Utilitarian (album)

Occupation

  • Mark Greenway: Voice
  • Mitch Harris: Electric Guitar
  • Shane Embury: E-Bass
  • Danny Herrera: Drums

Utilitarian is the 15th studio album by the British grindcore band Napalm Death. It was released on February 24, 2012 at Century Media. Parallel to the album launched the band on Facebook Campaign Occupy Napalm, which they called for the support of the Occupy movement.

Formation

The song ideas come mainly from Shane Embury and Mitch Harris, while the album concept largely based on the lyrics of singer Mark Greenway. While the influences of Shane Embury in traditional U.S. hardcore and early Death Metal are, Mitch Harris brings a more modern ideas. The recordings began in February 2011 in the Parlour Studios, Kettering, England, and continued intermittently until October 2011. It was produced by Russ Russell, the final mix was completed in November 2011. As a guest musician John Zorn is heard in Everyday Pox, where he recorded the saxophone parts.

Conception

The album concept refers to the core set of utilitarianism " Act so that the widest possible measure arises in luck! " However, the band is utilitarianism itself critical of the approach of the album was to get people to think and form their own conclusions from the lessons pull of utilitarianism. The album cover comes from the Danish artist Frode Sylthe and leans on the design here on the cover of Napalm Death 's debut album Scum on. It shows in the middle of a man lying on the ground, which symbolizes utilitarianism. Around him, several people are in dark suits that occur on lying on the ground, they should state authority symbolize what herausprügelt the positive and ethical values ​​from him. Although the album follows a basic idea, it is not a concept album. In the texts, find political statements on various topics. Errors in the signal is from the pressure of society on individuals to behave mass compliant Orders of Magnitute ( by Mitch Harris texted ) discussed plans to manipulate the climate and A Gag Reflex (German: , nausea ') directed against the reluctance of some people against homosexuals.

Reviews and success

Volkmar Weber of Rock Hard thinks that Utilitarian is not easily digestible food, but it was stated that the album is a " Grind -break hatred chunks ". Michael Edele from the online magazine laut.de Utilitarian called a " highlight in the extreme range ." The album offers a lot of variety to the game to get used to Saxophone by John Zorn, the newly added choirs, the influences from thrash metal and the Voivod -like clean vocals. Edele praises this diversity, however, believes that this "too much of a good thing " could be for many fans of the band. Jon O'Brien of Allmusic called the album "brutal, unrestrained and wild " and it shows that the band does not even belong on the scrap heap.

Utilitarian reached the official sales charts in Germany and Switzerland and is the first album of Napalm Death, that could be placed in the U.S. album charts. In the week of 17 March 2012, debuted at # 14 in the Top Heatseekers album.

Title list

Comments

  • Album in 2012
  • Album ( Grindcore )
  • Napalm Death
Record label Download Genre Singing Bass guitar Scum (Napalm Death album) Voivod (band)
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