Napalm Death – From Enslavement To Obliteration

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.