Scum

I can see how people like the high energy of it but not for me. Every genre deserves an album on here but hopefully none more from this genre. Rating: 1.7

Completely not my thing. I wish I could like this kind of music. But every fiber of my being rejects it. I can hear the talent in some of the playing. However this makes me angry. I get angrier the longer I listen. There’s no catharsis for me. This completely ruined my day. 1/5

I have not heard of this album or band before. From the album cover I could tell exactly what this album would sound like. They have pretty strong instrumentals that I appreciated and good metal vocals but nothing really stood out to me. For that reason, I don’t think I will listen again.

Terrible. Terrible. Terrible. It's not even interesting from a historic or cultural perspective. I like almost all genres. Not this one.

It's not for me.

Apparently a landmark grindcore album. It sounds like the band started writing each song and halfway through decided to make it very loud in the hopes that no one would care that it's not complete. The longer tracks are a bit better. 'Siege of Power' is the only one I'd return to. Obviously though, the effect of jumping from one track to the next in rapid succession is part of the charm for fans, to the point of absolutely absurdity. I have to kind of admire the ridiculousness of releasing a 1 second song as a single. But as a listening experience, 'Scum' is mostly tedious with a handful of good moments that disappear as fast as they emerge.

I don't know whether to give it a 1 because it was so unpleasant, or a 2 because it didn't bother me.

3 / 10 Grindcore, voces guturales y música que por momentos no es más que ruido. No es escuchable para mí.

Another heavy metal no for me.

Ce n'est pas le meilleur album de grindcore que j'ai écouté, mais je dois rendre à César ce qui revient à César, beaucoup de groupes de ce genre n'existerait pas sans Scum. C'est quand même vraiment plus intéressant que ce que j'anticipais. Mes excuses à toutes les personnes fragiles ici qui sont trop sensibles pour entendre des styles plus agressifs (pas vraiment en fait). 7/10

These guys play really fast - and shittily.

Technically impressive. But honestly, I don’t get it. Despite multiple listens I couldn’t understand the lyrics. I love punk, hardcore, and most fast and loud music (from musicians that aren’t anywhere near as technically gifted as Napalm Death), but I couldn’t get into this album regardless how hard I tried. I feel like everything just kind of jumbled together to my ears. Every song sounded like the same mush. Maybe I should give myself 2 stars instead of the album… I’m glad I had an excuse to check this out but frankly I don’t think I want to revisit anytime soon.

These are the complete lyrics for the first song on the album. How can anybody not love it? Multinational corporations Genocide of the starving nations I'm not sure this is what he's actually singing, but these are from a lyric site. So yeah, the cookie monster vocals are kind of campy, but the band rocks.

Det här är inte musik.

Omg finally. Been waiting 3 years for this one. 1

not my jam

not bad not great

I can appreciate from a music discovery perspective that this album made this list, but let's get real, this kind of abrasive, face-melting noise is extremely niche and surely only truly enjoyed by those who grace the lower 1% on the music enjoyment bell curve.

Just a bit much this really

Bangs

Hate!

absolutely *not* the worst album on the list

Metal isn't not my stuff it seems

Its really hard to make an album like this, but really hard to listen to

There wasn’t much for me in this album. 13 or 14-year-old me probably would’ve loved it. I don’t really listen to this much anymore so I didn’t do anything for me. I only like the one song scum and that was it.

Actually, you know what? I already listened to music before I came over. Yeah man. I’m good, really.

Wild! Pretty cool in fact, but in smaller brites. Over the whole album, it gets on my nerves

Grindcore not really my thing. Actually hard to rate this

Ist das Musik? Oder kann das weg? Also ich kann mir das nicht anhören!

First of all, I can completely understand why someone would hate this. But if you are someone that ever wants to kick the world's teeth in then I think you can vibe with this. It's not an every day listen type of thing but it definitely has its place in my life more than lots of higher ranked records on this list. Plus Siege of Power fucking rocks.

Grindcore, hardcore-punk, male, growls, very fast, iconic grindcore, puts a smile on my face, but gives me nothing, live funny

I like some metal but those vocals 🤮

evidemment c’est un 1 il n’y a aucune surprise a ce sujet

Not for me 1*

I've seen and enjoyed Napalm Death live. They are great fun. I don't think this comes across here... its fine as background music but nothing particularly jumped out.

Great music, but definitely not my style of singing. I like to understand what is being sung and a melodic voice.

Not a big fan of vomit

It just felt like noise. The instruments were great though.

Just uninteresting to me. It’s not even not bad but it’s to embracive to be considered background music. not for me

Tolerated this while playing Under Falling Skies. Pretty sure I'm going to lose. The first track starts, and I think to myself, "well, it's not my style, but it's not atrocious...at least I can understand the lyrics somewhat." Then track 2 destroyed any hope of this being listenable. It was a beautiful day out, so I had my windows open while listening to the album. I just had some new neighbors move in across the street and this is literally the first music to come out of my house. This couldn't give them a more inaccurate impression of who I am. It makes me laugh so hard that the next album on my list is Taylor Swift.

I listened to this twice and liked my second listen way better than my first (helped I was able to pay more attention the second time). It's impressive that you can still pick out the different instruments when the playing is this fast and scuzzy. I liked the songs when they were more melodic, but when the band goes into full grindcore mode I quickly got bored.

Scum is the debut album by English grindcore band Napalm Death. The album is split into two sides for two different recording sessions spanning multiple years. The first half is more like hardcore punk, while the second half is extreme heavy metal, making the fusion of these genres grindcore. This is one of the most acclaimed albums from the European grindcore scene and was the culmination of a decade long search for the hardest and fastest sound. Fun fact: the song "You Suffer" won the Guinness Book of Records' world's shortest song, at precisely 1.316 seconds long. Overall, this was a demented, heavy album. It's chaotic, while being hard hitting and entertaining. Personally, I enjoyed the longer, more thought out tracks from the first half of the album, and some of the tracks on the second half started to sound the same. Any fans of heavy metal or hardcore punk will appreciate this album.

I’m sure this album is held in high regards by the metal community but it’s just not my cup of tea.

Too heavy for me

yousfr

Technically impressive, but just too extreme to be enjoyable

Dope instrumentals and breakdowns. I feel like I'm more used to this style of singing than the average person and can still find it grating over the course of 28 tracks.

Only noise!

Not a huge fan of thrash metal, but this was ok.

Decent Classic rock ablum

Eh

It’s not that it’s bad, it’s just not my taste.

3.5

Not for me sounds like my stomach after a heavy curry.

not for me!

Not for me and that’s ok

If you're training for a contest where you need to play as many repetitive notes as fast as you can or squawk indiscernibly in a yelling manner this is the band to go to for tips.

Not my thing. Pure grunge, death metal. Unlistenable

They got the title correct, best song on the album, albeit on a very low bar. In general a nightmare akin to turning the dial on the radio in search of something lighter only to find the apocalypse in motion with this as the pervasive broadcast.

No

not for me

I wonder who had the crazy idea to bring a drum kit, guitar and mic to cavemen. Regardless, pretty cool.

Day 20 Sorry Metal fans, but it wasn't great. Not the biggest fan of metal (like, at all). So I think I have to give this a 1.

This is bad. After listening to the first 3 songs, you'll think "this is horrible, I just want to get through this crap". 20 minutes later, your on the last 10 songs and suddenly those first 3 songs seem like heaven in comparison to where this album goes. Like listening to the Tasmanian Tiger from The Looney Tunes sing whilst being tased by Elmer Fudd. Don't listen to this. It's rated this low for a reason.

Just noise. Not a heavy metal fan.

A littoral too heavy for me.

Very hard hitting metal, music was actually alright, probably wouldn't listen again though

Entertainingly bad? There's something amusing hearing the "vocals" scream unintelligible nonsense over just ridiculous drums and guitar riffs. It's definitely an album to listen to one time and then never again.

I get its anarchic but it’s not fun to listen to. It’s like seeing a canvas smeared with shit in an art gallery. I’ll always prefer a nice inoffensive Constable.

At least it was short?

Good album (by two different bands). Pretty groundbreaking in the extreme metal world. World record holder for shortest song.

I turned it off in about 10 seconds.

NGL if there were no vocals, I wouldn't hate it.

To quote Monty Python: they are not scum, they are just naughty boys. Find this really boring, am into punk but then the one that is exciting. Fully deserved 2 stars

Just bad

Napalm Death is a good name because listening to this feels like a fiery, painful, agonizingly long death.

No thank you please

I will either thoroughly enjoy metal music, or I'll find it exquisitely awful. This is the latter. It reminds me of going to local hardcore shows back in high school. But unlike those shows, I'm not happy to be a part of the experience. A good gripper of solid riffs and rolls keep this from being completely unpalatable.

I have heard this style used many times and they were always a great experience

quite cool, i like it! :D

Somewhere off the shores of hell there is an American camp playing this album on blast for POW’s.

.5 stars for authenticity .5 stars for musicianship Why was this on here

nema isusa....

Too noisy and annoying vocals

In a nutshell: short, fast, loud. Recorded by the pioneers of grindcore - a sub-genre that fuses punk, metal, industrial, anarchy and the kitchen sink. Not my kind of thing but feel that genre and sub-genre diversity is important for this project. Overall: 4/10.

Noise. Nothing else. Should be 0.

28 canciones en 33 minutos que parecen 3 horas y 3 minutos. Ruido. Malos dentro del death metal. Un dolor. 1.

Someone needs to calm down and take a throat lozenge. Sounds like Animal from the Muppets stubbing his toe and falling down stairs.

When I first heard Napalm Death it was an eye opener and me and my friends decided we could form a band of similar quality. I was going to be the guitarist, one of my mates could do a passable job of shouting into a microphone, we struggled for drums and bass, but these didn't seem important at the time. Anyway, nothing much ever came of that short-lived endeavour. As for the album, I love the first side, but the second side is just a bit too muddy and the flashes of brilliance are less frequent. Having not heard this album for a long, long time, it reminds me of other bands like Nuclear Assault, who were around at the same time and doing the same sort of thing. A strong 4 stars, but not quite enough for 5.

did not dislike the music. cant stand the singing. 3/10

Inescuchable.

1/5 Sorry this is completely unlistenable, I tried 4-5 songs.

Zero stars, and I like metal

Hyvät setit

Meika þetta ekki sorry

Terrible, absolute rubbish. Would give it a 0 if allowed.

And now for something completely different: Grindcore Instinct of survival's vocals sound like a barking dog. I dig the high-energy instrumentals though. These tracks are all so short! I can see most people not enjoying this (including myself) because it's such a distinctive, inaccessible genre that will just sound like a bunch of noise to people. It's a 1-2* in the first few tracks for me. Sounds like Doom music. Yeah, kinda hate this one, giving me a migraine. 1*. I couldn't wait for it to be over.

Too boring.

So this is THE grindcore classic. Good to know.

This feels like a punk record. I can appreciate it and even the growling seems to make sense.

Interesting grindcore. Better than I thought

Did what it was supposed to do. Super heavy metal just isn’t really my thing

I like metal, but this style of metal is ridiculous. It is overly repetitive and the lead vocals are absurd. No one needs to hear this album before they die. The fact they haven't broken 1,000,000 plays on most of their stuff says it all. No one likes this crap.

1.5/10

It's clear that these guys are very talented at playing their respective instruments. Some of the intros to these tracks are impressive. Such a shame they inevitably ruin each track by turning great riffs into generic indistinguishable noise. And then the singing, or rather the lack of singing, more like a weird yell/shout. There was not a single word or line I understood. How can you mumble something so bad while also screaming it. Not a single track here I would come back to, not even for the few seconds on most tracks which have great instrumentation. Such a shame and a waste of talent. Shit.

No, I'm not listening to this - I've heard this band before. It's unbelivably terrible. For 13 year old boys only.

Pretty rowdy and brutal stuff. I think the second half was better. In all likelihood will never listen to this again

A blast (beat) from the past. Enjoyable as always

I liked the second half of this more than the first when the tempo slowed slightly. This style of metal singing does absolutely nothing for me and I'd have preferred them as instrumentals in all honesty. I enjoyed the blast beats and chugging guitar riffs. Am I going to listen to this again? Probably not. Am I glad it exists? Yes

2.25

I don’t hate this album’s music. Grindcore is not something I listen to really, but I like hardcore and death metal so theoretically I should like grindcore. Not exactly. I like the aggression, but it’s not being channeled properly here. The songs are punchy, but they are more concerned with packing as many drums and strums than they are with writing a balanced song. The singing is not my thing either. I recognize that this style has its adherents, but even in its context, it doesn’t seem to have been mixed well and is drowned out by the music. Much of what I think is wrong with this album comes down to half-baked ideas and bad production instincts.

I love death metal and still hate this album. Some good riffs but mostly garbage

SCUM!

yea... no....

Is this music?

Definitely a lot heavier than I typically enjoy, but this was a solid album. I enjoyed the "A-Side" more but overall there was a lot of cool riffs on this one. The drumming was locked in and kept pushing the album forward like a well oiled machine. The four second "You suffer" was ridiculous. The middle and back half of the album had some good scream-o but that's not my scene. Overall a mixed bag.

Musically, I can see why people enjoy this. It is NOT for me.

Hier moet je van houden en dat doe ik niet

Beetje hard, maar wel een goed album!

Well… You know, I could actually tell the difference between sides 1 and 2. I is definitely more metal and 2 more punk. I don’t understand the appeal of this vocal style, and what is the point of having sociopolitical lyrics if they are unintelligible? I made it all the way through, unlike the John Zorn offering. I sort of want to give this 1.5 for some reason. The reviews amuse me

The musical equivalent of finger painting. One thinks of what kids often say, when first encountering a Pollock or de Koonig or a Frankenthaler or Kraser at a modern art museum, that they could do better. In this case, the kids would be right.

Not really my type of music, but the lyrics (despite the vocalist’s often incomprehensible ramblings) serve some meaning that makes it a standout album in my opinion. 3.1/5. Favorite/Least Favorite: I have no opinion on my favorite or least favorite tracks of this album.

A little hard to pin down

I've been looking forward to getting this one, based on the reviews on the site. It really isn't as bad as people say! Obviously the lyrics are impossible to comprehend - even when reading along with them it's hard to hear individual words. But musically it is very well put together. I did prefer the first half though, the second half was a bit rougher and apparently performed by basically a different band. It was definitely groundbreaking and influential too. Honestly, I'd say this was more interesting and engaging than about 10-15% of the 300+ albums I've gotten so far.

No es mi rollo, portada chula pero yo soy mas de otros tipos de metal

Dios santo bendito. Canciones de un minuto que empiezan con la misma mierda, voz berreando y metal, y se acaba. Lo más notorio del álbum creo que ha sido que la voz se ha quedado berrando un poco más en una. Definitivamente no es mi tipo de música.

Wtf

Affreux, répétitif, inaudible mais tellement drôle. Évidemment "You suffer" et ses 1 seconde et quelque, mais aussi l'enchaînement de 4 chansons à partir de "succes?", toutes identiques, toutes ridicules, le chanteur qui hurle la même note tout le temps, une deuxième voix qu'on dirait assurée par un Donald sous speed, un batteur qui tape tant qu'il peut sur tout ce qu'il trouve. 28 titres, 30 et quelques minutes.... Content d'avoir découvert ça, en espérant que je n'ai plus a trop l'écouter.

Yeah, no.

Big time no

I like thrash music. But I pretty much stick to the "Big Four". Not a fan of this stuff.

I feel like this is what you get when your band consists of a drummer who can't really play time very well so just bashes around randomly, your guitar player only knows three power chords and two strumming patterns, and you don't have a singer so your weird neighbor from across the street comes over and makes random sounds in the mic which are mostly in time but not always. And what's with an album that has 28 songs and is 33 minutes long? I love metal but this doesn't really count. 2 stars because at least there are real instruments present.

intense! I think I'd describe the vocals as 'dogs barking', reminded me a lot of Slayer's classics. Good to jam to and get the Tuesday frustrations out!! It sounded like the drummer was having a blast, I bet these songs would be really cathartic to play on drums. 3.5*

Can’t pick a favorite - toss up between Divine Death and The Kill.

Trying too hard to be horrible. 1/5

3. I love it. It's definitely different and unique but wow

While the sound of grindcore doesn't much appeal to me, I at least know what it is I am listening to. The back half of the album was way better than the front half.

too much for me

The only consistent thing about this experience so far is that I have wanted to never listen to garbage the likes of this multiple times. So far my trash list also includes Slayer and Slipknot. Fucking atrocious stuff from all three. 0 out of 5 (so a forced 1 again).

I love metal but I couldn't stand this. Short songs where they are just banging on their instruments accompanied by a guttural scream. It's messy and just because they're trying to play as fast as humanly possible doesn't make it good.

Not my thing

Aus den 1001 Alben. Dann hör ich es mir doch mal von vorne bis hinten an! Gefällt mir gut, kenne es ja schon ein bisschen. Schön schnell und brutal. Irgendwie ja aiuch auch geil, dass es nicht so „gut“ produziert ist wie die neueren Sachen. Dadurch aber auch ein bisschen weniger einfach zugänglich.

Unlistenable is a mild way of putting it.

Een hoop kwaadheid gebundeld in heel korte nummer. Zo kort dat je zou twijfelen of ze zichzelf wel serieus nemen. Maar muzikaal is dit best wel oké

Grindcore has always been hit or miss for me, but I've always preferred the later sounds of the genre. I enjoyed it while listening, but I don't think I'd revisit this album. 3/5

Dear diary: Song 9 out of 28, I thought when I started this album I might enjoy it. So far no enjoyment found. Dear diary: Song 18 out of 28, I think my eyes are going cross, and my brain hurts. Dear diary: I'm tired boss.

I enjoyed this more than I thought I would. Some I enjoyed more than others, such as The Kill, Scum, Human Garbage, and C.S.

definitely an experience. i don’t know how often i would revisit other than when i wanna get pumped to throw a garbage can through a starbies window

My head still hurts but it was better than listening to the Fox announcers while watching the TTUN v. MD game

I kinda needed this. OG Grindcore. This hits hard.

Listened to this album and compulsively headbanged. Napalm Death is one of the greatest bands of all time. Want to see a sight? See them live and see their Pulp-looking vocalist lose absolutely every inch of chill he has screaming about every single bullshit thing about capitalism. Also, check out that one review about the guy banging out a German goth in a pub bathroom while listening to Napalm Death. Makes more sense than anything in the world.

The review for "Shark Sandwich" was merely a two word review which simply read "Shit Sandwich".

Forgot about this. What an album. Noise roaring then every so often an awesome riff breaks out before degenerating into nauseous sludge. Or in Napalm Death terms “DWA BRAH BURGH BUURRGGG RRRAARR DOH” Lee Dorian does the vocals on the second half of the album and he’s a tremendous singer outwith napalm death. Go listen to Hopkins (witchfinder general) by cathedral for something more palatable

This is just not my thing🤷‍♂️

Cool little short spurts of heavy metal madness. I love the guitar playing and the instrumentals in general. However the cadence of the vocals does really play in that charicature of nonsensical dog woofing metal vocals.

rubbish

Ikke helt min smak

Not m cuppa char, not at all

Bit heavy

I don’t understand screamer sorry

Why so many short songs, literally a 4 second song on here, breaks up the album too much for me, actually quite liked Seige of power and Scum, longest 2 songs on the album, rest felt too stop/start for me

Just no

Not my cup of joe

I guess I’m old now. Two songs in (maybe three?) and I gave up. There’s an old joke that goes ‘how can you tell one bluegrass tune from another? By the title.’ and it rings true with bluegrass, but this is some next level repetitive shit that can only be recognized as separate tracks by the silence in between. Seriously. I don’t care how legit angry or disaffected you are, the message is lost about 20” in. Just shit. I mean the longer I listened, I got more and more angry that this was released to the public, much less put on this list. Jesus fuck it’s horrible. Like I want to go find these dudes and the dude who put them on this list and slap them in their stupid faces. Just fuck you, for real. 0/5

Ça sonne comme ce que ma mère pense qu’est le métal, mais en vraiment pire. C’est quasiment une parodie du genre à quel point c’est du dégurgit sonore.

Shiiiiite

Absolutely not my thing

boring after second song

no es mi tipo ni loco. deberia leer las letras. muy zarpado igualmente

Hardcore meets extreme thrash, throwing in demonic growling vocals likely influenced by contemporary death / black metal bands at the time. What we have is grindcore, notorious for very fast highly repetitive riffs (that are often groovy) and blast beats (being spammed by a swarm of various percussions). Out of 28 tracks, only 3 of them are over 2 minutes. And yet, as overwhelming they can be at first, I can pick out the riffs pretty well paying attention to it. It's a lot of fun, especially the super weird ones like "Moral Crusade", but I do think it loses its charm in the latter half, and 33 minutes might actually be too long for this format.

This album is important because it's basically the birth of grindcore so I understand why it's included here, but the fact is that they've made much better albums right after that one.

Innovation doesn't always show up dressed in white satin.

This is genius and innovative, but grindcore is suppose to be kind of bad isn't it? There were better albums to come, but thanks to Scum for starting the mess.

I only really know this album from the global stats page of the generator, namely it being on the worst reviewed albums and the legendary review about a guy fucking a fat goth chick in Dresden to this song. I can't really articulate the vibes of this album any better than that guy did but I will say that I didn't think it was unlistenable trash. Obviously I wouldn't listen to it more than the 33 minutes (with 28 songs lol) I had to but I was fine with the hardcore punk/thrash metal guitars and the unintelligible vocals weren't as grating as I've found them to be on shit Sepultura albums and the like. I also liked that they really hammered home the anti-capitalist messaging using comedically gothic song titles and cover art since you can't understand the lyrics

Gilfoyle used “you suffer” in the Silicon Valley episode for the crypto notification and that was hilarious. This album however is not hilarious it is pretty brutal/loud. I’d have to be in the right mood for it but it’s good

Half of it was great.

Rating: 4/10

I don’t like this.

1/2

Bad.

British guy picked this to be on the 1001 albums list and not Bathory because of his Anglocentrism.

I'm a metal fan in general but I can't stand incoherent blast beats.

Ahhh this album. I've known about it for a long time and was wondering when I would get it. I had avoided listening to it until I got it to see what the fuss is about. Yeah I get it. If the vocals weren't here, it'd be at least somewhat tolerable. It isn't great, but at least there is some form of musicality. Then the vocals come in. At 33 minutes, at least it is short, but it still felt 15 minutes too long.

No album needs 28 songs, even if they are all short. Music was not my taste, although pretty apt for Halloween with the rage and scary factor waaaaaay up, did not finish the album had heard enough.

It wasn’t too unpleasant for me or anything, but I thought by the end it was just too much of the same kinda stuff. I don’t hate the idea of screamy distorted music, but I feel like there’s only so much you can do with this particular subgenre. It probably was quite influential in that subgenre though

Life is just so full of moments where you aren't sure what to do. Like, I'm meeting my prospective employer for lunch. Or What about I'm opening a posh brunch restaurant? Or even the old conundrum.. What should our first dance be at the wedding? And at all these kinds of moments, the same nagging question comes up. What should I play?!? Well fret no more, because 'SCUM' is here for you. With such diverse sound influences such as drowning a family of racoons in a bathtub full of Drano all the way to automotive collisions, Napalm Death brings us something truly unrivaled. With the lyric and vocal sounds that really fit every one of life's most meaningful moments. The melodies and the consistent chords and drumming that won't upset the applecart so to speak. It would seem you can always count on Napalm Death to deliver that warm embrace you've always been looking for. That sound that so adroitly blends heroin, violence, sweat, and daddy issues so lushly.

Bass Drum of (Napalm) Death

Who knew that Animal from "The Muppets" inspired a whole genre? Napalm Death may have pioneered grindcore, but it's clear that they took their influence from the drumming force from Dr. Teeth and the Electric Mayhem. However, there's no Dr. Teeth or Floyd Pepper to restrain Napalm Death, so it's all manic Animal all the time. Jim Henson and Frank Oz parodied the drummers of the 60s and 70s, and then these repressed Brits went and (unknowingly, we must assume) parodied the parody muppet? Congrats on your Guiness World Record for shortest song, Napalm Death. Congrats on surely destroying countless symbols and drumsticks. Congrats on quickly convincing me that grindcore sucks. So, if not Napalm Death, what death replacement? I offer instead... Death Cab for Cutie - "Transatlanticism" (2003) and "Plans" (2005) and "Narrow Stairs" (2008) Death Cab is another band with emo roots that expanded and transcended the genre, a genre that deserves representation on the 1001 well before grindcore. With the three album run from "Transatlanticism" to "Narrow Stairs," DCFC created a lush sonic landscape full of longing and intense passion. Ben Gibbard's plaintive vocals retained the emo earnestness, while Chris Walla's crystal clear guitar notes continuously propel songs just to the edge of bursting before pulling back. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

No

This is 100% most definitely an album everyone needs to hear. Frankly it wasn’t as horrible as I expected. The guitarist has some killer riffs. Instinct Of Survival sounds like a Master Of Puppets rip off, but good nonetheless. The guitarist is not the reason that everyone needs to hear this. That honor goes to trivia knowledge. Everyone must hear this album so that they can confidently answer: What is the worst abomination ever recorded on a music album? Ever. For all-time. Answer: the vocals on this album. Atrocious can’t begin to properly describe them.

Not a fan of metal. I like it live and can hear the talent but it’s not for me.

duhduhduhduhduhduhduhduhduhduhduhduhduhduhduhduh bangbangbank roarAAAAARRRRRRroarROOAAAAAAARRRRRRRRR

The vocals didn’t do it for me

Human Garbage, CS

I didn't understand a single word from this album. The music is repetitive and straight noise. I don't really know why it's on this list. BUT... I know why this kind of music is needed. It doesn't have a high musical value or any of that artistic things. But it's so much fun for a band to play it. Just imagine being one of the members and playing the tracks. It's hella fun. Also great album cover.

A hilarious album. Only at all enjoyable because of how short the songs were. I don't plan on listening to this again but it was funny and I'm glad I've heard it once

Just not very good metal, drums are decent but that’s it Lots of short songs was interesting Didn’t enjoy listening, the vocals were just too off for me

28 songs in 33 mins was a plot twist - It definitely felt longer than 33 mins. The entire album was lots noise with grunts and yells. I don't think I'm angry enough to ever choose to play this.

2 stars purely for the comedic value

Really not my cup of tea. Very offensive to my ears and could not finish.

whoa. 3 stars.

This is one of the first examples of metal (particularly Death Metal) mixing with Punk. Loud, aggressive and unflinching. It is too to bottom an adrenaline rush. 22 songs in 33 mins tells you all you need to know.

Aggressively unpleasant to my ears and mind.

Napalm Death is a band that appeals only to certain kinds of people. That number does not include me.

helvetillistä musiikki aina naapurissa sama pauhu.. meikä kehtaa kuunnella.. kuunneltiin kuitenkin... pauhaa edelleen päässä.. high art kuitenkin..

This is a hot mess of guttural noises and thrashing drums and guitar work. How is this a must listen. There are significantly better metal albums than this. A 5 second song. That’s stupid. Give me the next album. 0.7/10

Okay, don’t brush this one off immediately, like I nearly did. Is it a great album? No. But I think a case can be made for having it on this list. It is pretty groundbreaking for metal music. I might be wrong, but I don’t think anyone had ever done blast beats before this. It’s nowhere near as melodic as popular metal of the time (Metallica, Megadeath, etc.) but it’s LEAGUES more technically proficient. I won’t say I enjoyed it, because honestly the shock, glamour, value, whatever you want to call it, wears off pretty quickly, but I would recommend anyone looking to expand horizons a bit listen to it. It’s an important piece of music filled with history and a subculture of its own.

This was a definite case of enjoying reading up on the band and it’s importance more than listening to said band’s output, but it’s certainly worth your time, especially if you have an interest in the history of metal.

Schrumm schrumm, ratter ratter, brüll brüll…

Nope

The ‘Singing’ isn’t for me.

Clearly a genre that will not be appealing to everyone. Even the album sales would indicate that this has a narrower audience. It is loud, fast, heavy, and deliberately noisy. Much harder to listen to if it is not your thing, but there is definitely something going on with the LP. Learning more about the history of the band and the album was probably more interesting than listening to the tracks, however.

Did not really like it then. Do not like it now.

Never heard of em, guess I like death metal? This rocks! Short album, short songs, tons of energy, all headbangers

Groovy as hell. Title track slaps

the 1 second song is awesome

Those who are not ready for grindcore will have a rough one of this. That being said, I hear elements of Motorhead in this, just way, way faster. I thought I didn't like the production on the first half of the record, but it ironically gets noticeably worse in the second half. Just happy to hear some more metal on this list, especially from a genre that you'd never actually expect. Favorite tracks: "Scum", "Siege of Power", "Control"

What is this noise. Like a poor man's slayer, with even lower growl vocals. Maybe good at the time but this has not aged well at all. Two stars for some riffs and some of the drumming

Precursores del thrash más bestia. Canciones muy parecidas entre sí. Batería repetitiva y guitarras intensas. No es un género que me llame especialmente

Not my usual sound but I enjoyed this. I guess at a little over a minute per song no individual one drones on for too long.

There's a song on this that lasts for 2 seconds, and to be fair, I didn't mind it. The rest was a bit more of a chore. I had to listen to Sufjan's Carrie and Lowell on volume 1 for an hour just to recover my delicate sensibilities.

Best for raging raves

Thought #1: initially enjoyed the fuzzy sound of the instruments, but the album wore on me quick. Thought #2: if Golem from Lord of the Rings ever had a chance at being a singer in a band, it was with this band.

Ok, so grindcore. Either you hate it, or you're at least a little damaged yourself. But there's a lot to appreciate here. I truly hate the vocals of this style, but otherwise it's clearly so influential. Musicians very skilled and precise. Anyway, glad I listened but I will not return to anything longer than the track "You Suffer."

Not enjoyable listening, but I knew that already. Trying to find likeable things to note: the album cover has a clever, albeit ham fisted, socio-political comment about big corporations and the selfish uncaring attitude of wholly capitalistic ventures. The drumming is almost incredible, hIghlighted in a few songs before the bass and guitars kick in. As a student of music I appreciate the occasional metal riffs that may have influenced other hardcore speed metal and industrial bands.

Is it an album I’d like to listen to again? No. But is it actively bad like some of the albums on this list? Definitely not. You Suffer was the greatest 1.316 seconds of my life though. 3/10

Best of the best!

Not even on the top 101,000 albums you need to listen to.

By far the worst of the worst. Utter garbage.

As the forefathers of grindcore, I understand how influential this album is. But man, I can’t listen to this, it’s too high on the spectrum of rage and chaos

Is this real?. Sounds like animal from the Muppets. Do people really pay to see this?

The dog left the room when this was on. Everyone’s a critic.

Side one is just bad but it’s kinda fun trying to figure out what they’re saying then side 2 is this weird nightmarish mess. 1/5

crucial album in the early days of grindcore, this album is critical of conservatism, capitalism, and religious dogma. with the short songs, fast beats, and politically charged lyrics it can be considered a really heavy punk record. good stuff.

This is much more where I am today. Some grindcore with death and doom notes. Not bad. I did not need 27 songs of it.

This might be the greatest album of this genre but I couldn’t get past the first song. TL/DR:Gross.

I'm not opposed to metal, I like metal. I respect metal. Apparently these guys paved a lot of roads for other major metal acts, and good for them. But I do not understand how anyone ever heard this and enjoyed it. It's just so rough. And not the music, it's the shitty shitty production here. With a little bit more effort this could have been tolerable. It just feels like exactly what would happen if you gave a group of delusional 16 year old kids that just picked up their instruments for the first time 2 days ago free reign to record their "masterpiece". It's garbage. I'm saving it from 1 star because I do wanna pay my respect to these fucking nutcases for just doing their thing.

Unrelenting noise that will brutalize you 33 minutes but somehow feel longer. I liked it. I hadn't listened to Napalm Death for decades but appreciate this slab of grind core. I will admit the vocals annoyed me after a while but that is the point in some ways. I questionably influential

A nice smooth album to listen to on a quiet night.

Look, I'm an unapologetic metal-head. I love hardcore and spent most of my 20s in the pit. I'm used to the growls and screams of the genre and they don't generally put me off. But, even for me, this is a bit much with the incoherent grunting. But that's not really the main issue. The problem is that, while there are a few decent songs here, most of the album is filled with... filler. Which is saying something when you take into account the total runtime of under 35 minutes. It's just a lot of noisy pieces of songs instead of actual songs. It just comes across as lazy. The few tracks that manage to last past the 2-minute mark are pretty decent, though, and save the album from being a complete fail.

I hate short songs but using a 0.01 min song as a lead single is kinda funny... but as most metal albums I found it very boring... I could sleep to this honestly but not in a good way

trash

just noise

Unlistenable

This is a thought provoking album, to say the least. All the songs bleed into each other whilst having the grace to let the listener know when it starts and when it ends. Scum is a success (?) in that it exists for the wonderment of the person who wants to ask and question about its merit. Surely there are songs there, of course and fragments of songs that could have been fleshed out and made into complete statements. The muffled mushmouth vocals acts as an instrument itself and that only comes when the listener decides to no longer decipher what the singer is trying to say. Whether it was meant to be enjoyed or vilified is up to you. After that, you can cleanse yourself with the scum that's depicted in the album cover. Or be amongst the litany of skulls.

Didn't think I'd like this as I'm not really into hardcore or metal (some punk is okay, but definitely not my go-to,) but I'd honestly much rather listen to this than most of the 80s/90s brit pop on here. I can appreciate the insane level of skill required for the drums on this album + the vocals & bass. Very distinctive, very much projecting the vibe of impending doom showcased in the lyrics.

Death metal for sure. I can appreciate what they did, but I don’t care to listen to that again

Just… wow. I can’t imagine how the fuck this shit is only the fourth lowest rated album on this list, but I hope we don’t see the three lowest for a long, long time. The vocals, if they can be called that, sound how Cocaine Bear would sound if he could talk. I don’t know, I never saw the movie. Compared to Napalm Death, Iron Maiden belongs in Weenie Hut Jr’s and Metallica belongs in Super Weenie Hut Jr’s. These guys eat nails for breakfast without any milk, and they enjoy it. I won’t even bother reviewing individual songs (again, if they can be called that). The one redeeming quality of this album is the cover artwork and the I-Spy for multinational corporations among the skulls. I only listened to the first several tracks to spare both my eardrums and my Spotify algorithm. The first song I shuffled into out of this mess was “Dancing in the Moonlight” by King Harvest. That couldn’t be more of a 180, and that’s fine by me.

28 SONGS IS TOO LONG AN ALBUM

No, no thanks.

Always great to hear some death metal

Люблю метал, но это мешанина какая то

What the fuck is this? I have really no understanding how people like this. I sat through the record, and it's just 36 minutes wasted on something I will never, ever listen to again. Just terrible stuff. 1 out of 10

No. Just no. My ears are bleeding trying to get through this. Sounds like the trash my ex used to listen to. Would give it less than 1/5 if I could

Oh man. I knew I wasn't going to like this, and, surprise surprise, I didn't like it. After listening to the first half I didn't know how it could get worse, but the second half is even worse than the first. The vocalists on the second half do an even worse, yet more hilarious, job than those on the first half. The 1 second song was funny. I laughed a few times during the album, but I don't really want to listen to it again. Respect, but no thanks. My favourite song was You Suffer.

The only enjoyment I got from this was reading the review about the brothers in Dresden and their lovely and talented tattooed friend and then reading the review of how the only enjoyment they got from the album was reading the review about the brothers in Dresden and their lovely and talented tattooed friend.

FFS

So much drums! I like the super fast noisey thing! The tempos are all over the place on a couple of these. I liked the couple times they did a slow sludgey thing. They didn’t quite nail those slow heavy grooves though if they could do th Black Sabbath thing too I’d love it so much- I really craved that contrast. I dig the super short song concept but whenever there was anything I liked it moved on before anything could develop. I liked the super fast chuggy guitar riffs but wish there were stronger lead parts, it doesn’t need to be super flashy or shreddy but something melodic to grab onto because the vocals don’t really provide that either. Maybe I’m looking too much at what is not rather than what it is- I just kept thinking there’s a version of this that could be better…

I actually really enjoyed listening to this by the end. Made me laugh out loud at moments. Probably wouldn’t listen again. when I listen to super heavy music, I like the production and performance to be a little better. Drums sounded real shitty. But the guitars were kind of cool.

It took me a second to get into this but it had me laughing out loud. You Suffer was obviously my favorite. I loved the ones that were less than a minute and extra points when they ended in a random scream. Also, extra points for a great album name and band title. While it may not be a traditional 4 stars, it’s a 4 for me

This seems like a time-and-place kind of album. I'm sure when it was released it was revolutionary, but it doesn't really hold up with how much Napalm Death have evolved over the years, let alone grind core as a genre in general. There were a couple of songs that were bangers for sure, and You'll Suffer cracks me up every time, but as a whole it's not a grind album I'm going to choose to go back to often.

This is just ok. I know it's important, but I wouldn't choose to turn this on, myself. It's sad, because new Napalm Death albums really rule. The last decade or so is just banger after banger. 2.5/5

The best grind album ever? Maybe. Despite having two different lineups together, it’s an incredibly cohesive work that continues to sound as brutal and brilliant as ever. A

About 15 years ago or so, a friend of mine sent me a tape of his band that was them screaming into mikes and singing about different ways to get killed. Obviously, it was a joke. The first half of this album is trying to be serious, and so the joke lasts for about 5 minutes. Unfortunately, the album is longer than that, but fortunately not a huge amount. One song is supposedly in the world records for being the shortest. Some of the other songs could have taken the hint from that. One or two songs had a guitar solo, I think? But all I could hear was the drums banging away and the dirge of the bass. I imagine this is what our parents thought all metal was. Way to ruin it for the rest of us, ND.

Well, at least that was only 33 minutes. I actually don't mind the instrumentation - yes it can be manic at times but there are some decent beats, even melodic at times. The guitarwork is actually pretty impressive. But the vocals. Are those even words? Later bands like Slipknot, while not perfect either, show it doesn't just have to be grunting all the time. I get why this album is on this list - every genre needs to be listened to at least once. It's just too hardcore for me. I did think about a 3 though.

Better than expected, I especially enjoyed the lyrics.

Lol that was fun

Fuck off.

Straightforward and brutal, like a punch in the face.

What's good: Drums and guitars What's bad (horrible): Scream/yell/barking of the lead "singer", Every song is the same. The album just goes on forever. The drummer kicks ass and the guitars are fast and hard. It would have been a better album just as an instrumental, the 'singer' really destroyed the album. Best track is probably "Scum". 2.5/5

Not exactly easy listening, but I can see why it's on the list. BRACING.

this shit is ridiculous. the screaming on this one sounds like barking. not my go-to for metal but i appreciate the musicianship. “you suffer” is the shortest song i’ve seen. kinda gotta love it. maybe i’ll like it better upon returning to it in the future

Not crazy about this album, but I liked the sound well enough. Felt pretty intentionally one-note, if that makes sense.

How can an album that has pretty impressive technical feats present be so tone deaf in the actual musical department? Every song isn't just flawed because of how it sounds, because that, at the end of the day, is preference, but every song sounds the exact same, and the short song lengths only highlights this, rather than makes it stand out. Yeah, I can't deny there were times where I liked where it was going, but then the dog-like singer barked into the microphone for twenty seconds and they just repeated that at different paces into the mix for a excruciating thirty minutes. I thought maybe I was going to give this a two about a quarter of the way through, because it was more funny than anything, but by the halfway point I was exhausted and tired. It wasn't funny, or impressive, or even interesting, it was just soul sucking. Perhaps that's what they wanted, but it sure as hell doesn't make it anything more than being edgy on the surface level while far more interesting musicians actually get famous off their metal. This is just noise. Awful, awful noise.

I probably could have died without hearing this album and been fine.

I am that guy’s goth friend and just like them, 3 stars. Lots of shouting and don’t know what to look at

Going by personal preference alone, very unenjoyable.

If 'scaring the hoes' took music form... I loved it

I guess I can see why some would enjoy this because the guitar got my foot bouncing a bit at times but the screaming and barking really made this a no for me.

Well I wouldn't exactly call this great or anything I'd listen to in my free time, but I got a lot of enjoyment out of it, because it's funny as fuck and never boring. This is basically like baby sensory play for metalheads. Focus on the funny noises. This is the noise a bear makes. What is this one? Right, that's a duck! You're a smart cookie, Xthipsthorfth the Scourge! Definitely doesn't deserve to be one of the lowest rated albums on this site when you have dogshit pig slop like that Kid Rock album as well.

I can see why a lot of people would hate this album automatically upon first listen. It is loud, aggressive, brutal, primal, chaotic, fast, and extreme. I really like the music itself, but I really really hate this incomprehensible garbage vocal "style". It sounds so stupid. The title track, "Scum" was my favorite song on here.

Imagine stuffing a bunch of pillow stuffing in your mouth and screaming along to a speedcore band but it sounds like you're screaming that people should look at you while you have pillow stuffing in your mouth. Singing-meh. The guitar and drums are great hence 3 stars

Just not for me, dog.

As much as I like metal, I didn't like this much

ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

I guess this album needs to be in this list but honestly, you have to wonder what somebody who loves this sound thinks of someone like The Carpenters?! Frankly this is just slightly worse than root canal

the absolute worst June 30 2023

Not at all for me.

28 1-2 minute very heavy death.metal tracks. Not my sound.

Not completely disgusting. Music is not bad but the vocals destroyed everything.

Best Song: Born On Your Knees. Finally, a discernible and likeable riff. Worst Song: You Suffer. I hate that they even thought this was clever. Overall: It's really a feat to have an album of 28 songs, each only a minute or so on average, and yet have them all be so boring that you find yourself wanting to skip ahead halfway through each one. The album is fine as a sort of musical embodiment of rage, and it would serve as a good soundtrack for the physicality of bouncing around, but is pretty garbage to try to listen to casually.

Dear 1001 guy, die in a fire. kthxbye

There are three complete songs on this album and 25 that are a riff with some growling. The three are actually really good. It's just too bad they forgot to finish making it. Do you think they play the 26 second songs at their concerts? Best track: Siege of Power

I have no idea how to rate this album. Listening to it was a terrible experience but I respect the bizarre choices made here on an artistic level so much. The lyrics here are stellar, but you literally cannot understand them through the growling. I was looking at the lyrics in real time as the song played and 80% of the time I couldn’t confirm that he was saying the same words I was looking at. Half the tracks on the album are less than a minute long and essentially sound like a British Cookie Monster reciting an anti-capitalist haiku as fast as he possibly can. This album sucks and it also rules, I think I understand people who like art that is hostile to the consumer now.

Entertaining but probably not in the intended way. Sounds like Homer Simpson yelling accompanied by hardcore punk. Impossible to parse the words just by listening but the written lyrics are cool. Kinda fun overall.

If you would like to try crack cocaine without the downsides try this album.

Þarf ég að hlusta? Ég byrjaði, gaf þessu 5 mínútur. Þetta er ógeð. Gæfi 0 ef ég gæti.

This was loud, fast and a bit aggressive for me but man are these guys tight. I respect what they’re doing here 3.5 stars

The album title says it all. The only positive it was only 33 minutes long. I listened to this first thing Monday morning to start the week off up to date, what a terrible thing to do. It made me angry and sad

eugh