Napalm Death : "Throes of Joy in the Jaws of Defeatism"

The album opens with the kind of scathing assualt these guys are expected to give. "Backlash Just 
ecause" works of the same formula, the first riff that catches me ear is on "That Curse of Being in Thrall".There is a great bass tone on this album. The guitar are dialed into modern metal perfection , younger bands could stand to take notes. They uses more melodic naunces than they used to .The vocals stay a similar snarl for the first three songs. The riff punch you in the face and are sure to make your ears ring. In recent years I have found them a better studio band than a live band. The timely titled "Contagion" is more rock in it's metal attack and a fairly concisely written song , more fine tuned than their earlier work.

It always seemed funny to me that even being named Napalm Death the band is not death metal. In more recent albums as they have changed with the times sounds more similar to death have cropped up. Lyrically I know this is supposed to be a big social justice album, though anyone will claim anything to sell records. This doesn't matter because on most songs you can not understand what he is saying any way/ "Invigorating Clutch" finds them using more groove. The lyrics almost cut through with a more refined snarl he spits them from .  The monochrome ranting grows a little stale on " Zreo Gravitas Chamber". There is a pretty cool riff to " Fluxing of the Muscle" the vocals begin to wear on me thus making it harder for the guitar to carry it all. .Not to mention the fact that the rule here is cool riffs alone does not a good song makel.

"Amoral" is the song that made me want to check this album out, mainly because it sounds like Killing Joke. It is a great song too bad the vocals drag the rest of the album down. "Acting in Gouged Faith" just kinda blasts by. These guys know what they are doing . What they are doing is just sometimes more dynamic than other times. I do like the darker turn and sung vocals on  the last song. I will give this album an 8. It is worth a listen and enjoyed what I heard . Appreciated these guys more than actually listened to them if you are a fan and not looking for them to remake 'Scum' you should like this . Out on Century Media.