Harmony Corruption
Studio album by
Napalm Death
ReleasedJuly 1990 (1990-07)
StudioMorrisound Recording, Tampa, Florida, United States
Genre
Length41:02
Label
Producer
Napalm Death chronology
Mentally Murdered
(1989)		 Harmony Corruption
(1990)		 Mass Appeal Madness
(1991)
Singles from Harmony Corruption
  1. "Suffer the Children"
    Released: August 1990
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal5/10[2]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[3]
Entertainment WeeklyC[4]
Select[5]
Spin Alternative Record Guide6/10[6]

Harmony Corruption is the third studio album by British grindcore band Napalm Death, released in 1990 on Earache Records.

The style of the album is more death metal than grindcore, featuring extremely heavy riffs and deep low vocals. It was recorded at Morrisound Recording in Tampa, Florida, where 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,[7] 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.[8]

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.[9]

In 2012, Earache Records released 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".[10] A video was made for "Suffer the Children".[11]

Track listing

No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Vision Conquest"Shane EmburyEmbury2:42
2."If the Truth Be Known"
  • Embury
  • Mark Greenway
Embury4:12
3."Inner Incineration"EmburyJesse Pintado2:57
4."Malicious Intent"EmburyEmbury3:26
5."Unfit Earth"GreenwayMick Harris5:03
6."Circle of Hypocrisy"GreenwayMick Harris3:15
7."The Chains that Bind Us"
  • Embury
  • Greenway
Mick Harris4:08
8."Mind Snare"GreenwayMitch Harris3:42
9."Extremity Retained"GreenwayMick Harris2:01
10."Suffer the Children"GreenwayMick Harris4:21
CD bonus track
No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
11."Hiding Behind"GreenwayMick Harris5:15
Live at the I.C.A. London 29 June 1990
No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Rise Above"Lee DorrianEmbury 
2."Success?"Jim Whitely  
3."From Enslavement to Obliteration"   
4."Control"Justin BroadrickJustin Broadrick 
5."Walls of Confinement"DorrianMick Harris 
6."Instinct of Survival"BroadrickJustin Broadrick 
7."Siege of Power"Broadrick  
8."Avalanche Master Song" (Godflesh cover)GodfleshGodflesh 
9."You Suffer?"BroadrickNick Bullen 
10."Deceiver"Whitely  

Personnel

Chart positions

Chart (1990) Peak position
UK Albums (OCC)[12] 67

References

  1. ↑ Birchmeier, Jason. Napalm Death: Harmony Corruption > Overview at AllMusic. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
  2. ↑ Popoff, Martin (2007). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 3: The Nineties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 305. ISBN 978-1-894959-62-9.
  3. ↑ Larkin, Colin, ed. (2007). Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th concise ed.). Omnibus Press. pp. 1015–1016. ISBN 978-0857125958.
  4. ↑ Browne, David (25 January 1991). "Death Metal new releases". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on 9 January 2018. Retrieved 27 December 2023.
  5. ↑ Perry, Neil (October 1990). "Masters Of Brutality". Select. No. 4. p. 116.
  6. ↑ Norris, Chris (1995). "Napalm Death". In Weisbard, Eric; Marks, Craig (eds.). Spin Alternative Record Guide. Vintage Books. pp. 265–266. ISBN 0-679-75574-8.
  7. ↑ "Napalm Death - Suffer the Children - Encyclopaedia Metallum: The Metal Archives".
  8. ↑ Kevin Stewart-Panko, "Altered States," "Grindcore Special" part 2, Terrorizer #181, March 2009, p. 42-43.
  9. ↑ Napalm Death - Harmony Corruption, retrieved 23 January 2023
  10. ↑ "Napalm Death 'Suffer the Children'". Earache.com. Earache. Retrieved 1 December 2014.
  11. ↑ Newman, Melinda (16 February 1991). "The Eye". Billboard. Vol. 103, no. 7. New York: BPI Communications. p. 56. ISSN 0006-2510. OCLC 4086332.
  12. ↑ "Napalm Death | Artist | Official Charts". UK Albums Chart. Retrieved 11 October 2014.
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