Two decades after inventing grindcore, Napalm Death continue to demonstrate that their work is far from done and that their art is now more relevant than ever. The group returns to the forefront of extreme metal with the critically acclaimed new full-length release, Time Waits For No Slave, which is available now.
Napalm Death make their much anticipated return to North America for the first time in support of the new album on April 10th headlining the Decibel Magazine and Lambgoat.com sponsored trek with
Kataklysm,
Toxic Holocaust,
Abigail Williams and
Trap Them in the support slots. Be sure to check out
Myspace.com to view their complete touring itinerary along with a video commentary from
Barney Greenway (vocals) delivering an in-depth, track by track description for all of the songs on the new disc.
Decibel Magazine has Napalm Death as the cover feature of their latest issue, which spotlights the history of grindcore. The issue is on stands now and click on the link to check it out.
Time Waits For No Slave was produced by Russ Russell, who has worked with the band on their four prior albums as well, at Wales’ Foel Studios (My Bloody Valentine, Porcupine Tree, Godflesh). The album sees Napalm Death evolve one step further to create a more dynamic sound while still maintaining the sheer brutality and ferocity that has come to be expected from the group.
Barney (vocals) further comments: "We have been absolutely taken aback by how the new album has been received. I have always wanted spontaneity in how Napalm delivers the music, so it’s nice to know that people are really raving about something that is not cold and calculated. I don’t think it’s really important to start making comparisons to previous Napalm Death albums, but I think we are as naturally focused as we ever have been and it stands on it’s own as an achievement for me because I did so much with my vocals without losing that aforementioned spontaneity and extremity. Add to this that we’ve been asked to do covers for magazines like Decibel and Metal Maniacs and sometimes it becomes hard to take in, especially when you consider that everything we do musically is done entirely without consideration of how we can somehow maximize coverage.
"The lineup for our North American headlining tour in April is stellar and personally I’m especially pumped to see Trap Them on the bill, as they have restored my faith in extreme music generally. Us? We’ll be pushing the ‘go’ button again and hopefully blazing away like it’s 1986 all over again - fast, faster, faster still.
"We are due to shoot a new video for ‘Time Waits For No Slave’ this week and it will hopefully encompass all the features of a dour, sterile, product-driven world and the sheer joy of freeing up your mind and appreciating the simplicity of the world evolving around you rather than flogging yourself to death all the time to get ahead. It’s being done in Norwich (Eastern UK) with Tom Blyth, who you might not have heard of. But he was in a really old UK hardcore band called Goober Patrol. We saw his work and he really seem to understand the art of protest without the cheesiness or cliche'. We look forward to seeing you all soon."
Napalm Death w/ Kataklysm, Toxic Holocaust, Abigail Williams, Trap Them:
04/10 Crocodile Rock – Alentown, PA
04/11 Gramercy Theater – New York, NY
04/12 Jaxx – Springfield, VA
04/13 The Madhatter – Cincinnati, OH
04/14 Rochester, NY
04/15 Serbian Center – Sudbury, ON
04/17 New England Metal Fest – Worcester, MA
04/18 Lost Horizon – Syracuse, NY
04/19 Starland Ballroom – Sayreville, NJ
04/20 Virginia Beach, VA
04/21 The Masquerade – Atlanta, GA
04/22 Nashville, TN
04/23 Ground Zero – Spartanburg, SC
04/24 Volume 11 – Raleigh, NC
04/26 Emo’s – Austin, TX
04/27 Meridian – Houston, TX
04/28 White Rabbit – San Antonio, TX
04/29 Ridglea Theater – Dallas, TX
04/30 Sunshine Theater – Albuquerque, NM
05/01 Tucson, AZ
05/02 Soma – San Diego, CA
05/03 Key Club – Hollywood, CA
05/04 The Grand Ballroom – San Francisco, CA
05/05 Hawthorne Theater – Portland, OR
05/06 Studio Seven – Seattle, WA
05/08 The Black Sheep – Colorado Springs, CO
05/09 Marquis Theater – Denver, CO
05/10 Des Moines, IA
05/11 Milwaukee, WI
05/12 Fubar – St. Louis, MO
05/13 House of Blues – Chicago, IL
05/14 Peabody’s – Cleveland, OH
05/15 Opera House – Toronto, ON
05/16 Babylon – Ottawa, ON
05/17 Foufounes – Montreal, QC
05/18 Imperial – Quebec City, QC
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