Napalm Death - Amoral

From the pinnacle of confrontational instrumental extremity and steadfast lyrical humanity, The British grindcore pioneers NAPALM DEATH’s new album warps musical landscapes all over again. The 16th studio album by UK’s "Gods Of Grind" and much anticipated follow-up to 2015’s acclaimed "Apex Predator – Easy Meat" includes 12 songs seething with caustic evolution and unrelenting scope. "Throes Of Joy In The Jaws Of Defeatism" is also available as limited Mediabook CD with 3 bonus-tracks and (Oeko-Text certified) patch or as 180g. LP with bonus-track and double-sided A2 poster.

NAPALM DEATH’s vocalist Mark ‘Barney’ Greenway checked in with the following comment about today's tune "Amoral" and its video: “A good shout to work once again with Michael Panduro, as he really adapts his style video to video rather than just using a singular approach. We delight in a generous helping of the absurd, so for one thing, the footage of children seemingly at play but displaying signs of systemic obedience really propels Shane’s lyrical thrust of our default powerlessness within the pecking order. As sonics go, I think it’s post-punk as fuck and grooves massively and accordingly.”

NAPALM DEATH’s vocalist Mark ‘Barney’ Greenway checked in with the following comment about the upcoming album and its theme:

“The phrase sticking in my mind when I started thinking about the lyrical direction for this album was “the other”. You could recognise at the time that there was a rapidly growing fear and paranoia being generated about everybody, from migrating people to people with fluid sexuality and this was starting to manifest itself in very antagonistic reactions that you felt were almost verging on violence. Not everybody resorts to such reactions of course, but even the basic lack of understanding can become toxic over time. I’m not saying that this is an entirely new phenomenon, but it has been stoked in recent history by some particularly attack-minded people in more political circles and, as ever, I felt that it would be the natural antidote to endorse basic humanity and solidarity with all.

The artwork specifically uses a white dove as a centrepiece, which of course is a commonly recognised symbol of peace and cooperation. The dove has been mauled very violently by a sterilising hand and in death appears particularly broken and bloodied. However, through the violence you can see an equality symbol in blood on the chest of the dove, which perhaps demonstrates – visually at least – that equality cuts through in the end. A positive amidst many negatives then, much like the album title itself being a bit of an oxymoron – the celebration of humanity even in the mangling jaws of negativity”.

"Throes Of Joy In The Jaws Of Defeatism" was again recorded with longtime producer Russ Russell and features artwork by Frode Sylthe.

Today's tune "Amoral", taken from the album "Throes Of Joy In The Jaws Of Defeatism", released September 18th, 2020. Video director: Michael Panduro http://www.michaelpanduro.com, enjoy!



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