What a wonderful world 1988 in Britain must have been. Obviously, not everything was rosy—the Troubles were ongoing, Thatcherism was in full effect, and HIV/AIDS was still rampant and misunderstood—but unemployment was low and John Peel was producing sessions with Napalm Death, Carcass, Godflesh, Bolt Thrower, Extreme Noise Terror,…
Interview with Barney Greenway of Napalm Death
Before Napalm Death, there was no grindcore. After Napalm Death, there was. It’s as simple as that. Since their inception in 1982, Birmingham’s most brutal band has unleashed 14 full-length albums—the latest of which is Time Waits For No Slave on Century Media—countless EPs and splits and has toured relentlessly,…
Napalm Death: Time Waits For No Slave
If I was an eccentric born into a wealthy and powerful family of Swiss watchmakers, I would instruct my minions, who work in the laboratories recessed deep within caves outside Zurich (the best watchmaking occurs underground), to create a wristwatch that synchronizes to Napalm Death releases. It probably isn’t as…
Devildriver / Napalm Death @ BB Kings
NEW YORK, NY—No matter how many times I see a show in NYC, I still can’t get over how good a turnout metal gets. Walking down to Times Square you see the typical tourists and the millions of people that are there for something other than metal so it’s great…
