Napalm Death announce new album ‘Throes Of Joy In The Jaws Of Defeatism’

NAPALM DEATH have announced a new album!

Titled Throes of Joy in the Jaws of Defeatism, the upcoming album from the UK grindcore pioneers is the follow-up to 2015’s Apex Predatory – Easy Meat and is scheduled to be released in September this year, via Century Media Records.

The upcoming album was again recorded with longtime producer Russ Russell and features artwork by Frode Sylthe. Speaking about the upcoming album, vocalist Mark ‘Barney’ Greenway says, “the phrase sticking in my mind when I started thinking about the lyrical direction for this album was “the other”. You could recognise at the time that there was a rapidly growing fear and paranoia being generated about everybody, from migrating people to people with fluid sexuality and this was starting to manifest itself in very antagonistic reactions that you felt were almost verging on violence. Not everybody resorts to such reactions of course, but even the basic lack of understanding can become toxic over time. I’m not saying that this is an entirely new phenomenon, but it has been stoked in recent history by some particularly attack-minded people in more political circles and, as ever, I felt that it would be the natural antidote to endorse basic humanity and solidarity with all.

The artwork specifically uses a white dove as a centrepiece, which of course is a commonly recognised symbol of peace and cooperation. The dove has been mauled very violently by a sterilising hand and in death appears particularly broken and bloodied. However, through the violence you can see an equality symbol in blood on the chest of the dove, which perhaps demonstrates – visually at least – that equality cuts through in the end. A positive amidst many negatives then, much like the album title itself being a bit of an oxymoron – the celebration of humanity even in the mangling jaws of negativity.”

Alongside the announcement of the new album, you can view both the track list and artwork for the upcoming album below:

Track List: 

1. Fuck the Factoid
2. Backlash Just Because
3. That Curse of Being in Thrall
4. Contagion
5. Joie De Ne Pas Vivre
6. Invigorating Clutch
7. Zero Gravitas Chamber
8. Fluxing of the Muscle
9. Amoral
10. Throes of Joy in the Jaws of Defeatism
11. Acting in Gouged Faith
12. A Bellyful of Salt and Spleen

Throes of Joy In The Jaws Of Defeatism is set for release on September 18th via Century Media Records.

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