older sis had this deadbeat boyfriend. I was already into the usual suspects at the time (AC/DC, Metallica, Guns 'n' Roses, you get the drill), and he turned me on to Motörhead and the Sex Pistols, but one day he pulled out "Harmony Corruption" with the words "this is so stupid, you're gonna laugh yourself sick". I remember that moment still, 32 years later, it totally blew me away. That wasn't stupid, it was the most awesome thing I ever heard, and it made me realize that there was a huge world of great music buried beneath what we see and hear on the surface (please consider that these were pre-internet days). Again, it blew my mind in a way nothing has ever since. Now well in my forties, I still live and breathe underground music, both old and new, and I would not want it any other way.
By the way, the last show I saw pre-pandemic was also Napalm! Saw them 2 months ago play with Dropdead, they keep slaying it live.
Greetings from a fellow two-feet blast-beat poser!!
Great to hear from you! Honestly making these vids, the best thing about this is the comments.
Cheers for sharing your story!
All the best!
Great video, adore napalm.
Yep the middle 90’s are experimental but before and all after all sublime.
New sub, I’ll check out the other videos & keep up the good work my man 🤘
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed!
Type O Negative, Death in June, Black Sabbath, and Napalm Death. My guy you're cultured!
Edit: Hey I randomly looked up a deathgrind/early brutal death metal band called Blood Clot and was surprised you made a review about it. Your website doesn't seem to load.
Thanks Bryan - I wouldn’t go as far as to say I’m a cultured individual but I do try and check out a lot of different stuff!
Did you see the Blood Clot review on Rateyourmusic? I’ve been having a lot of problems with my website’s responsiveness recently (it also doesn’t display the tiled reviews properly sometimes whilst on the main page) so I’ve been relying on RYM more and more, putting off sorting the site to be honest. But it needs to be fixed!
Cheers!
@@linesinwax4996 Haha. I did see your review on RYM. I do agree it has that Napalm Death sound and I commented on a vid of the demo on UA-cam that it has that Repulsion sound. The metallum page says blood and clot are separated.
Great job. Loved this
Thanks for watching !
Man you got it wrong about Words from the Exit Wound.
Seriously, go back and listen with fresh ears and try to tell me there's even a whiff of nu metal on there.
Its the best out of the 4 "groove metal" albums - still have the bouncy experimental 90s sounding riffs, but they were also leaning into the frenetic deathy grind stuff again - this is the direct precursor to Enemies of the Music Business and everything that you were praising about their 2000s material.
I would put it in my top ten ND records.
You’ve got me intrigued… I’ll give it another go.
I did listen to all the groove records in a row, so I may be mixing them up…
@LINESINWAX one of my alltime favorite ND tracks is off WFTEW - Next of Kin to Chaos. Its got this slippery mechanical vibe to it, but still frenetic and intense.
Utopia Banished all day every day
You could take napalm deaths lineup history and make multiple bands out of them lol
I had the “best of” CD set Noise For Musics Sake when I was a teenager and it had a fold out Napalm Death Family Tree which detailed all the bands that came from Napalm Death and who formed them etc - that was very handy haha
I never gave Inside The Torn Apart or Words From The Exit Wound a proper listen…that said, everything else is great, including Diatribes and Fear Emptiness Despair…ever since Harmony Corruption, it’s been established that ND doesn’t stick to one sound…so I’m ok with the change in sound on these albums…and no one can deny that these albums still hit really hard, and are still in the camp of extreme metal…not as extreme as their other releases, but still extreme and well crafted
How can you not like NEXT OF KIN TO CHOAS or DEVOURING DEPRAVED? I swear everybody plays follow the leader and just regurgitates what they previously heard from the masses about a particular album. Love all the mid albums from Napalm, I was in middle school when FEAR... came out and then beginning of Highscool for DIATRIBES and The GREED KILLING EP so I don't care that they're groovy as fuck (not slow), I think that's why I love them more then the rest other than THE CODE IS RED (which is up there for me as well) because they're different from the rest of the Napalm catalog. I love all Napalm records I don't think they have a bad album and the mid albums blow away anything from MUSHROOMHEAD, I'm sorry but they do.
Nothing you’ve said about Napalm is wrong. Your favourites are just as valid. But when I started at Scum when I was 15 or 16 years old and worked forward it just got “worse and worse” for me until a turning point with Enemy of the music business. I’ve returned to the “groove” period many times but it just doesn’t work for me, unfortunately.
To compare Mushroomhead and Napalm Death is pointless, I think. They are completely and totally different.
I always see people rank their groove albums very low. Personally they are my favorite Napalm Death albums.
I think all Napalm Death eras are unique and good in their own way. Harmony corruption, utopia banished and from enslavement to obliteration are amazing. Wftew, diatribes, fear emptiness despair and inside the torn apart are awesome, their 2000s stuff is cool too and their latest stuff is amazing. With Napalm Death you cant go wrong. But i think if u ignore the fact that words from the exit wound is a Napalm Death album, the album is amazing.