Napalm Death kündigen ihr neues Album „Throes Of Joy In The Jaws Of Defeatism“ an

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.

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@centurymediaeu @decibelmagazine @shanenapalm @extrinsicrecordings @spark_rock_magazine @emp_de @nuclearblasteurope @closeup.magazine @roadiecrewmag @johnpeelarchive @madtourbooking @xmadxmarc @corruptmoralaltar @discordance668 @simonefemey @metalinjection @blabbermouthmusic We are delighted to announce upcoming 16th studio album release “Throes of Joy in the Jaws of Defeatism”, to be released ‪on September 18th, 2020‬ via Century Media Records. “Throes of Joy in the Jaws of Defeatism” is the highly anticipated follow-up to 2015’s acclaimed “Apex Predator – Easy Meat” album, was again recorded with longtime producer Russ Russell and features artwork by Frode Sylthe (to be seen above!).Stay tuned for more details – special coloured vinyl editions etc . NAPALM DEATH – “Throes of Joy in the Jaws of Defeatism” track listing Fuck the Factoid Backlash Just Because That Curse of Being in Thrall Contagion Joie De Ne Pas Vivre Invigorating Clutch Zero Gravitas Chamber Fluxing of the Muscle Amoral Throes of Joy in the Jaws of Defeatism Acting in Gouged Faith A Bellyful of Salt and Spleen A first single off “Throes of Joy in the Jaws of Defeatism” will be launched on July 24th, 2020 together with the pre-order start of the album. Look out for further details and the various album formats to be revealed soon…

Ein Beitrag geteilt von (@theofficialnapalmdeath) am Jul 8, 2020 um 11:01 PDT

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