The band began in 1981, initially inspired by the anarcho-punk movement of bands such as Crass. As the decade progressed, they began incorporating more hardcore, post punk and thrash metal elements, before eventually finding the extreme sound of their 1987 debut, “Scum.” The more extreme direction of the band prompted a number of members to leave, including Justin Broadrick, who would later go on to find fame with Godflesh and Jesu. The album was a critical success, building reputation for their incendiary live performances and radio sessions, gaining significant support from BBC Radio One DJ, John Peel.
The band solidified their lineup by 1989, featuring vocalist Mark “Barney” Greenway, bassist Shane Embury, guitarist Mitch Harris and drummer Danny Herrera. In 1990, they released “Harmony Corruption,” which moved towards a more conventional sound. However, the end result did not satisfy the members, returning with an all-out grindcore assault with the EP, “Mass-Appeal Madness.” Their 1994 “Fear, Emptiness, Despair” earned Napalm Death their biggest success yet, surprisingly entering the the top ten of the US charts, after being featured on the soundtrack for the film “Mortal Kombat.”
Napalm Death continued to release critical acclaimed albums, including 1995’s “Diatribes” and 1999’s “Words from the Exit Wound.” They returned to their early sound in the new millennium, with “Enemy of the Music Business,” in 2001. With an astonishing thirty years at the forefront of extreme music, they continued to release high quality albums, celebrating their 15th album, “Utilitarian” in 2012.
Hellfest was lit up like crazy when Napalm Death took the stage. They are a band that brings the heaviest performance they have at all times. The crazy lights there were going off just added to the intensity of the show.
The first song that they played was a familiar one to all of the metal fans in the crowd including myself. It was titled 'Take the Poison'. Since Napalm Death's singer does so much deep growling and screaming we could not really sing along per say but we were all screaming, yelling, and headbanging.
Napalm Death wanted us to create a moshpit and circle pit during the middle of the set and that got people going crazy. The members were not wearing any special clothes but the drumset was like a prop in itself. It was so large that I could not even fathom how the drummer could play it but he did very well.
The entire show was fantastic and Napalm Death's singer just said 'Thank you!' at the end of the set and although we all knew they were not sentimental type of guys, they were still grateful that all of us fans came to the metal show to have a great time.
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