Eine erste Single erreicht uns auch bald.
Unser Admin sorgt dafür, dass alles funktioniert. Manchmal funktioniert es nicht, dann ist zwar er schuld. Aber dann repariert er es und wir haben ihn alle wieder lieb.
Bereits fünf Jahre ist es her, dass Napalm Death ihr (noch) aktuelles Album „Apex Predator – Easy Meat“ auf den Markt gebracht haben. Nun steht endlich der Nachfolger in den Startlöchern.
Die Kombo kündigt ihren brandneuen Longplayer namens „Throes Of Joy In The Jaws Of Defeatism“ an. Die Platte erscheint am 18. September 2020 via Century Media. Insgesamt zwölf neue Songs werden darauf zu finden sein. Die Tracklist liest sich wie folgt:
01. “Fuck The Factoid”
02. “Backlash Just Because”
03. “That Curse Of Being In Thrall”
04. “Contagion”
05. “Joie De Ne Pas Vivre”
06. “Invigorating Clutch”
07. “Zero Gravitas Chamber”
08. “Fluxing Of The Muscle”
09. “Amoral”
10. “Throes Of Joy In The Jaws Of Defeatism”
11. “Acting In Gouged Faith”
12. “A Bellyful Of Salt And Spleen”
Eine erste Single daraus wird uns bereits in wenigen Wochen erreichen: Zusammen mit dem Start der offiziellen Pre-Order bekommen wir einen ersten Track am 24. Juli auf die Lauscher.
Die neue Platte kommentierte Frontmann Mark “Barney” Greenway wie folgt:
„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.“
Das bevorstehende Album markiert den nunmehr 16. (!) Longplayer von Napalm Death. Das Debütwerk „Scum“ erschien anno 1987.
Foto: Napalm Death / Offizielles Pressebild
