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NAPALM DEATH - Utopia Banished · DIGIPAK CD

Product information "NAPALM DEATH - Utopia Banished · DIGIPAK CD"

Digipak CD.

Background information über 'Utopia Banished'

When Napalm Death unleashed "Utopia Banished" in 1992, they delivered what many consider their most cohesive and devastating statement yet. This fourth studio album finds the Birmingham grindcore pioneers at their absolute peak, balancing their trademark sonic brutality with increasingly sophisticated songwriting. The album's fifteen tracks showcase the band's evolution from pure grindcore chaos into something more nuanced yet equally punishing, with tracks like "Discordance" and "I Abstain" demonstrating their ability to craft memorable hooks within walls of crushing sound.

The production on "Utopia Banished" is crisp and powerful, allowing every instrument to cut through the mix while maintaining the raw energy that made Napalm Death legends. Songs like "The World Keeps Turning" and "Aryanisms" tackle social and political themes with the band's characteristic intelligence and fury, while the rhythm section provides an absolutely devastating foundation that drives each composition forward with relentless precision. This reissue captures all the original album's power and intensity, making it essential for both longtime fans and newcomers to extreme metal.

For fans of: Carcass, Bolt Thrower, Morbid Angel, Entombed, and Obituary

Track listing

  1. Discordance
  2. I Abstain
  3. Dementia Access
  4. Christening Of The Blind
  5. The World Keeps Turning
  6. Idiosyncratic
  7. Aryanisms
  8. Cause and effect (pt. II)
  9. Judicial slime
  10. Distorting The Medium
  11. Got time to kill
  12. Upward And Uninterested
  13. Exile
  14. Awake (to a life of misery)
  15. Contemptuous

Manufacturer: Edel Music & Entertainment GmbH, Neumühlen 17, 22763 Hamburg, Germany, Contact: www.edel.com

Artist: Napalm Death
Label/Manufacturer: Earache Records
Genre: Death Metal, Grindcore

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