Diatribes

Napalm Death | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (January 30, 1996)
• Original Release Date: January 30, 1996
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Earache Records
• ASIN: B00000584G
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #211,672 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Greed Killing

2. Glimpse into Genocide

3. Ripe for the Breaking

4. Cursed to Crawl

5. Cold Forgiveness

6. My Own Worst Enemy

7. Just Rewards

8. Dogma

9. Take the Strain

10. Diatribes

11. Placate, Sedate, Eradicate

12. Corrosive Elements

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

Once the epitome of extremism, Napalm Death pales in comparison to later groups like Emperor and At the Gates. Knowing this, Napalm gave up trying to be the most abrasive force in the kingdom, and aimed to be more artistically worthy. Instead of jackhammering the same riffs ad nauseam, Diatribes bludgeons with a variety of tools, exploring elements of "grindcore", industrial, avant-garde, and even funk along the way. Along with creative growth came musical prowess, and for the first time, the members of Napalm Death manipulate their instruments like skilled veterans, instead of like overzealous novices. Dig in. --Jon Wiederhorn

Product Description

2011 three CD set containing a trio of long out-of-print releases from the Napalm Death catalog housed in one set. Features sought after music from the band's prolific mid '90s period: the 1996 album Diatribes together with the 1995 EP Greed Killing and the 1998 live album Bootlegged In Japan. Housed in a slipcase sleeve, the releases coming in jewel cases with original booklets 43 tracks. Earache Records. --This text refers to an alternate Audio CD edition.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars #1 Napalm Death album!!, January 19, 2003

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Muxz "muxz" (Reno, nv United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Diatribes (Audio CD)

I bought this album when it first came out and I still listen to it religiously. This album was pretty much the creative apex of ND's career it seems like everything before and after this album just pales in comparison. For most ND fans they find this album to be a turn-off because they actually "experiment" with this album and it has been mistaken by many to be their "mainstream" album....hmm...Mainstream??....just how mainstream is Barney's voice?? do you honestly think it had a real shot of getting into VH1's top ten hits. I think of a band like N'Sync or Papa Roach as mainstream if anyone out there can think of ND as mainstream well you've been sniffing too much glue. So basically you need to get off of your heavy metal highhorse, listen to the best Napalm Death album ever made, and basque in the glory that is DIATRIBES!!!! latem

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Long Live Barney, April 30, 2003

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Jenny Cadaver "jennycadaver" (Gotham City Sewers, 3rd Fortress of Evil on the left) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Diatribes (Audio CD)

Jeez-- where does ANYone get off comparing Napalm Death to Emperor and At The Gates? That's like comparing apples to garterbelts.

This album isn't my favorite but it's a solid evolutionary step in the Napalm Death sound. After Utopia Banished & Harmony Corruption they couldn't exactly go back to their old sound... Besides, I think that industrial flavor they mix in with the thrash makes everything pretty interesting. Don't compare it to keyboard-laden black metal bands. Don't even compare it to other ND albums. Just buy it, enjoy it on its own merits, then crank it up really loud and drive through your neighbor's flowerbeds.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars as noted, amazon's editorial review is BS, March 14, 2010

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This review is from: Diatribes (Audio CD)

sepultura had chaos a.d., dismember had massive killing capacity, entombed had wolverine blues, and napalm death has diatribes. this is very much napalm death's "groove metal years" album, but they at least salvaged some dignity by mixing in some hardcore and creeping industrial elements in order to lend some color to these bouncy songs. and while this material is some of the musically shallowest in the band's discography, they at least hadn't lost their touch for the art of word salad, retaining the white-hot political intensity that makes them so endearing even out of form.