NAPALM DEATH: Report in from studio, video preview on “Smear Campaign” online!UK’s godfathers of Grindcore have finished recording “Smear Campaign”, the highly anticipated follow-up to last year’s “The Code Is Red…Long Live The Code”. A preview on the album straight from the studio has just been posted online and can now be streamed here.
Furthermore, NAPALM DEATH vocalist Barney Greenway reports in and gives his feedback on the recording sessions at Foel Studios together with producer Russ Russell and engineer Chris Fielding:
Furthermore, NAPALM DEATH vocalist Barney Greenway reports in and gives his feedback on the recording sessions at Foel Studios together with producer Russ Russell and engineer Chris Fielding:
"We just spent a few weeks again in the studio in Wales where we already did "The Code..." and it was obviously such a good experience the first time around on "The Code..." session, that we decided to return. Whilst we were not trying to compete with "Code..." or make the same album again it has to be said that "Smear Campaign" sounds twice as immense. We didn’t fuck around getting the songs together but somehow "Smear Campaign" seems to come across as a more in depth experience.
It was very cool that Anneke from The Gathering offered to sing on the album. It’s really funny, because we never would have thought about having guest vocals before the "The Code..." but every vocalist has worked very well with the song they have contributed to. Anneke´s style is clearly very different to that of for example Jello Biafra but what she does totally enhances the experience. It sounds pretty spooky.
Lyrics: I guess people know about the album title now but to give a brief explanation the general thread is actually a question asking why exactly we need religion to give us a basis to run our lives. Can we not be trusted as human beings to make our own decisions? This applies in my eyes to everything from Christianity to Paganism to Satanism. Surely the world would be more peaceful without religious restrictions and all this false morality!"
Some definite song titles we can already reveal are: 'Rabid Wolves (For Christ)', 'In Deference', 'Atheist Runt', 'When All Is Said and Done', 'Sink Fast, Let Go', 'Shattered Existence', 'Fatalist', 'Call That An Option?'. NAPALM DEATH’s newest work is set for release via Century Media Records on September 18th, 2006.
Now, after completing the new album, NAPALM DEATH will be hitting some of this summer’s festivals to deliver a dose of utter violent grindcore intensity onstage!
Upcoming Dates:
12.08.2006 Prague (CZ) @ Brutal Assault Festival
14.08.2006 Szczytno (PL) @ Hunterfestival
26.08.2006 Kavarna (PL) @ Thrash Til Death Festival
12.08.2006 Prague (CZ) @ Brutal Assault Festival
14.08.2006 Szczytno (PL) @ Hunterfestival
26.08.2006 Kavarna (PL) @ Thrash Til Death Festival
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