Napalm Death – From Enslavement To Obliteration

Mine came with an ENORMOUS severe edge warp, totally unplayable.

Apart from that, pretty thin outer sleeve.

Looks like GZ strikes again.

In the world of things coming and going, there are always constants of the unpredictable. One of these constants is the absolutely random quality of Earache products, which, although they have the rights to the catalogs of cult bands, are particularly fickle in matters of quality of reissues. Napalm Death needs no introduction, the influence and cult status of the early albums is beyond doubt. The band is a welcome guest anywhere in the world, in a way, they are the ultimate "grindcore", on the makings of which several generations of metalheads have grown up, and, of course, the presence of their record is a tribute to veterans and a sign of good musical taste. And on the one hand, it's good that Earache makes an additional print run almost every year, but on the other hand, it does it carelessly.

The next reissue on transparent green vinyl already has a standard extended track list. It is difficult to say what is the reason for the circumstance in which side A sounds louder than side B. It's hard to say what the reason is for the fact that side A sounds louder than side B. Perhaps this is due to the fact that the timing is unevenly distributed over 15 and 20 minutes and side B has lost quality. There is also an assumption that this is the specifics of the original master tapes and underground recording conditions. In any case, such a transition in quality is not noticed in the digital version. So it will be interesting to read the opinions of the owners of other presses.

Of the obvious "advantages", the new vinyl in the factory sealed came with punctured ends of the inner envelope and with a fairly noticeable mass defect in the form of a wave. Among the advantages, without irony, I would mention the really good quality of mastering for vinyl - everything is authentic and truly alive. The playback quality, despite the wave, is quite clean. Perhaps, for complete happiness, I will have to buy this vinyl again, in a different version (although, according to friends, the RSD splatter version has a rather noisy mass).

When these scammers from Earache whine again that the industry is in decline because people don't buy media and prefear listening to streaming or mp3, someone remind them that as of the last ten to fifteen years, Earache products have been leading the ranking of the cheapest.

PS: also relatively recently, about a year and a half ago, I managed to buy a transparent green press of "Scum" - everything is OK there.

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Peak grindcore with some cool bonus tracks, highly recommend for anyone

No popping or skipping on my copy either, must be a newer batch. Sounds truly excellent to my ears. The material of the cover is not really quality stuff though.

This album steamrolls through its twenty-plus tracks with relentless power and angst. Where the debut, Scum, summons feelings of despair, From Enslavement leans more toward anger. It has more of a "screw-you" feeling than Scum's "we're all screwed" tone. The songs average about a minute apiece, and are so fast there's no opportunity to catch a breath. Several have become live staples, like Lucid Fairytale, Unchallenged Hate, the title track, and the five-second Dead. Out of the others, I'd like to see Cock-Rock Alienation and Display to Me played live, as they'd both fit in well with the band's current sound. Some of the riffs on this album are catchier than Scum, but the extremity is retained, you might say. Be warned, though; like Scum, pure grindcore like this is not for the uninitiated, and if you're only a fan of more recent Napalm albums, you might not even like this. Even though you can hear traces of their later sound in the guitar tone and hardcore-inspired breakdowns, it's a different style of music. But if you listen to it a few times and try to understand it, it will eventually blow you away. Blindingly fast, grinding riffs, whirlwind hyper-speed drums, infrequently enunciated barking death vocals mixed with utterly insane, nearly unintelligible screaming...crazy stuff. From Enslavement is beyond heavy, and is the very definition of extreme.

This is a ferocious album. And one of the top tier classic grind albums ever made. It takes everything good about Scums B side and makes it better sounding with even more ferocity. I would say they accomplished what they set out to do on this album and executed it perfectly. When you listen to this album, good luck trying to sit still and not have a really fun time. Sheer speed and anger. I refrain from giving this 5 stars only because a lot of the songs do blend together in retrospect. It does not really take anything away from the album, and in this genre it is to be expected. But still, Scum beats it out for me with even more originality and memorable songwriting, albeit a little less ferocious, but matched energy and more memorable moments. Anyone who owns this original CD copy should feel very happy about it!

Favorite Tracks: Evolved As One, It’s a M.A.N.S World!, Lucid Fairytale, Unchallenged Hate, Cock-Rock Alienation, Retreat to Nowhere, Display to Me…, From Enslavement to Obliteration, Mentally Murdered

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Do these 2021 reissues skips on "Evolved As One" ?

Evolved As One has mighty livesounding Drums-i got Audax Pro 38 and you can feel it

Love the sound of this on Full Dynamic Range audio. This has to be my favorite ND record. This lineup of the band was powerful and tight. The FDR master really brings this material to life.