Napalm Death :: Time Waits for No Slave

Who hasn't heard of Napalm Death? If you haven't then here's some info; formed in the village of Meriden near Birmingham, England in 1982 by Nicholas Bullen and Miles Ratledge, and although other groups and acts in the metal world are known to play a fast and aggressive musical style being similar to these masterminds, Napalm Death have credited their own defining style taking a grindcore genre being blended with post-punk,hardcore punk with metal structures, takes an aggressive style of playing. The fast upbeat tempos and deep guttural vocals give this group their name and their own personal style in the end and it shows well ever since the very beginning and this time it's displayed on "Time Waits For No Slave.” Beginning the record is "Strong Arm," and it does exactly what the name suggests, Napalm Death starts it off strong and heavy throwing you immediately into the world that is Napalm Death, having fast punk edge drumming action that shifts back and forth between blast beats letting the thrashing drumming action shriek with fury of the fast edge guitar work. "On the Brink of Extinction," the first 30 seconds you can feel but start to debate in whether Napalm Death goes back to their routes of being a thrash metal act than a grindcore one because this track goes right into a thrashing fuzzy. One out-standing tune "Passive Tense," which starts off not like a Napalm Death song should, it begins very very slowly and atmospherically then kick into overdrive going into some grind/slamming modes for about 50 seconds, and it remains like that throughout the entire song, basically doing a 180 showing you something unlike you've never heard before... Overall this album is one that won't be sitting on your CD rank/shelf because each time you listen in it gets you more wrapped up with insanity.

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