''Throes of Joy in the Jaws of Defeatism'' is the sixteenth studio album by British
grindcore
Grindcore is an extreme fusion genre of heavy metal and hardcore punk that originated in the mid-1980s, drawing inspiration from abrasive-sounding musical styles, such as thrashcore, crust punk, hardcore punk, extreme metal, and industrial. G ...
band
Napalm Death
Napalm Death are an English grindcore band formed in 1981 in Meriden, West Midlands. None of the band's original members has been in the group since 1986. But since ''Utopia Banished'' (1992), the lineup of bassist Shane Embury, guitarist Mitch ...
. It was released on 18 September 2020 through
Century Media.
It is the band's first full-length studio album since 2015's ''
Apex Predator – Easy Meat
''Apex Predator – Easy Meat'' is the fifteenth studio album by British grindcore band Napalm Death, released on 23 January 2015 through Century Media. Since the band recorded the album in segments, recording took almost a year. In advance of ...
'', making it their longest gap between albums.
''
Metal Hammer'' named it as the second best metal album of 2020.
Track listing
Personnel
Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes.
Napalm Death
*
Barney Greenway – vocals
*
Shane Embury – bass, backing vocals, noises, guitars
*
Danny Herrera – drums
Additional musicians
* John Cooke – guitars
* Russ Russell – noises
Production and design
*
Russ Russell –
production,
recording,
engineering,
mixing,
mastering
* Frode Sundbø Sylthe – artwork, layout
* Gobinder Jhitta – photography
Charts
References
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2020 albums
Century Media Records albums
Napalm Death albums
Albums produced by Russ Russell