The band finally find the middle ground between its classic, experimental and post-experimental periods. Shockingly, Throes of Joy sustains a balance between directness and exploration that the band have never quite seemed capable of in the past.
Always honing and building upon their sound, Throes of Joy in the Jaws of Defeatism is an outstanding testament to Napalm Death's continued legend and evolution.
With Throes Of Joy In The Jaws Of Defeatism they reassert themselves as a force for life.
Napalm Death bring the joys on furiously caustic and creatively explosive 16th album, Throes Of Joy In The Jaws Of Defeatism.
After the release of couple of disappointing singles that saw some flirting with noise rock and sludge metal, UK long-running grindcore veterans return with new full-length filled with raging energetic deathgrind continuing the sound and style of its predecessor, Apex Predator - Easy Meat. However even after promising start with somewhat black metal influenced Fuck the Factoid, album doesn’t grow on that much. And whilst keeping the speed and level of extremity very high, Napalm Death on ... read more
I can only imagine what it would have been like to have Napalm Death hop onto the scene in the 80's, because at the time bands like Metallica were accused of being Satan worshippers, so I don't think many responded well to the pioneers of grindcore. It's been more than 30 years since the band's debut released, and the first few tracks of Throes of Joy got me excited, because it felt like they still had the aggression to make another great record. The first half of this album was visceral track ... read more
The godfathers of grindcore Napalm Death are still showing bands half their age how things should be done with another raging and focused entry into their legendary discography. Their seventeeth studio album stands as one of their most eclectic and possibly weirdest. Not only are the fundamentals of grindcore delivered with blistering speed, aggression and intensity but they’ve thrown in some interesting curveballs and more unexpected sonic details than ever before. ... read more
1 | Fuck the Factoid 2:27 | 92 |
2 | Backlash Just Because 2:56 | 88 |
3 | That Curse of Being in Thrall 3:36 | 88 |
4 | Contagion 4:05 | 60 |
5 | Joie de ne pas vivre 2:28 | 87 |
6 | Invigorating Clutch 4:05 | 84 |
7 | Zero Gravitas Chamber 4:03 | 85 |
8 | Fluxing of the Muscle 4:33 | 61 |
9 | Amoral 3:05 | 88 |
10 | Throes of Joy in the Jaws of Defeatism 2:55 | 88 |
11 | Acting in Gouged Faith 3:37 | 60 |
12 | A Bellyful of Salt and Spleen 4:36 | 87 |
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