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Time Waits For No Slave

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If you liked any of the previous 4 albums from 'Enemy Of The Music Business' onwards, then you should really enjoy this new release without question.
For everyone else, Napalm Death have adopted a nice polished grindcore sound with some death metal influences, thoughtful song titles and lyrics, excellent timing and great production quality. Definitely worth checking out.

For someone who has been listening to napalm death for over a decade I can say that this album is a product of pioneers who are not afraid to evolve and experiment musically, but at the same time are still delivering a cyclone of brutal blast beats and tidal waves of furious musical sound. Pintado would have been proud of this one too. Enough said! I love this album and the musicianship only gets better, faster and heavier! Long live Napalm Death, the forefathers of grind metal at their best!

Ever since Enemy of the music Business, when the band went back to their grind roots, Napalm have been on a roll. Each release getting stronger. Time waits for no Slave is the best release, since the band went back to what they do best-creating some of the most brutal and catchy grindcore out there. Opener Strongarm pulls you in and than rips apart your limbs. Pure grind with a really great guitar tone on this cd. Work to rule is another killer track.. Seriously Napalm are the gods of grind and still put on a killer performance. Saw them at the md death fest this year. Although they played a short set-to see them play It's a Mans world" off FETO, a song they admitted to not playing in 20 years, was worthy of the admission alone. Anyway one of the best releases of the year. They better continue to grind until the end!!!!

i agree with the other reviewer, these guys still deliver absolutely amazing grind/death metal. now i havent been the longest napalm fan but after being into them for a couple years, i feel i can say this is the best thing ive heard by them since utopia banished. phenominal! even the slightest napalm death fan should really consider purchasing this one.

on this album, Napalm Death is business as usual, and there is a change though. Mark "Barney" Greenway's vocals are higher in pitch instead of the traditional death growl he does. evidently they went back to being a grindcore band. they are a political grindcore band and it is amazing that they have lasted 27 years. however, unlike many of the grindcore bands that do jibberish, you can make out Greenway's vocals. time will tell if they put in another 10 years. if you have "Smear Campaign", this also belongs in your collection. R.I.P. Jesse Pintado.

It's really good to see that in 2009, Napalm Death is not only still around, but also still putting out music that is fresh, exciting, and vital. While I don't think this album is quite as good as Smear Campaign, which I think is one of the best metal albums of the decade, I do think that it fits well with the last several releases and shows that Napalm is in top form. Album after album, Mitch Harris delivers some of the most unique and brutal riffs you'll hear, and he does that on this CD on the title track, Downbeat Clique, Procrastination on the Empty Vessel, and several others. Danny's drumming is again stellar, the blast beats intensely fast, the breakdowns as heavy as possible, and he, as usual, helps create that enormous wall of sound Napalm is famous for (along with Shane of course). And Barney's vocals are the best in extreme metal. He has evolved into such a forceful, emotional vocalist, and very few in this genre have been able to do that. He was knocked earlier in the band's career for being monotonous, but he has been anything but on the last several albums. He manages to find ways of varying his screams and roars, also mixing in clean vocals at times, so that the listener gets a real performance, not just some guy screaming his head off for 45 minutes. Their songwriting, riffs, lyrics, and attitude are all as good as ever, if not better, and I'm very happy that this CD is as good as it is.

"Strong-Arm"-
"Diktat"-
"Work to Rule"- All three of these tracks open the CD in the same vein as Smear Campaign; intense grindcore, especially the middle of Work to Rule. All three songs stand out individually, but as a trio, they absolutely pummel you right at the outset.

"On the Brink of Extinction"- Mid-paced hardcore song written by Shane. Very catchy thrash verses, chorus, and ending. Great song.

With "Time Waits For No Slave," the album starts to get a little experimental for the next seven tracks, differing noticeably from "Smear Campaign." The title track has some very fast parts, but the chorus is a bit weird, with clean, droning vocals.

"Life and Limb"- Sort of a thrash song with some punk sounding parts here and there. Would be at home on "Words From the Exit Wound."

"Downbeat Clique"- Great song that ranges from thrash to grind, with some of the more interesting riffing. Also good blast beats, keeping the album from getting too slow.

"Fallacy Dominion"- Another standout, featuring thrash verses, an intense, fast chorus, and one of Napalm's catchiest slower sections with clean vocals mixed into the roars. Strong songwriting.

"Passive Tense"- Another good thrash song, as this middle section of the CD seems to rely heavily on mid-paced to slightly fast beats with a few blast beats mixed in. The songs aren't boring though, as some on "Words From the Exit Wound" were. Again, good riffs and vocals.

"Larceny of the Heart"- This and the next song are probably the most experimental on the album. This song sounds a lot like some of the songs with clean guitars on "Words From the Exit Wound," but again, the riffs are much more interesting, catchy, and memorable. This song will definitely get stuck in your head.

"Procrastination on the Empty Vessel"- This song would fit right in on "Diatribes," with weird sounding clean guitars that somehow still sound extreme and very heavy. This song is strangely serene and dreamlike at the same time as being intense. Great stuff.

"Feeling Redundant"-
"A No-Sided Argument"-
"De-evolution Ad Nauseum"- For the last three tracks, the album goes back to extreme grind, songs that would be at home on "Smear Campaign" or "Order of the Leech." All three feature excellent musicianship, blazing speed, and memorable parts. I love how the album is bookended by the six fastest songs, three at the beginning and three at the end. "Time Waits For No Slave" will undoubtedly be one of the best metal albums of the year, and it shows that Napalm Death is still one of the major players in heavy music.

Napalm Death are at a point in their career where most bands are just rehashing old stuff, have simplified their music to gain wider appeal, or are considering a reunion tour. But these guys keep going and making music that advances without abandoning the core of what made them good to begin with.

This album is no exception. Solid material, well-played, and well-produced. Grind/death is not for everyone, but for those into this sound, Napalm Death continue to offer consistently strong albums...this one is one of the best of 2009.

My husband has always liked this band, so I bought this CD for his birthday. This kind of music is what my husband and his brother "head bang" to but definitely not my cup of tea. Both loved it, so I'm giving it a good review.

I've been watching the vids for Extinction, Diktat, and Time on youtube a lot lately, and saved my pennies and nickels from beer change for a month to finally get this and load onto my music player for my 30 minute bicycle commute to work. When I feel stressed, I listen to Napalm Death; when I feel like getting aggro, I do it some more. Screw those reviews that chop down what the band says and does in the media and on the road...these rippers play twice as fast and ten times as heavy as Slayer, the only other metal gray hairs worth any sand. I figure you either love Napalm Death or piss off, who cares what you think.

What else can you say about probably the most extreme band ever. One thing tough, if you like heavy, aggressive, brutal music then just get this. There's no need for you to look at reviews. On the other hand, if you're some emo f@g, or deathcore scene kid, then get the hell out of here. We don't need to hear you complain about how this is not music, and the whole thing sounds like they are just pounding stuff and screaming like they're dying or something. I like to see you play that fast or even more than three same chords all the time. Suicide silence? hahahaha! they're so laughable trying to be so loud even tough they fail, and the singer along with the band, is a nu metal influence guy who tries to make the most "brutal" screams. Yet he sounds like a moron getting raped by real heavy bands. Napalm death have been legends for years, along with many other Grindcore, and real Death metal bands. As for the deathcore scene, it's just a fad that will go away and people will see those bands as "oh they were popular one time in the scene". But enough of that. And like i said, if you want real brutal heavy music then get Napalm death's Time waits for no slave. You can name any other probably heavier band, but there's nothing like Napalm Death!