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Revision as of 23:28, 23 March 2024
The band's logo.
Status: Partially Lost
Napalm Death is an British Grindcore/Death Metal band from Birmingham, West Midlands. Formed in 1981 the band started as a Hardcore Punk band with Nicholas Bullen but after the join of Justin Broadrick the band started to made a more extreme and fast sound that still has on the present days. from 1982 to 1986 the band appeared in some Punk compilation albums and recorded 7 demo tapes with on 3 of them being fully available online. After the exit of Mick Harris in 1991 the band has no members from the original lineup.
Demos
Halloween (1982)
In 1982, Napalm Death did their first demo. the band only sended the tapes to friends in an C30 format, with a cover made by Nicholas Bullen.
"Punk is a Rotting Corpse" is the first music ever made by the Group.
This is the only demo were all the songs are lost.
| # | Song Title | Status |
|---|---|---|
| 01 | Rival Factions | Lost |
| 02 | Pollution | Lost |
| 03 | Napalm | Lost |
| 04 | Screaming Pain | Lost |
| 05 | Traditional Society | Lost |
| 06 | Punk is a Rotting Corpse | Lost |
| 07 | Bloodhunt | Lost |
| 08 | War | Lost |
| 09 | The Doomsday Cometh | Lost |
And, Like Sheep, We Have All Gone Astray (1982)
Also in 1982, their released an second demo. the demo was released by Obituary Tapes a old label from Obituary Fanzine. The title of the recording is a paraphrase of a phrase from the text The Holy Bible of the Christian religion (Isaiah 53:6). the tapes had a C40 cassette format and also had a cover by Nicholas Bullen
| # | Song Title | Status |
|---|---|---|
| 01 | The Good Book | Found |
| 02 | Call this Aborted? | Lost |
| 03 | A Stagnant Land | Lost |
| 04 | Punk is a Rotting Corpse | Lost |
| 05 | System's Scapegoat | Lost |
| 06 | Industrial Pollution | Lost |
| 07 | Traditional Society | Lost |
| 08 | The Doomsday Cometh | Lost |
| 09 | What is my Country? | Found |
| 10 | Confined | Lost |
| 11 | Rival Faction's | Lost |
| 12 | Krapper's Delight | Lost |
| 13 | Mohawk's Revenge | Lost |
| 14 | The Room with the Shuttered Window | Lost |
Kak (1983)
In 1983, Napalm Death made their third demo. the tape never had an official release and it was only released to friends and also the tape didn't have a cover.
The tape was made in April 1st, 1983
| # | Song Title | Status |
|---|---|---|
| 01 | Curfew | Lost |
| 02 | The Good Book | Found |
| 03 | The Glue Bag Song | Only Lyrics |
| 04 | Traditional Society | Lost |
| 05 | The Crucifixion of Possessions | Found |
| 06 | Punk is a Rotting Corpse | Lost |
| 07 | Blame | Lost |
| 08 | (K)rappers Delight | Lost |
| 09 | What Is My Country? | Found |
| 10 | The Doomsday Cometh | Lost |
Unpopular Yawns of Middle Class Warfare (1983)
Also in 1983, Napalm Death made their fourth demo. the tape also never had an official release and it was only released to friends. The title is a parody of the slogan "Popular Yarns of Class Warfare" used by various Extreme Punk groups.
The demo has a untitled instrumental song with was probably made by Finbar Quinn the bass player and back vocalist in the demo.
Caught in a Dream is the oldest song to appears in their first album released 'Scum' in 1987 but the version in this demo is different from that appears in the album.
| # | Song Title | Status |
|---|---|---|
| 01 | Systems Scapegoat | Lost |
| 02 | Blame | Lost |
| 03 | Screaming Pain (Part 2) | Lost |
| 04 | Untitled (Fin's Song) | Lost |
| 05 | The Crucifixion of Possessions | Found |
| 06 | Caught in a Dream (Original Version) | Lost |
Hatred Surge (1985)
After an 2 years hiatus in 1985 the band released their fifth demo. this demo is the first to have a more extreme sound, 4 of the 9 tracks appears on 'Scum'.
Cheswick Green is a different version of the Glue Bag Song, the instrumental is the same but the lyrics are different.
The demo is fully available online.
| # | Song Title | Status |
|---|---|---|
| 01 | What Man Can Do | Found |
| 02 | Instinct of Survival | Found |
| 03 | Abbatoir | Found |
| 04 | Control | Found |
| 05 | Sacrificed | Found |
| 06 | So Sad | Found |
| 07 | Caught in a Dream | Found |
| 08 | Private Death | Found |
| 09 | Cheswick Green (live) | Found |
From Enslavement to Obliteration (1986)
This demo is the sixth demo recorded by the band in 1986 and also has the same name that their second album released in 1988. according to Nicholas Bullen this was made without his permission.
This is the first apparence of the most famous song of the band "You suffer" but instead of have 1 second he as 4 seconds in this demo.
The demo is fully available online.
| # | Song Title | Status |
|---|---|---|
| 01 | Multinational Corporations | Found |
| 02 | Instinct of Survival | Found |
| 03 | Unclean | Found |
| 04 | Sacrificed | Found |
| 05 | Siege of Power | Found |
| 06 | Caught... in a Dream | Found |
| 07 | What Man Can Do | Found |
| 08 | Control | Found |
| 09 | Death by Manipulation | Found |
| 10 | Abattoir | Found |
| 11 | Private Death | Found |
| 12 | The Kill | Found |
| 13 | You Suffer | Found |
Scum (1986)
This is the sixth and last demo recorded before the first album, this demo has the same name has the album and consists of the Entire Side A of Scum, at first the band wanted to released the 12 tracks in a split with some other band but late in that year they entered in contact with Digby Pearson, Founder of the Earache Records and in May of 1987 with an almost totally different lineup they recorded the Side B of Scum.
The Side A on the album is the same audio of the demo and it's fully available online.
| # | Song Title | Status |
|---|---|---|
| 01 | Multinational Corporations | Found |
| 02 | Instinct of Survival | Found |
| 03 | The Kill | Found |
| 04 | Scum | Found |
| 05 | Caught... in a Dream | Found |
| 06 | Polluted Minds | Found |
| 07 | Sacrificed | Found |
| 08 | Siege of Power | Found |
| 09 | Control | Found |
| 10 | Born on Your Knees | Found |
| 11 | Human Garbage | Found |
| 12 | You Suffer | Found |
Gallery
Cover from the demo And, Like Sheep, We Have All Gone Astray (1982)
Cover and tape from Ruptured Gut (1982) compilation tape here appeared the found songs The Good Book and What is My Country?
Cover from the compilation album Bullshit Detector Vol 3 were its included the song The Crucifixion of Possessions
Cover and tape from the demo Hatred Surge (1985)
Cover from the demo From Enslavement do Obliteration (1986)
Cover from the demo Scum (1986)
External Links
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scum_(Napalm_Death_album)
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napalm_Death
- https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Napalm_Death/219
- https://www.metal-archives.com/albums/Napalm_Death/Halloween/165280
- https://www.metal-archives.com/albums/Napalm_Death/And%2C_Like_Sheep%2C_We_Have_All_Gone_Astray/709953
- https://www.metal-archives.com/albums/Napalm_Death/Kak/122810
- https://www.metal-archives.com/albums/Napalm_Death/Unpopular_Yawns_of_Middle_Class_Warfare/122811
- https://www.metal-archives.com/albums/Napalm_Death/Hatred_Surge/14989
- https://www.metal-archives.com/albums/Napalm_Death/From_Enslavement_to_Obliteration/11617
- https://www.metal-archives.com/albums/Napalm_Death/Scum/84352
- https://www.metal-archives.com/albums/Napalm_Death/Scum/961