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Noise for Music's Sake in Bloomington, MN
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In the wake of
Napalm Death
's long, decade-plus relationship with
Earache Records
, the legendary band and likewise legendary label partnered once more for
Noise for Music's Sake
, a double-disc collection of career highlights and miscellany topped off by some informative packaging. No band exemplified
grindcore
more so than
, the seed from which spawned an entire generation of extreme metalheads, not to mention the
scene itself.
Earache
debuted the band in 1987 with
Scum
, and ended up releasing eight proper albums total, as well as a stellar EP collection (
Death by Manipulation
[1991]) and a definitive live album (
Bootlegged in Japan
[1998]), before severing ties after the release of
Words From the Exit Wound
in 1999.
moved over to
Spitfire Records
and trudged on in later years, but the band's departure from
clearly marked the end of an era. The first disc of
gathers up the highlights of that fruitful era, rounding up early classics like
"The Kill"
and
"Unchallenged Hate"
alongside later classics like
"Hung"
"Breed to Breathe."
The songs are logically rather than chronologically sequenced, and thankfully, the sequencing is praiseworthy, front-loading the band's time-tested best yet saving a few gems for later, all the while moving back and forth through time, butting the early stuff up against the later stuff yet making it all gel smoothly from track to track. It helps that
went back and touched up the early, lo-fi stuff from the
/
From Enslavement to Obliteration
era, which here sounds better than ever. The second disc is a hodgepodge of nonalbum recordings, most of which are unessential sans the noteworthy and excellent
Mentally Murdered
EP, which comprises the first six tracks, and also sans the seventh song,
"Pride Assassin,"
which is likewise excellent. Unessential or not, all this other miscellany is nonetheless interesting, especially for diehards, who will have a ball putting together the pieces of
's volatile recording history. The enclosed family tree foldout greatly aids such sleuthing, as do longtime bandmember
Shane Embury
's song-by-song liner notes of disc two, as well as the more general liners that run several pages in length. The end result is a one-stop
collection for neophytes and diehards alike. The first disc is the prime attraction -- a definitive one-disc best-of -- and the second disc is a welcome bonus that would take you a short lifetime to acquire otherwise. ~ Jason Birchmeier
Napalm Death
's long, decade-plus relationship with
Earache Records
, the legendary band and likewise legendary label partnered once more for
Noise for Music's Sake
, a double-disc collection of career highlights and miscellany topped off by some informative packaging. No band exemplified
grindcore
more so than
, the seed from which spawned an entire generation of extreme metalheads, not to mention the
scene itself.
Earache
debuted the band in 1987 with
Scum
, and ended up releasing eight proper albums total, as well as a stellar EP collection (
Death by Manipulation
[1991]) and a definitive live album (
Bootlegged in Japan
[1998]), before severing ties after the release of
Words From the Exit Wound
in 1999.
moved over to
Spitfire Records
and trudged on in later years, but the band's departure from
clearly marked the end of an era. The first disc of
gathers up the highlights of that fruitful era, rounding up early classics like
"The Kill"
and
"Unchallenged Hate"
alongside later classics like
"Hung"
"Breed to Breathe."
The songs are logically rather than chronologically sequenced, and thankfully, the sequencing is praiseworthy, front-loading the band's time-tested best yet saving a few gems for later, all the while moving back and forth through time, butting the early stuff up against the later stuff yet making it all gel smoothly from track to track. It helps that
went back and touched up the early, lo-fi stuff from the
/
From Enslavement to Obliteration
era, which here sounds better than ever. The second disc is a hodgepodge of nonalbum recordings, most of which are unessential sans the noteworthy and excellent
Mentally Murdered
EP, which comprises the first six tracks, and also sans the seventh song,
"Pride Assassin,"
which is likewise excellent. Unessential or not, all this other miscellany is nonetheless interesting, especially for diehards, who will have a ball putting together the pieces of
's volatile recording history. The enclosed family tree foldout greatly aids such sleuthing, as do longtime bandmember
Shane Embury
's song-by-song liner notes of disc two, as well as the more general liners that run several pages in length. The end result is a one-stop
collection for neophytes and diehards alike. The first disc is the prime attraction -- a definitive one-disc best-of -- and the second disc is a welcome bonus that would take you a short lifetime to acquire otherwise. ~ Jason Birchmeier
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