Inside the Torn Apart
Inside the Torn Apart
Track Listings
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1. Breed to Breathe
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2. Birth in Regress
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3. Section
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4. Reflect on Conflict
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5. Down in the Zero
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6. Inside the Torn Apart
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7. If Symptoms Persist
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8. Prelude
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9. Indispose
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10. Purist Realist
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11. Lowpoint
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12. Lifeless Alarm
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13. Time Will Come [*]
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14. Bled Dry [*]
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Editorial Reviews
Amazon.com
When gravel-throated vocalist Barney Greenway left Napalm Death, it looked like curtains for the forefathers of "grindcore." Fortunately, Greenway and his curmudgeonly bandmates settled their differences in time to record Inside the Torn Apart, an album seething with conflict and frustration. The disc showcases the band's ambivalence and volatility, veering madly between semi-melodic accessibility and unfettered death metal bombast. While it's not as cohesive as the band's other releases, it's also not as one-dimensional, allowing Napalm Death to experiment freely with both ends of the noise spectrum. --Jon Wiederhorn
Product Description
Japanese edition of their new album featuring the unmarked bonus track 'Time Will Come' and 12 other new cuts.
--This text refers to the
Audio CD
edition.
Inside the Torn Apart,Napalm Death,Earache Records,Death Metal/Black Metal,Grindcore,Heavy Metal,Pop,Popular Music,Rock,Thrash
Average customer rating:
- speed has, unfortunately, become their basis of review
- A forgotten classic
- why do people bad mouth this album
- One of their best
- For completists only
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Inside the Torn Apart
Napalm Death
Manufacturer: Earache Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
 Hardcore
| Hardcore & Punk
| Alternative Rock
| Styles
| Music
General
| Rock
| Styles
| Music
Death Metal
| Hard Rock & Metal
| Styles
| Music
General
| Hard Rock & Metal
| Styles
| Music
Thrash & Speed Metal
| Hard Rock & Metal
| Styles
| Music
Metal
| Hard Rock & Metal
| Rock
| Indie Music
| Stores
| Music
Similar Items:
- Words from the Exit Wound
- Diatribes
- Order of the Leech
- Enemy of the Music Business
- Greed Killing
ASIN: B00000585Q
Release Date: 1997-06-03 |
Tracks:
- Breed To Breathe
- Birth In Regress
- Section
- Reflect On Conflict
- Down In The Zero
- Inside The Torn Apart
- If Symptoms Persist
- Prelude
- Indispose
- Purist Realist
- Lowpoint
- The Lifeless Alarm
- Time Will Come (Digipack Bonus Track)
- Bred Dry (Digipack Bonus Track)
Amazon.com
When gravel-throated vocalist Barney Greenway left Napalm Death, it looked like curtains for the forefathers of "grindcore." Fortunately, Greenway and his curmudgeonly bandmates settled their differences in time to record Inside the Torn Apart, an album seething with conflict and frustration. The disc showcases the band's ambivalence and volatility, veering madly between semi-melodic accessibility and unfettered death metal bombast. While it's not as cohesive as the band's other releases, it's also not as one-dimensional, allowing Napalm Death to experiment freely with both ends of the noise spectrum. --Jon Wiederhorn
Album Description
Japanese edition of their new album featuring the unmarked bonus track 'Time Will Come' and 12 other new cuts.
Album Details
Japanese Release to Contain Several Bonus Tracks.
Customer Reviews:
speed has, unfortunately, become their basis of review.......2006-09-05
Napalm Death's innovation has obviously put them in a trap that yields a no-win situation as they progress. By starting out with songs like "Dead" and "Lucid Fairytale," they set a standard of speed and intensity that many listeners and critics were going to hold onto for dear life, and anything slower than the 'good old days' would be met with derision and contempt. I myself fell into that camp for a while, thinking that Napalm Death has lamed-out with the loss of Mick Harris and had "slowed down" into a "mere" death metal band.
It took me a while to come around, especially after hearing lame copycats at a Napalm Death show (I can comfortably say that I've seen Napalm at two different stages of their life). What Napalm still brings to the table is a raw intensity that rarely gets overproduced. The amount of energy and lack of pretension brought me around to picking up their later albums again, and this is one that I think gets bashed for its slower stuff. I'll agree that I didn't really get my hooks into this disc until track 4, "Reflect on Conflict," but when I went back again from the start, I could find that great Napalm edge throughout. This is a band that has been around from the advent of grindcore--don't you think they get a little chance to play around with their own creation some? I think I would only bash them now if their sound became more imitative than innovative, but _Inside the Torn Apart_ is not one of those efforts--rock on, guys.
A forgotten classic.......2006-07-30
It seems that several of Napalm Death's mid-`90's albums - including _Diatribes_, this album, _Fear, Emptiness, Despair_, and _Words from the Exit Wound_ - are highly overlooked in this band's long and varied career. Except for the occasional immature sell-out accusation, rarely anything actually *bad* is ever said about these albums. Napalm Death's earlier albums such as _Scum_ and _From Enslavement to Obliteration_ are classic, genre-defining grind, and later albums such as _Enemy of the Music Business, Pt. 2_ and _The Code is Red...Long Live the Code_ get somewhat mixed but still fairly high appraise.
So what's wrong with an album such as _Inside the Torn Apart_? In a word, nothing. So they don't write 1.316-second songs anymore. So they use melodies a lot more now. If anything, they've learned how to play their music BETTER. This album has all the trimmings of a classic Napalm Death record: bone-crushing riffs, pummeling drums, and harsh vocals). Haven't they always been all about this formula? At least they know how to switch things up and keep it sounding fresh.
The band is in top form: the Jesse Pintado/Mitch Harris guitar team continues to work perfectly, making some excellent harmonies and riff-fests; Danny Herrera's drums are plentiful, with some memorable fills, and a keen sense of technical, almost jazz-like, timing. Shane Embury, the longest-lasting member (and yet not from the original lineup!) continues to make good bass lines even if they're barely audible. And then of course, Mark "Barney" Greenway is still one of the best voices in the metal genre, belting out fearsome throaty howls and shouts (and unlike most death/grind vocalists, he actually puts a bit of variation into his delivery - and is fairly easy to understand without reading the lyrics sheet!).
_Inside_ sports twelve original and flowing songs over about 40 minutes, completely devoid of filler. The title track is particularly noteworthy for its multiple time changes: shifting from a mid-tempo, almost ambient wall of guitar riffs to a sludgy crunch that segues perfectly into a chugging chorus with catchy, brutal vocals. Songs such as "Birth in Regress" and "Section" have some excellent melodic breakdowns that really beef up the heavier parts. There are some great chug-and-crush riffs on "Purist Realist," and a flurry of blast beats used in "Lowpoint." The closer, "The Lifeless Alarm," is one of Napalm Death's unusual slow songs; eerie guitar harmonies are played over a lurching, doomy tempo, with shouted vocals pushed way into the background, adding a creepy underlying vibe.
It doesn't seem to make sense why an album such as this doesn't get more attention; this is as good as anything else Napalm Death has put out, and if you give it a listen, you might shake your head in wonder as to why it's been sitting on your shelf and collecting dust all this time. You'll be grateful to have it; even if it didn't do anything for you the first time around, it will make for some seriously great listening later on.
why do people bad mouth this album.......2006-01-23
Sure its not the ear bleeding grindcore noise (which I am a huge fan of) but do you really think that you could drag out something like that for more then two albums? Serously think about it. Well anyways I to disliked this album until I truly sat down and took a good listen to it. This is very good musically and Barney's growl is still good. If you're a fan of Napalm Death or grind then give this a listen.
One of their best.......2005-10-18
I agree with other reviews here that it gets better as it goes, but personally, I love it from the first track. If it isn't Napalm Death's best (you may disagree), it's right up there. The quality of writing is great all the way through, unlike some of their previous albums. For me, it's either this album or its follower, "Words From the Exit Wound." Pick them both up today if you like metal at its most brutal.
For completists only.......2005-05-09
This is one of those rare albums where the good stuff is at the end. "Inside the Torn Apart" begins with "Breed to Breathe," which has riffs so melodic it's hard to believe that this is the same band that invented grindcore. "Down in the Zero" has some nifty syncopated drumming, but things don't really heat up until "Prelude," which has the first blastbeats of the album. "Lowpoint" is absolutely crushing, while "The Lifeless Alarm" closes the album on an abstract, doomy note. The main drawback here is the overly clean production and the unnaturally clicky drums. The performances are efficiently precise, but there's little grit and no sense of danger here.
Average customer rating:
- speed has, unfortunately, become their basis of review
- A forgotten classic
- why do people bad mouth this album
- One of their best
- For completists only
|
Inside the Torn Apart
Napalm Death
Manufacturer: Earache
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
Hardcore
| Hardcore & Punk
| Alternative Rock
| Styles
| Music
Death Metal
| Hard Rock & Metal
| Styles
| Music
General
| Hard Rock & Metal
| Styles
| Music
Thrash & Speed Metal
| Hard Rock & Metal
| Styles
| Music
Hard Rock & Metal
| Imports
| Stores
| Music
Similar Items:
- Words from the Exit Wound
- Diatribes
- Order of the Leech
- Enemy of the Music Business
- Greed Killing
ASIN: B000024D2B |
Tracks:
- Breed to Breathe
- Birth in Regress
- Section
- Reflect on Conflict
- Down in the Zero
- Inside the Torn Apart
- If Symptoms Persist
- Prelude
- Indispose
- Purist Realist
- Low Point
- Lifeless Alarm
- Time Will Come [*]
- Bled Dry [*]
Amazon.com
When gravel-throated vocalist Barney Greenway left Napalm Death, it looked like curtains for the forefathers of "grindcore." Fortunately, Greenway and his curmudgeonly bandmates settled their differences in time to record Inside the Torn Apart, an album seething with conflict and frustration. The disc showcases the band's ambivalence and volatility, veering madly between semi-melodic accessibility and unfettered death metal bombast. While it's not as cohesive as the band's other releases, it's also not as one-dimensional, allowing Napalm Death to experiment freely with both ends of the noise spectrum. --Jon Wiederhorn
Album Description
Japanese edition of their new album featuring the unmarked bonus track 'Time Will Come' and 12 other new cuts.
Album Details
Japanese Release to Contain Several Bonus Tracks.
Customer Reviews:
speed has, unfortunately, become their basis of review.......2006-09-05
Napalm Death's innovation has obviously put them in a trap that yields a no-win situation as they progress. By starting out with songs like "Dead" and "Lucid Fairytale," they set a standard of speed and intensity that many listeners and critics were going to hold onto for dear life, and anything slower than the 'good old days' would be met with derision and contempt. I myself fell into that camp for a while, thinking that Napalm Death has lamed-out with the loss of Mick Harris and had "slowed down" into a "mere" death metal band.
It took me a while to come around, especially after hearing lame copycats at a Napalm Death show (I can comfortably say that I've seen Napalm at two different stages of their life). What Napalm still brings to the table is a raw intensity that rarely gets overproduced. The amount of energy and lack of pretension brought me around to picking up their later albums again, and this is one that I think gets bashed for its slower stuff. I'll agree that I didn't really get my hooks into this disc until track 4, "Reflect on Conflict," but when I went back again from the start, I could find that great Napalm edge throughout. This is a band that has been around from the advent of grindcore--don't you think they get a little chance to play around with their own creation some? I think I would only bash them now if their sound became more imitative than innovative, but _Inside the Torn Apart_ is not one of those efforts--rock on, guys.
A forgotten classic.......2006-07-30
It seems that several of Napalm Death's mid-`90's albums - including _Diatribes_, this album, _Fear, Emptiness, Despair_, and _Words from the Exit Wound_ - are highly overlooked in this band's long and varied career. Except for the occasional immature sell-out accusation, rarely anything actually *bad* is ever said about these albums. Napalm Death's earlier albums such as _Scum_ and _From Enslavement to Obliteration_ are classic, genre-defining grind, and later albums such as _Enemy of the Music Business, Pt. 2_ and _The Code is Red...Long Live the Code_ get somewhat mixed but still fairly high appraise.
So what's wrong with an album such as _Inside the Torn Apart_? In a word, nothing. So they don't write 1.316-second songs anymore. So they use melodies a lot more now. If anything, they've learned how to play their music BETTER. This album has all the trimmings of a classic Napalm Death record: bone-crushing riffs, pummeling drums, and harsh vocals). Haven't they always been all about this formula? At least they know how to switch things up and keep it sounding fresh.
The band is in top form: the Jesse Pintado/Mitch Harris guitar team continues to work perfectly, making some excellent harmonies and riff-fests; Danny Herrera's drums are plentiful, with some memorable fills, and a keen sense of technical, almost jazz-like, timing. Shane Embury, the longest-lasting member (and yet not from the original lineup!) continues to make good bass lines even if they're barely audible. And then of course, Mark "Barney" Greenway is still one of the best voices in the metal genre, belting out fearsome throaty howls and shouts (and unlike most death/grind vocalists, he actually puts a bit of variation into his delivery - and is fairly easy to understand without reading the lyrics sheet!).
_Inside_ sports twelve original and flowing songs over about 40 minutes, completely devoid of filler. The title track is particularly noteworthy for its multiple time changes: shifting from a mid-tempo, almost ambient wall of guitar riffs to a sludgy crunch that segues perfectly into a chugging chorus with catchy, brutal vocals. Songs such as "Birth in Regress" and "Section" have some excellent melodic breakdowns that really beef up the heavier parts. There are some great chug-and-crush riffs on "Purist Realist," and a flurry of blast beats used in "Lowpoint." The closer, "The Lifeless Alarm," is one of Napalm Death's unusual slow songs; eerie guitar harmonies are played over a lurching, doomy tempo, with shouted vocals pushed way into the background, adding a creepy underlying vibe.
It doesn't seem to make sense why an album such as this doesn't get more attention; this is as good as anything else Napalm Death has put out, and if you give it a listen, you might shake your head in wonder as to why it's been sitting on your shelf and collecting dust all this time. You'll be grateful to have it; even if it didn't do anything for you the first time around, it will make for some seriously great listening later on.
why do people bad mouth this album.......2006-01-23
Sure its not the ear bleeding grindcore noise (which I am a huge fan of) but do you really think that you could drag out something like that for more then two albums? Serously think about it. Well anyways I to disliked this album until I truly sat down and took a good listen to it. This is very good musically and Barney's growl is still good. If you're a fan of Napalm Death or grind then give this a listen.
One of their best.......2005-10-18
I agree with other reviews here that it gets better as it goes, but personally, I love it from the first track. If it isn't Napalm Death's best (you may disagree), it's right up there. The quality of writing is great all the way through, unlike some of their previous albums. For me, it's either this album or its follower, "Words From the Exit Wound." Pick them both up today if you like metal at its most brutal.
For completists only.......2005-05-09
This is one of those rare albums where the good stuff is at the end. "Inside the Torn Apart" begins with "Breed to Breathe," which has riffs so melodic it's hard to believe that this is the same band that invented grindcore. "Down in the Zero" has some nifty syncopated drumming, but things don't really heat up until "Prelude," which has the first blastbeats of the album. "Lowpoint" is absolutely crushing, while "The Lifeless Alarm" closes the album on an abstract, doomy note. The main drawback here is the overly clean production and the unnaturally clicky drums. The performances are efficiently precise, but there's little grit and no sense of danger here.
Average customer rating:
- speed has, unfortunately, become their basis of review
- A forgotten classic
- why do people bad mouth this album
- One of their best
- For completists only
|
Inside the Torn Apart
Napalm Death
Manufacturer: Msi
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
Hardcore
| Hardcore & Punk
| Alternative Rock
| Styles
| Music
Death Metal
| Hard Rock & Metal
| Styles
| Music
General
| Hard Rock & Metal
| Styles
| Music
Thrash & Speed Metal
| Hard Rock & Metal
| Styles
| Music
Hard Rock & Metal
| Imports
| Stores
| Music
Similar Items:
- Words from the Exit Wound
- Diatribes
- Order of the Leech
- Enemy of the Music Business
- Greed Killing
ASIN: B000005RNU
Release Date: 1997-07-01 |
Tracks:
- Breed to Breathe
- Birth in Regress
- Section
- Reflect on Conflict
- Down in the Zero
- Inside the Torn Apart
- If Symptoms Persist
- Prelude
- Indispose
- Purist Realist
- Low Point
- Lifeless Alarm
- Time Will Come [*]
- Bled Dry [*]
Amazon.com
When gravel-throated vocalist Barney Greenway left Napalm Death, it looked like curtains for the forefathers of "grindcore." Fortunately, Greenway and his curmudgeonly bandmates settled their differences in time to record Inside the Torn Apart, an album seething with conflict and frustration. The disc showcases the band's ambivalence and volatility, veering madly between semi-melodic accessibility and unfettered death metal bombast. While it's not as cohesive as the band's other releases, it's also not as one-dimensional, allowing Napalm Death to experiment freely with both ends of the noise spectrum. --Jon Wiederhorn
Album Description
Japanese edition of their new album featuring the unmarked bonus track 'Time Will Come' and 12 other new cuts.
Album Details
Japanese Release to Contain Several Bonus Tracks.
Customer Reviews:
speed has, unfortunately, become their basis of review.......2006-09-05
Napalm Death's innovation has obviously put them in a trap that yields a no-win situation as they progress. By starting out with songs like "Dead" and "Lucid Fairytale," they set a standard of speed and intensity that many listeners and critics were going to hold onto for dear life, and anything slower than the 'good old days' would be met with derision and contempt. I myself fell into that camp for a while, thinking that Napalm Death has lamed-out with the loss of Mick Harris and had "slowed down" into a "mere" death metal band.
It took me a while to come around, especially after hearing lame copycats at a Napalm Death show (I can comfortably say that I've seen Napalm at two different stages of their life). What Napalm still brings to the table is a raw intensity that rarely gets overproduced. The amount of energy and lack of pretension brought me around to picking up their later albums again, and this is one that I think gets bashed for its slower stuff. I'll agree that I didn't really get my hooks into this disc until track 4, "Reflect on Conflict," but when I went back again from the start, I could find that great Napalm edge throughout. This is a band that has been around from the advent of grindcore--don't you think they get a little chance to play around with their own creation some? I think I would only bash them now if their sound became more imitative than innovative, but _Inside the Torn Apart_ is not one of those efforts--rock on, guys.
A forgotten classic.......2006-07-30
It seems that several of Napalm Death's mid-`90's albums - including _Diatribes_, this album, _Fear, Emptiness, Despair_, and _Words from the Exit Wound_ - are highly overlooked in this band's long and varied career. Except for the occasional immature sell-out accusation, rarely anything actually *bad* is ever said about these albums. Napalm Death's earlier albums such as _Scum_ and _From Enslavement to Obliteration_ are classic, genre-defining grind, and later albums such as _Enemy of the Music Business, Pt. 2_ and _The Code is Red...Long Live the Code_ get somewhat mixed but still fairly high appraise.
So what's wrong with an album such as _Inside the Torn Apart_? In a word, nothing. So they don't write 1.316-second songs anymore. So they use melodies a lot more now. If anything, they've learned how to play their music BETTER. This album has all the trimmings of a classic Napalm Death record: bone-crushing riffs, pummeling drums, and harsh vocals). Haven't they always been all about this formula? At least they know how to switch things up and keep it sounding fresh.
The band is in top form: the Jesse Pintado/Mitch Harris guitar team continues to work perfectly, making some excellent harmonies and riff-fests; Danny Herrera's drums are plentiful, with some memorable fills, and a keen sense of technical, almost jazz-like, timing. Shane Embury, the longest-lasting member (and yet not from the original lineup!) continues to make good bass lines even if they're barely audible. And then of course, Mark "Barney" Greenway is still one of the best voices in the metal genre, belting out fearsome throaty howls and shouts (and unlike most death/grind vocalists, he actually puts a bit of variation into his delivery - and is fairly easy to understand without reading the lyrics sheet!).
_Inside_ sports twelve original and flowing songs over about 40 minutes, completely devoid of filler. The title track is particularly noteworthy for its multiple time changes: shifting from a mid-tempo, almost ambient wall of guitar riffs to a sludgy crunch that segues perfectly into a chugging chorus with catchy, brutal vocals. Songs such as "Birth in Regress" and "Section" have some excellent melodic breakdowns that really beef up the heavier parts. There are some great chug-and-crush riffs on "Purist Realist," and a flurry of blast beats used in "Lowpoint." The closer, "The Lifeless Alarm," is one of Napalm Death's unusual slow songs; eerie guitar harmonies are played over a lurching, doomy tempo, with shouted vocals pushed way into the background, adding a creepy underlying vibe.
It doesn't seem to make sense why an album such as this doesn't get more attention; this is as good as anything else Napalm Death has put out, and if you give it a listen, you might shake your head in wonder as to why it's been sitting on your shelf and collecting dust all this time. You'll be grateful to have it; even if it didn't do anything for you the first time around, it will make for some seriously great listening later on.
why do people bad mouth this album.......2006-01-23
Sure its not the ear bleeding grindcore noise (which I am a huge fan of) but do you really think that you could drag out something like that for more then two albums? Serously think about it. Well anyways I to disliked this album until I truly sat down and took a good listen to it. This is very good musically and Barney's growl is still good. If you're a fan of Napalm Death or grind then give this a listen.
One of their best.......2005-10-18
I agree with other reviews here that it gets better as it goes, but personally, I love it from the first track. If it isn't Napalm Death's best (you may disagree), it's right up there. The quality of writing is great all the way through, unlike some of their previous albums. For me, it's either this album or its follower, "Words From the Exit Wound." Pick them both up today if you like metal at its most brutal.
For completists only.......2005-05-09
This is one of those rare albums where the good stuff is at the end. "Inside the Torn Apart" begins with "Breed to Breathe," which has riffs so melodic it's hard to believe that this is the same band that invented grindcore. "Down in the Zero" has some nifty syncopated drumming, but things don't really heat up until "Prelude," which has the first blastbeats of the album. "Lowpoint" is absolutely crushing, while "The Lifeless Alarm" closes the album on an abstract, doomy note. The main drawback here is the overly clean production and the unnaturally clicky drums. The performances are efficiently precise, but there's little grit and no sense of danger here.
Average customer rating:
- speed has, unfortunately, become their basis of review
- A forgotten classic
- why do people bad mouth this album
- One of their best
- For completists only
|
Inside the Torn Apart
Napalm Death
Manufacturer: Earache Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
Hardcore
| Hardcore & Punk
| Alternative Rock
| Styles
| Music
General
| Rock
| Styles
| Music
Death Metal
| Hard Rock & Metal
| Styles
| Music
General
| Hard Rock & Metal
| Styles
| Music
Thrash & Speed Metal
| Hard Rock & Metal
| Styles
| Music
Metal
| Hard Rock & Metal
| Rock
| Indie Music
| Stores
| Music
Similar Items:
- Words from the Exit Wound
- Diatribes
- Order of the Leech
- Enemy of the Music Business
- Greed Killing
ASIN: B000005858
Release Date: 1997-06-03 |
Tracks:
- Breed To Breathe
- Birth In Regress
- Section
- Reflect On Conflict
- Down In The Zero
- Inside The Torn Apart
- If Symptoms Persist
- Prelude
- Indispose
- Purist Realist
- Lowpoint
- The Lifeless Alarm
Amazon.com
When gravel-throated vocalist Barney Greenway left Napalm Death, it looked like curtains for the forefathers of "grindcore." Fortunately, Greenway and his curmudgeonly bandmates settled their differences in time to record Inside the Torn Apart, an album seething with conflict and frustration. The disc showcases the band's ambivalence and volatility, veering madly between semi-melodic accessibility and unfettered death metal bombast. While it's not as cohesive as the band's other releases, it's also not as one-dimensional, allowing Napalm Death to experiment freely with both ends of the noise spectrum. --Jon Wiederhorn
Album Description
Japanese edition of their new album featuring the unmarked bonus track 'Time Will Come' and 12 other new cuts.
Album Details
Japanese Release to Contain Several Bonus Tracks.
Customer Reviews:
speed has, unfortunately, become their basis of review.......2006-09-05
Napalm Death's innovation has obviously put them in a trap that yields a no-win situation as they progress. By starting out with songs like "Dead" and "Lucid Fairytale," they set a standard of speed and intensity that many listeners and critics were going to hold onto for dear life, and anything slower than the 'good old days' would be met with derision and contempt. I myself fell into that camp for a while, thinking that Napalm Death has lamed-out with the loss of Mick Harris and had "slowed down" into a "mere" death metal band.
It took me a while to come around, especially after hearing lame copycats at a Napalm Death show (I can comfortably say that I've seen Napalm at two different stages of their life). What Napalm still brings to the table is a raw intensity that rarely gets overproduced. The amount of energy and lack of pretension brought me around to picking up their later albums again, and this is one that I think gets bashed for its slower stuff. I'll agree that I didn't really get my hooks into this disc until track 4, "Reflect on Conflict," but when I went back again from the start, I could find that great Napalm edge throughout. This is a band that has been around from the advent of grindcore--don't you think they get a little chance to play around with their own creation some? I think I would only bash them now if their sound became more imitative than innovative, but _Inside the Torn Apart_ is not one of those efforts--rock on, guys.
A forgotten classic.......2006-07-30
It seems that several of Napalm Death's mid-`90's albums - including _Diatribes_, this album, _Fear, Emptiness, Despair_, and _Words from the Exit Wound_ - are highly overlooked in this band's long and varied career. Except for the occasional immature sell-out accusation, rarely anything actually *bad* is ever said about these albums. Napalm Death's earlier albums such as _Scum_ and _From Enslavement to Obliteration_ are classic, genre-defining grind, and later albums such as _Enemy of the Music Business, Pt. 2_ and _The Code is Red...Long Live the Code_ get somewhat mixed but still fairly high appraise.
So what's wrong with an album such as _Inside the Torn Apart_? In a word, nothing. So they don't write 1.316-second songs anymore. So they use melodies a lot more now. If anything, they've learned how to play their music BETTER. This album has all the trimmings of a classic Napalm Death record: bone-crushing riffs, pummeling drums, and harsh vocals). Haven't they always been all about this formula? At least they know how to switch things up and keep it sounding fresh.
The band is in top form: the Jesse Pintado/Mitch Harris guitar team continues to work perfectly, making some excellent harmonies and riff-fests; Danny Herrera's drums are plentiful, with some memorable fills, and a keen sense of technical, almost jazz-like, timing. Shane Embury, the longest-lasting member (and yet not from the original lineup!) continues to make good bass lines even if they're barely audible. And then of course, Mark "Barney" Greenway is still one of the best voices in the metal genre, belting out fearsome throaty howls and shouts (and unlike most death/grind vocalists, he actually puts a bit of variation into his delivery - and is fairly easy to understand without reading the lyrics sheet!).
_Inside_ sports twelve original and flowing songs over about 40 minutes, completely devoid of filler. The title track is particularly noteworthy for its multiple time changes: shifting from a mid-tempo, almost ambient wall of guitar riffs to a sludgy crunch that segues perfectly into a chugging chorus with catchy, brutal vocals. Songs such as "Birth in Regress" and "Section" have some excellent melodic breakdowns that really beef up the heavier parts. There are some great chug-and-crush riffs on "Purist Realist," and a flurry of blast beats used in "Lowpoint." The closer, "The Lifeless Alarm," is one of Napalm Death's unusual slow songs; eerie guitar harmonies are played over a lurching, doomy tempo, with shouted vocals pushed way into the background, adding a creepy underlying vibe.
It doesn't seem to make sense why an album such as this doesn't get more attention; this is as good as anything else Napalm Death has put out, and if you give it a listen, you might shake your head in wonder as to why it's been sitting on your shelf and collecting dust all this time. You'll be grateful to have it; even if it didn't do anything for you the first time around, it will make for some seriously great listening later on.
why do people bad mouth this album.......2006-01-23
Sure its not the ear bleeding grindcore noise (which I am a huge fan of) but do you really think that you could drag out something like that for more then two albums? Serously think about it. Well anyways I to disliked this album until I truly sat down and took a good listen to it. This is very good musically and Barney's growl is still good. If you're a fan of Napalm Death or grind then give this a listen.
One of their best.......2005-10-18
I agree with other reviews here that it gets better as it goes, but personally, I love it from the first track. If it isn't Napalm Death's best (you may disagree), it's right up there. The quality of writing is great all the way through, unlike some of their previous albums. For me, it's either this album or its follower, "Words From the Exit Wound." Pick them both up today if you like metal at its most brutal.
For completists only.......2005-05-09
This is one of those rare albums where the good stuff is at the end. "Inside the Torn Apart" begins with "Breed to Breathe," which has riffs so melodic it's hard to believe that this is the same band that invented grindcore. "Down in the Zero" has some nifty syncopated drumming, but things don't really heat up until "Prelude," which has the first blastbeats of the album. "Lowpoint" is absolutely crushing, while "The Lifeless Alarm" closes the album on an abstract, doomy note. The main drawback here is the overly clean production and the unnaturally clicky drums. The performances are efficiently precise, but there's little grit and no sense of danger here.
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- Mission No. X
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