NAPALM DEATH — Words From the Exit Wound

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3.48 | 16 ratings | 2 reviews
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Album · 1998

Filed under Death Metal
By NAPALM DEATH

Tracklist

1. The Infiltraitor (4:29)
2. Repression Out of Uniform (2:52)
3. Next of Kin to Chaos (4:08)
4. Trio-Degradable / Affixed by Disconcern (4:33)
5. Cleanse Impure (3:13)
6. Devouring Depraved (3:21)
7. Ulterior Exterior (1:49)
8. None the Wiser? (4:15)
9. Clutching at Barbs (2:26)
10. Incendiary Incoming (3:07)
11. Thrown Down a Rope (3:23)
12. Sceptic in Perspective (3:24)

Total Time: 41:07

Line-up/Musicians

- Mark "Barney" Greenway / Vocals
- Jesse Pintado / Guitar
- Mitch Harris / Guitar
- Shane Embury / Bass
- Danny Herrera / Drums

About this release

Full-length, Earache Records, October 26th, 1998

Produced by Colin Richardson
Assistant Engineer - Ewan Davies
Recorded & Mixed at Chapel Studios,
Lincolnshire, U.K. (June 1998)
Mastered by Guy Davie @ The Exchange, U.K.
Photograph by Matt Cannon
Design: Graham Humphreys

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UMUR
"Words From the Exit Wound" is the 8th full-length studio album by UK death metal/grindcore act Napalm Death. The album was released through Earache Records in October 1998. It´s the successor to "Inside the Torn Apart" from 1997 and features the same lineup as the predecessor.

Napalm Death chose Colin Richardson as producer again and as a result the sound production is clear, professional, and slightly too polished to suit Napalm Death´s sound. When that is said "Words From the Exit Wound" is slightly more raw sounding than "Inside the Torn Apart (1997)" and objectively seen it´s a very well produced release.

The music on the album is death metal/grindcore and as always it sounds unmistakably like Napalm Death. Mark "Barney" Greenway´s raw growling/barking vocals are dominant as usual. The music alternates between mid- to fast paced death metal and blasting grindcore parts. "Inside the Torn Apart (1997)" featured very few blast beats but this one features a few more. Still the overall sound is a long way from the more blast beat dominant/grindcore oriented Napalm Death releases. They still play lots of dissonant ominous sounding chords which at times give the music a nice touch of post-apocalyptic despair. A track like "Next of Kin to Chaos" profits greatly from that feature. I can´t help to sense that the songs generally don´t seem that inspired though and not many of them stand out from the pack. The general quality of the compositions is high enough and the album is enjoyable while it plays but to my ears this is overall one of the weaker efforts by the band.

A "weak" Napalm Death release doesn´t mean it´s a weak album in the context of the death metal/grindcore scene as a whole though. "Words From the Exit Wound" is still a solid release by Napalm Death and to my ears it´s a step in the right more grindcore oriented direction compared to the two more groove metal oriented releases which preceded it. In that respect it´s a sort of transition album between the band´s groove oriented mid-90s death metal releases ("Diatribes (1996)" and "Inside the Torn Apart (1997)") and their post-2000 grindcore/death metal releases (from "Enemy of the Music Business (2000)" onwards). A 3.5 star (70%) rating is deserved.

Members reviews

DamoXt7942
Immersed in this shout "Go!". The first attack "The Infiltraitor" was really enough to knock me down, flooded with brilliant rhythmic explosion like "speed guru" and comfortable voice distortion. Quite surprised and amazed at this album veiled in such a burning pic of dread. Actually this album was my first NAPALM DEATH's one, in my younger days when I was not familiar with Metal at all. This is the reason why I considered this stuff should be quite death-metallic and this heavy, doom but strict, well-matured sound should stem from the core essence of NAPALM DEATH themselves, but I've found it would be wrong later. In their early days they've played more and more violently, dissectedly, and flexibly. Of course I do not think the "early aggressive" style should have been better than the "recent decent" one. Refined play is not bad indeed. Wish I could get immersed completely in this creation, after listening to various albums of theirs ... sadly. No suspicion this album is fantastic in the death metal world, though.

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