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Utopia Banished
Metal · 1992 · 19 tracks

Utopia Banished

Napalm Death

Nineteen tracks of industrialized grindcore that solidified the band's death metal pivot. Thick, suffocating production meets high-velocity political warfare.

May 1992 · Earache

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Relentless, confrontational energy with moments of exhausted, dystopian tension.

Tracklist · 19 Tracks
01
Discordance
1:25
02
I Abstain
3:30
03
Dementia Access
2:28
04
Christening of the Blind
3:21
05
The World Keeps Turning
2:55
06
Idiosyncratic
2:35
07
Aryanisms
3:08
08
Cause and Effect, Part II
2:07
09
Judicial Slime
2:36
10
Distorting the Medium
1:58
11
Got Time to Kill
2:27
12
Upward and Uninterested
2:07
13
Exile
2:00
14
Awake (to a Life of Misery)
2:05
15
Contemptuous
4:21
16
One and the Same
1:50
17
Sick and Tired
1:26
18
Malignant Trait
2:20
19
Killing With Kindness
2:02
Moments Worth Listening For
The jarring transition from the cinematic samples of Discordance into the sheer velocity of I Abstain
The mid-tempo sludge breakdown in Contemptuous that provides a rare moment of suffocating weight
That specific snare snap on Judicial Slime that sounds like bone breaking in a small room
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How does Utopia Banished sound next to the rest of Napalm Death's catalogue?

Intense+1.4σ

The vocals lean notably further into intense than the rest of the catalogue.

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