Harmony Corruption
| Harmony Corruption | ||||
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| Studio album by Napalm Death | ||||
| Released | 1 July 1990 | |||
| Studio | Morrisound Recording, Tampa, Florida, United States | |||
| Genre | Death metal, grindcore | |||
| Length | 41:02 | |||
| Label | Earache, Combat | |||
| Producer | Scott Burns, Napalm Death | |||
| Napalm Death chronology | ||||
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| AllMusic |    [1] |
Harmony Corruption is the third album by Napalm Death, released in 1990 on Earache Records.
The style of the album was more death metal than grindcore, featuring extremely heavy riffs and deep low vocals.
The album was recorded at Morrisound Recording in Tampa, Florida, where since many classic Death Metal albums have been recorded. Florida Death Metallers Glen Benton from Deicide and John Tardy from Obituary were guest vocalists for the song "Unfit Earth".
The tracks from the Mentally Murdered EP,[2] are included at the end of early editions of the CD, though versions now in print feature only the standard eleven tracks.
It is the first Napalm Death album to feature Mark "Barney" Greenway as the vocalist and Americans Mitch Harris and Jesse Pintado as guitarists, and the last with Mick Harris on drums.
Richard Johnson, a member of Agoraphobic Nosebleed, says that the wide distribution of Harmony Corruption ensured that it had a greater impact on the American grindcore scene than earlier Napalm Death efforts.[3]
Their third UK chart entry, this album peaked at number 67. Limited vinyl pressing included the bonus LP with live set recorded at I.C.A.
In 2012, Earache Records released a remixed & remastered edition, containing bonus tracks.
The track "Suffer the Children" was released as single on vinyl and CD, which features the non-album tracks "Siege of Power" and "Harmony Corruption".[4]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Vision Conquest" | 2:42 |
| 2. | "If the Truth Be Known" | 4:12 |
| 3. | "Inner Incineration" | 2:57 |
| 4. | "Malicious Intent" | 3:26 |
| 5. | "Unfit Earth" | 5:03 |
| 6. | "Circle of Hypocrisy" | 3:15 |
| 7. | "The Chains that Bind Us" | 4:08 |
| 8. | "Mind Snare" | 3:42 |
| 9. | "Extremity Retained" | 2:01 |
| 10. | "Suffer the Children" | 4:21 |
| CD bonus track | ||
|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Length |
| 11. | "Hiding Behind" | 5:15 |
| Live at the I.C.A. London 29 June 1990 | ||||
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| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Length |
| 1. | "Rise Above" | Lee Dorrian | Embury | |
| 2. | "Success?" | Jim Whitely | ||
| 3. | "From Enslavement to Obliteration" | |||
| 4. | "Control" | Justin Broadrick | ||
| 5. | "Walls of Confinement" | Dorrian | Mick Harris | |
| 6. | "Instinct of Survival" | Broadrick | ||
| 7. | "Siege of Power" | Broadrick | ||
| 8. | "Avalanche Master Song" (Godflesh cover) | Godflesh | Godflesh | |
| 9. | "You Suffer?" | Broadrick | ||
| 10. | "Deceiver" | Whitely | ||
Personnel
Napalm Death
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Backing vocals (5)Technical personnel
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Chart positions
| Chart (1990) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| UK Albums (OCC)[5] | 67 |
References
- ↑ Birchmeier, Jason. Napalm Death: Harmony Corruption > Overview at AllMusic. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
- ↑ http://www.metal-archives.com/albums/Napalm_Death/Suffer_the_Children/17127
- ↑ Kevin Stewart-Panko, "Altered States," "Grindcore Special" part 2, Terrorizer #181, March 2009, p. 42-43.
- ↑ "Napalm Death 'Suffer the Children'". Earache.com. Earache. Retrieved 1 December 2014.
- ↑ "Napalm Death | Artist | Official Charts". UK Albums Chart Retrieved 11 October 2014.