Diatribes

Napalm Death

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  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #157,134 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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
Back in stock! Limited 2007 enhanced reissue of this Grindcore classic, originally released in 1996, features the enhanced video for 'Take The Strain' added as bonus material. 13 tracks. Earache.. --This text refers to the Audio CD edition.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

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

By	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

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome, May 11, 2006

By	Jackson "God-of-Rock" (york, pa USA) - See all my reviews

This is a great Napalm Death disc. Very different from anything they ever have done. I loved it when it came out, and til this day, I listen to it. Definitely their most commercially accessable, but still not mainstream by any means.

By the way, although Jon Wiederhorn's assessment of this album in the editorial review is fairly accurate, to dismiss previous releases as novice or amateur, and furthermore to state that Emporer or At The Gates are more brutal than Napalm......let's just say that that guy has no business placing an "editorial" review on this page.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

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

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

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.