Legendary grindcore fathers Napalm Death are back in the studio, amidst their often mad touring schedule the band decided to record the new album for quite a while but have kept it tightly under wraps. Deciding to go back to Parlour Studios with Russ Russell after their brilliant release in 2012 Utilitarian. The band has stated that they believe that recording over a longer period of time, in a period of short sharp bursts will ensure that the chaotic intensity that they and the genre, are known for will really shine through. A good idea I must say as surely with a genre as caustic as grindcore is there can come a point where a band runs out of steam surely.
Everyone’s favourite brummie Mark “Barney” Greenway stated about the new album :
“When we say that we’ve been working on the album recording for nearly a year, people might be thinking that this all sounds a bit too extravagant for Grindcore-type behaviour. The full story is though that we’ve been recording it in segments to try and achieve varying types of sonic assault. There is a belief in certain quarters that you can only do so much with our particularly noisy strain of music. We think otherwise, so as well as a few stylistic quirks on the album (that are sometimes happy accidents), generally it’s rawer, perhaps a little looser and of course always dense, nasty and, hopefully, invigorating too. Certainly not more polished – yuk!
Russ Russell helped us to give lots of people headaches down the years. He doesn’t mind us adopting certain, erm, techniques with studio equipment that most producer-engineers would find somewhat distasteful. So back we went again with Russ to Parlour Studios in the comparatively serene surroundings of Northamptonshire to do damage. There’s possibly some of the fastest and spazziest stuff we’ve ever done and, on the other end of the scale, some of the weirdest, most oppressive and adventurous no-wave-type stuff too.
Some song titles for you to chew on: “Copulating Snakes”, “Dear Slum Landlord” (aired at Roadburn 2014), “What is Past Is Prologue”, “Stunt Your Growth”. We’re nearly finished – we promise!”
All signs point to Napalm Death stopping at nothing to ensure that they will remain the grindcore king pins, expect an early 2015 release for their as yet untitled new album that will surely give everyone a headache, in the best possible way!
