From Enslavement to Obliteration “Evolved as One” – 3:13 “It’s a M.A.N.S World!” – 0:54 “Lucid Fairytale” – 1:02 “Private Death” – 0:35 “Impressions” – 0:35 “Unchallenged Hate” – 2:07 “Uncertainty Blurs the Vision” – 0:40 “Cock-Rock Alienation” – 1:20 “Retreat to Nowhere” – 0:30 “Think for a Minute” – 1:42 “Display to Me…” – 2:43 “From Enslavement to Obliteration” – 1:35 “Blind to the Truth” – 0:21 “Social Sterility” – 1:03 “Emotional Suffocation” – 1:06 “Practice What You Preach” – 1:23 “Inconceivable?” – 1:06 “Worlds Apart” – 1:24 “Obstinate Direction” – 1:01 “Mentally Murdered” – 2:13 “Sometimes” – 1:06 “Make Way!” – 1:36 “Musclehead” – 0:50 “Your Achievement” – 0:06 “Dead” – 0:05 “Morbid Deceiver” – 0:45 “The Curse” – 3:17

First, I made a video for my favorite Napalm Death song of all time. “Musclehead”. This was the first song I ever heard from this band. Long ago on the atari st hacking demo scene, some group made a st demo with this song playing. Back then sampled music was a rare thing, so it blew us away, we were on acid. We would watch that demo over and over when we were tripping. We would roll on the floor laughing. No joke, this music was so pissed off to us at the time, there was nothing else like it back then. This was the first grindcore ever. It forever made me a fan. The song sounded like the tasmanian devil and the cookie monster having a pissed off fight over who ate all the cookies. Like one of those raging knock down throw everything in the house and break the place to pieces kind of fight. Genius. It was this that sparked the genesis of Toxic Coma. In fact, we sample napalm death all the time in toxic coma. Watch the video below, the song is only like 50 seconds long.

Waaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyy BACK. When Lee Dorian was the front man of napalm death, well, to me, this is the best napalm death record. Sure barney has done some great work, I wont deny him that, but Lee Dorian had the best cookie monster voice of all. What really highlights this record the most are the high pitched screams, I think Mick Harris does those. They just don’t sound the same these days with out these guys.

This is “GRINDCORE” aka “Cookie Monster Death Punk”. I simply love the originators of this genre. Napalm Death was the first to really refine it and make it kick ass not to mention Mick Harris(napalm death’s drummer) was the one who invented the term “GRINDCORE”. I listen to this music when I lift weights or when I am playing super violent video games. I love pissed off dark metal. This is the pinnacle of that genre to me in it’s most pure punk not sell out form. This music sounds angry and pissed. My favorite tracks: Unchallenged Hate, Cock-Rock Alienation, From Enslavement to Obliteration, Social Sterility, Inconceivable, Mentally Murdered, and ov course my favorite: MUSCLEHEAD!!!!!!

I still sport Napalm Death Shirts. In fact, if you see me out, the way I look these days, you would probably think I was from the grindcore scene. What really makes me love this band over all these years is their politics. They care about the world. They speak out against animal cruelty, against fascism, against war, against evil imperial capitalism etc etc. In fact, my views are pretty similar to theirs.

To me, this is fun music. I don’t listen to this all the time. I always pull this out first when I get really pissed off, or I am really pushing myself physically. This to me is the perfect angst music. Nothing out there sounds this raw, this angry, and this punk. This speaks directly to my primal hatred. Not to mention, this music is like super fast. Listen to it very carefully, this is very hard to play and perform.

The best concerts I have seen are usually grindcore shows. The energy is off the charts. I have so much fun watching this stuff live. Pure energy. I know that this will not be for everyone. If you hate metal and guitars especially. I can’t imagine most VNV fans getting into this. But honestly, these are my roots, this is where I come from musically, death punk. I give this a 5 out of 5. Buy now! Click Here to buy Napalm Death: From Enslavement to Obliteration. Click Here to buy Napalm Death: From Enslavement to Obliteration mp3s high quality DRM free for 9.49. GREAT PRICES!