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Napalm Death

Formed in 1982

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Fri Nov 6 Nurnberg, Germany · Hirsch Tickets
Sat Nov 7 Flensburg, Germany · Roxy Concertswith Brat Tickets
Sun Nov 8 Copenhagen, Denmark · Pumpehusetwith Brat Tickets
Mon Nov 9 Stockholm, Sweden · Kollektivet LivetNapalm Death | Campaign for Musical Destruction Details
Tue Nov 10 Göteborg, Sweden · Monument 031with Brat Tickets
Wed Nov 11 Oslo, Norway · Vulkan Arena Tickets
Fri Nov 13 Helsinki, Finland · Korjaamo Kino Töölö Details
Sun Nov 15 Tampere, Finland · Olympia Details
Tue Nov 17 Tallinn, Estonia · Paavli Kultuurivabrik Details
Wed Nov 18 Rīga, Latvia · SPELET CONCERT HALL Details
Thu Nov 19 Vilnius, Lithuania · Loftas Details
Fri Nov 20 Kraków, Poland · Hype Parkwith Brat Tickets
Sat Nov 21 Jaroměř, Czechia · Nároďákwith Brat Tickets
Sun Nov 22 Pécs, Hungary · Pécsi Est Café Details
Tue Nov 24 Bucharest, Romania · Club QuanticNAPALM DEATH, Master, Brat, Goatburner - Quantic Tickets
Thu Nov 26 Thessaloniki, Greece · WENAPALM DEATH | SKG Tickets
Fri Nov 27 Athina, Greece · Gagarin 205 Details
Sat Nov 28 Sofia, Bulgaria · Orfey Myuzik Details
Tue Dec 1 Ljubljana, Slovenia · Cvetličarna Details
Wed Dec 2 Bologna, Italy · Locomotiv Details
Thu Dec 3 Aarau, Switzerland · KIFFwith The Ruins of Beverast Tickets
Fri Dec 4 Lindau, Germany · Club Vaudeville Tickets
Sat Dec 5 Mainz, Germany · KUZ - Kulturzentrum Mainzwith Brat Tickets
Sun Dec 6 Utrecht, Netherlands · TivoliVredenburgwith Pain, Eluveitie, Wolfheart Tickets

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About

Napalm Death are an English grindcore band formed in Meriden, West Midlands, in 1981. The band currently consists of Barney Greenway on vocals, Shane Embury on bass guitar, John Cooke on guitar and Danny Herrera on drums. None of the founding band members remain in the band. From 1989 to 2004, Napalm Death were a five-piece band after they added Jesse Pintado and Mitch Harris as replacements for guitarist Bill Steer. Following Pintado's departure, the band reverted to a four-piece. Mitch Harris left the band in 2014 to focus on his personal life. Since Mitch's indefinite hiatus, guitarist John Cooke can be seen on guitar during live shows.

The band is credited as pioneers of the grindcore genre by incorporating elements of crust punk and death metal, using a noise-filled sound that uses distorted, down-tuned guitars, grinding overdrive bass, high-speed tempo, blast beats, vocals that consist of incomprehensible growls or high-pitched shrieks, extremely short songs, and sociopolitical lyrics. After hiring drummer Mick Harris in 1985, the band gained immense speed and started pushing the limits of how fast drums can be played. The band's debut album Scum, released in 1987 by Earache Records, proved substantially influential throughout the global metal and punk communities. By their third album Harmony Corruption (1990), the band shifted to death metal and began writing longer and more complex songs. In 1991, the other members of Napalm Death fired Mick Harris due to him not being able to play as fast and personality differences. Mick Harris is often seen as the popularizer of the blast beat.

Napalm Death have released sixteen studio albums, and as of 2003 are listed by Nielsen SoundScan as the seventh-best-selling death metal band in the United States. According to former vocalist Lee Dorrian, Scum and From Enslavement to Obliteration (1988) have sold a combined total of 400,000 copies worldwide. In 2016, the staff of Loudwire named them the 26th best metal band of all time.

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Napalm Death est un groupe de grindcore et death metal britannique, originaire de Meriden, en Angleterre. Formé en 1981, le groupe se compose actuellement du chanteur Barney Greenway, du bassiste Shane Embury, du guitariste John Cooke et du batteur Danny Herrera.

Napalm Death est considéré par l'audience générale comme un pionnier du genre grindcore, avec l'ajout d'éléments de punk hardcore et de death metal, et l'utilisation de guitares distordues, d'un tempo rapide, de blast beats, de chant guttural et de paroles sociopolitiques. Le premier album du groupe, Scum, commercialisé en 1987 par Earache Records, a eu une grande influence dans la communauté metal globale.

Napalm Death recense un total de dix-sept albums et est listé au Nielsen SoundScan comme le septième groupe de death metal ayant vendu le plus de CD aux États-Unis.

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