Shane writes an update
what have we been up to ?????????

well whats been happening in the Napalm Death camp latley I hear you ask.Well we recently recorded a SICK OF IT ALL track for a 20th Aniversary tribute album that will be released later this through Century media records.the Track we recorded was Called "Who sets the Rules" and i guess it turned out pretty good.

Tommorow we will rehearse our 17th and final track for our new album,then practise like crazed lunatics before heading into the studio on the 13th of may to start recording our 12th full length album...so i guess we have been busy !!!

Shane

Napalm Death Recording New Album; Talk About Material

05/24/2006

Commenting on recording material for the follow-up album to last year’s The Code Is Red… Long Live The Code, Napalm Death vocalist Barney Greenway said, "After working our arses off on new stuff for the last couple of months, we kind of slipped into the studio when noone was looking. This thing is already sounding totally immense - even better than Code..., from where I'm standing. It's fast and furious, as you'd expect, but we're also throwing a few curveballs in, in true ND tradition. Can't wait for everyone to hear it. Take it easy peeps." The band are currently recording at Foel Studios in Wales, England, where they also recorded their last album. Napalm Death toured North America earlier this year with Kreator, and in fall 2005 supporting Suffocation. Look for the new album to be released this fall with an extensive worldwide tour following.

Foel Studios in Wales, England

Update from the studio

Hello everyone. As you may have heard, we are back in Wales at Foel recording the next Napalm album (this place is fast becoming our favourite place to record!) Really, this thing is sounding absolutely immense. If you liked 'Code...', you'll really love this one, i think. We absolutely busted our arses to get everything ready, and the rest of the band really pulled out the stops to make some great, grinding music, with Russ Russell working wonders once again to produce that ND 'wall of sound'. I also have to mention Chris Fielding, the in-house engineer, who has also made a great contribution to the proceedings.

I can give you some more titles right now (everything, including the ones you had before, are definite): 'Rabid Wolves (For Christ)', 'In Deference', 'Atheist Runt', 'When All Is Said and Done', 'Sink Fast, Let Go', and tons more. The lyrical debate is perhaps for later but, generally speaking, the album is (hopefully) a deep critique of religion and religious governance / restrictions from an atheist perspective. All jolly stuff, then. And the music: still fast and furious, raging riffs and a couple more Swans-style tracks this time (like 'Morale'), only progressed a bit more with even more atmosphere and a more rounded melodic vocal performance (if I may say so myself)

Anneke from Dutch band The Gathering has offered up a few parts to a track, which I've yet to hear. But before some people recoil in horror about Napalm going operatic rock or whatever, this was done for good effect and relevance to the track. It will work. It will rock. I'm sure. And we're grateful to Anneke (who is a an awesome vocalist in her own right) in advance for giving it a stab.

Studio events: Russ threw up in Chris Fiedling's car after a night on the sauce, Dave the studio owner decided to shovel the sewage out of the septic tank right in the middle of a vocal session (barf!) and, on a more serious note, I ran over a badger on the single-track road around here. Nothing I could do to avoid him, but mortified nevertheless.

Oh, and Jeff Walker ex-Carcass turned up in his capacity as master-ligger. We didn't let him sing this time though, and just poked fun at him really. Ok, onwards and upwards. Peace and that.

I just can't picture that chick's voice in a grindcore song. I hope they know what they are doing, cause I'm seriously flirting with alienation right now.

Title of new album: Smear Campaign

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