Scum

Jesus christ I hate Grindcore

Sounds like my childhood

Multinational Corporations is just noise to me, lmao. But then Instinct of Survival comes on, and the guitars bring some melody. I'm not really into the vocals though, it's been probably a decade since I was into death metal vocals, hahaha. Still, it's really cool to hear this album out of 1987, because you can kind of hear where bands that came after got their inspiration. Even a nu-metal band like Korn comes to mind, not to mention danish bands like Hatesphere, and a kind of joke band, like Red Warszawa. So while I dig some of the guitar and drums on some of the tracks, those kinds of vocals just don't resonate with me anymore. Teenage me would've been all over them though!

30th May 2023 Listened after we got back from Cinque Terre and out for pizza in the evening. This album was a very unpleasant experience.

I wonder what he’s saying?

Found this surprisingly tolerable if not good

djöfull einhæft auðvitað. hlusta aldrei á þetta aftur en ekki án síns sjarma.

10/10 - death metal is just too good

kinda funny scrolling through the 28-track list and thinking "god, why is *every* album I must listen to before I die a bloated, 90-minute epic?"* So, props on having one of the longest tracklists here yet being one of the few albums below 55 minutes here. *Seriously, the anglocentric aspect gets enough flak in these reviews, but the constant preference for BIG STATEMENT double albums deserves its share of consternation.

Heavy mf punk and hardcore. Not my everyday but a fun listen!

Definitely not what I would normally listen to. I was in a bit of an odd mood, so I guess this kind of worked for me. Glad to see it was only 30mins though - any longer and it might have started to grate.

The tempo stuff is fun but I can’t get past the screaming.

no

There's some killer riffs and cool passages here, but the songs blend together by the end of the album; I also would've liked to understand a little bit of the lyrics.

each song starts with about ≈5 seconds of interesting instrumental and then immediately gets ruined by gollum screaming over it. easily one of the worst albums i’ve listened to

There is worse than this on this list.

It had to be done and they did it. Well done.

MEIN GOTT

It was ok to listen to when cooking dinner. But wouldn't listen to it for relaxation purposes.

First album to beat me. Got through them all until now.

One of the best Grindcore albums I’ve ever heard

Noise or Music?

I mean, I'm not going to put this on for the dinner guests, but I'd be lying if I said I wasn't entertained by this. It's certainly not boring! And it doesn't overstay it's welcome. The 30 second songs of just one riff and a few screamed words make me laugh and give me a bit of life. A solid 3.5 that I'm gonna round up just to bring up that average score a little. ;)

Want Half an hour of fun? 1. Find the lyrics for this album 2. Press play 3. Try to read along...

I swayed from "Ok, I get it." and "Isn't this the same as the last song?" ... to OMFG this is FUN!!!!!

Dit klinkt als het TikTok account van een woeste Samson (van Gert/Marie) in een soort alternatief universum waarin Samsons mandje is verplaatst van de huiskamer naar de kelder en zijn enige contact met mensen plaats vindt via extreme Telegram-kanalen. Ik waardeer op zich wel dat dit bestaat, maar ik kan er zelf niet goed naar luisteren. Vandaar 1 ster.

28 songs in 33 minutes this albums fucking crazy

i know they mean well but this kind of thing was shit then and it’s shit now

pesadaço, um som específico mas bom pra curtir em alguns momentos, tocam bem e tal

I don’t care much for grindcore, but occasionally ND’s anarcho- and crust-punk influences come to the surface in a brief moment of accessibility.

This no-nonsense attitude is respectable for 5 minutes. Then the 'songs' are just annoying. I felt taken aback to one of these bad memories of my fellow puberty friends trying to be 'hard' because they listened to Napalm Death. In these days, I hope they see that this is just boring.

I made it through about 45 seconds of the first song and 15 seconds of the second. Just awful - a genre I've always hated.

What an innovative use of sound as torture! I get that this album might be important as an example or the pinnacle of a genre, but this genre is absolute trash.

A huge grind and effort to listen to

I don't think I had ever listened to any Napalm Death before this. Hard to believe this came out in 1987. So much music today owes to this album. I will be revisiting for sure.

I think it's absolutely shit, I'm into a fair bit of metal but this nonsense is atrocious.

Wow. 28 tracks in 33 minutes, with one song lasting just 4 seconds (it's just a groan with a musical flourish behind it). It's an angry album, centred on the themes of corporate exploitation, plutocracy, and moral hypocrisy, all of which remain very relevant today, thirty five years later. Shame that we can't understand any of the lyrics, as they are all either drowned out by the racket going on behind it, totally unintelligible, or (as for 90%+ of the album) both. Not sure if the singer can't sing or won't sing, but it's entirely inexplicable to me why you'd choose to express yourself like that. Some of the guitar, particularly at the beginning of the longer songs, is good, and tricks you into thinking that, finally, they might have done an actual song. But no, it quickly turns back into thrashing noise. I'm not a proper metal man at the best of times, and this certainly isn't the best that metal has to offer (for me at least). With some metal, I get why other people like it, it just doesn't do it for me, but I can't comprehend how anyone would enjoy listening to this. 1/5 (site doesn't allow for 0s).

Was this really a collection of different songs? Supposedly the two sides had very different band members and feel. It sounded to me like one long audition for Monsters, Inc. After Multinational Corporations the Instinct of Survival kicked in and I went in for The Kill. I felt like Scum - Caught in a dream with Polluted Minds. I Sacrificed myself to the Siege of Power, relinquishing Control. Born on your knees you and I and we are all Human Garbage. You Suffer, I suffer, we all suffer this travesty of noise. If you find the music in this auditory assault then I salute you. Each to their own!

A little grindcore goes a long way. I admire the drumming.

I found this pretty entertaining and slightly amusing. I was expecting to dislike it immensely. Not my preferred style of heavy music, but I'll give the band props for creating its own style and driving it home in 1.5 minute increments. The indistinguishable vocals are classic. Why bother writing lyrics?

i liked this more than I thought I would. Granted, it's not an album I'll be returning to to listen all the way through, but these songs are fun. I don't love the vocals, though side two was fun with that second guy screeching away. anyway, good stuff, though not my wheelhouse. I definitely think it belongs on this list, though.

Who the fuck likes this!?

Catchy riffs, angelic voice, hypnotic drums - 4/5

28 songs, 33 minutes long. Couldnt understand a single word and it was labeled explicit. 2.5-3 rating. Nowhere near the best thing I’ve heard but far from the worst

Me: this ain't so inaccessible. I'm not hating this Also me: we must also be done. What! Only half way through a 30 something minute album?! Feels like it has been way longer! Grindcore takes some outa ya.

Gawd help us

Ho paura: 3 canzoni e si sentono dei chiari versi di cinghiali e poco altro. Che schifo.

Oh my goodness. This is unlistenable to the point of complete hilarity. I just laughed as I listened to this, read the lyrics (you can't understand a word of them, adding to the general hilarity), and read the reviews. So funny. It gets 2 stars rather than 1 because it's blessedly short and so entertaining. It takes a lot of skill (especially that drummer!) to sound like this, you have to respect that degree of effort for something so utterly unlistenable.

Why

Not my thing, but not the worst metal I've heard

🎶жизнь слишком короткаааа🎶

Hahahahahahahahahahahahaha No

Wow. 28 songs, 33 minutes, what a rush. You Suffer? hilarious. I do actually like the opener, Multinational Corporations, and the closer, Dragnet.

Monstrously heavy and fast - you have to be in the right mood for it, for sure. I saw Napalm Death live as a teenager, and managed to take a flailing fist in the neck whilst deep in the mosh pit. Neck injuries at metal shows are just the absolute worst! 😩 Fave track - "You Suffer", mainly because it was sometimes possible to select this as a karaoke song in Japan. Hilarious stuff. You're given three attempts, and you're counted in, and it's still ridiculously hard to nail it!

I just can't.

Not for me

I tried. I did listen to the whole thing but I just left with a headache.

Highlights: (throws dart, removes blindfold) "Parasites," "M.A.D.," "Dragnet" Nobody gets credit for inventing a genre that doesn't exist, and earlier '80s metal already cemented the coalescing whiplash tempo change, but maybe they get credit for being the earliest example of "blast beats" I can think of? (PS apparently just the most trenchant abusers of it). No points for popularizing cookie monster syrup burp screaming. Genuinely difficult to be beyond parody from start to finish, but they did it!

Wow - what a ride! Perhaps one of those albums I did need to listen to before I die. Now ready to meet my maker. Can only imagine how exhausted the drummer would be after a live gig. Lot of technical brilliance, but - no surprise - can't stand the vocals. You Suffer was a treat though.

Not something for me then, still isn't now.

not my thing 👹

1/25- Going to school (blizzard)

My ears are bleeding. I can’t hear any words. Guitar is epic. And drumming is absolutely wild.

Couldn't do the entire album. Some good music but the screaming is hard to listen to for me

As a lover of brevity and a self editor, this is perfection. Visceral and immediate.

I don’t understand why this album is even on this list.

Weird stuff.

Think about what would happen if this energy were directed elsewhere. World peace, for example.

Not for me but it needs to exist for other bands to exist.

Fun album. Not really catchy or very lyrically complex, but still liked it.

Brutal. Savage. Relentless. Definitely the kind of music I respect more than I enjoy. But man, wild stuff. "Human Garbage" was a favorite. It starts out with that fun punk drumming and then devolves into anarchy and noise before morphing into a heavy metal riff. And all in a minute and a half! Holy shit the guy who takes over vocals on the second half of the album (Lee Dorrian) is insane. I already thought the vocals on the first half occasionally sounded like a barking dog but he sounds like a rabid dog on "Success." And the 1 second long song "You Suffer." Hahah you gotta love it. Taking a closer look at the album cover and noticing the corporate logos on the bottom. I wish I could understand more of the vocals on these songs. I think understanding the political rage of the lyrics would be the key for me in terms of getting into this a little more.

I'm somewhat surprised Napalm Death is on this list. I definitely see their influence in metal / specifically death metal, but I think it's not nearly as large in magnitude when compared to a lot of other bands with similar sounds (Suffocation, Cannibal Corpse, Morbid Angel). I'm guessing that they are here though because of age- they were around in the early 1980's compared to the mid/late 80s like those other 3 acts that I listed that I personally think are much better than ND. Napalm Death are famous for their super short tracks. It might not be on this album but I think they have one song that has a music video that is 13 seconds or so long. Pretty funny. The song "Scum" has a main guitar riff, and it is essentially the same exact guitar riff as the first guitar riff that I ever wrote. I wasn't aware of Napalm Death at the time and wasn't really listening to this kind of sludgy death metal so I'm convinced it was coincidence, but I think it's funny that this band would have that riff and (regardless of time for the sake of argument) it is so similar to a riff that I wrote after playing guitar for like 4 months. This is a very funny nuance in the psychology of being a musician and I think that it somehow unconsciously waters down my enjoyment of them. "Polluted Minds" into "Sacrificed", tracks 5 and 6, are a good example of why I hesitate to add them to this list. The songs sound very very similar, and there's not much substance in general there. Sure, it's an emotion, and music should convey emotion, but there's not much to get from there. 2/5.

The tracks need to be longer fr and the unintelligible lyrics makes me laugh

Listened Before? N Holy hell. This is a pile of trash. It's not that I don't understand extreme metal or the supposed "importance" of this album... but jesus... It's just not good. The few redeeming riffs available are quickly rendered annoying by their refusal to stay with a theme, and the vocals might as well be recorded by an animal, since I'm fairly sure they're not actual words. This goes for side a and b, even though they're "very different" according to analysts. People need to quit analyzing it... its trash. Added to Library? N Songs added to playlist: You Suffer... because it's 8 seconds long and super ironic

This is even worse than K-Pop.

28 songs in 33 minutes, basically an average minute per noise … I mean per song

Terrible - just noice.

2.5 Loud, but I can see why people that like this kind of music would be attracted to it.

Ik kan me voorstellen dat dit niet zo geliefd is onder velen. Ik heb ze echter 2x live gezien en dat is echt indrukwekkend. Vandaar de 4 sterren, ik heb dit album thuis maar vaak luisteren doe ik het niet

Wat een klotezooi zeg!

Dan kunnen die nummers nog zo kort zijn, ze klinken voor mij allemaal hetzelfde en allemaal echt niet om te harden. Binnen het genre waarschijnlijk baanbreken maar dit is een genre wat ik nooit zal begrijpen.

Ik probeer een ruimdenkend mens te zijn, maar blijkbaar zitten er toch grenzen aan m'n ruimdenkendheid. Omdat het niet anders kan, 1 ster.

I didn’t turn it off but boy was that a long half an hour

I can’t fully hate a band who has the audacity to put a four second track on an album with a straight face

Whatever this purports to be, I want nothing to do with it.

I can understand that it’s influential, but not in the development of anything I’d listen to. Life’s too short. Half a point for the "socially conscious lyrics" makes 1.5.

I skimmed it. I really can’t take that guttural Lucifer bullshit. Painful.

Ah, Napalm Death... I appreciate that they exist, and I am sure they were heaps of fun live, but do I really want to sit down and listen to this album? It is hilariously badly recorded; guitars awash with chorus (side a), bass like a fart, cookie monster vocals and cymbals, cymbals everywhere. So many cymbals... Confession time; my band in the 90s did a Napalm Death inspired song, that ran to 15 seconds. At one memorable gig at Macquarie University, we played it nearly a dozen times in row, which we thought was hilarious. The audience was less impressed. I admire the pace and energy, and I love the commitment to brevity. "You Suffer" is a landmark in that respect. Much is stated of their 'socially aware' lyrics, but I mean, really, how can you tell? And it all starts sounding pretty similar after 10 or 15 songs, especially the less developed material on side b. In truth, you only ever need to listen to one Napalm Death song, and that is their cover of "Nazi Punks Fuck Off" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TdkdR92a7dU

Revolutionary album of the first Grindcore band with the mixture of Punk/Hardcore/Death/Metal. 28 songs in 33 minutes. But even though I think it's great material, it has never grabbed me in the least, no matter how groundbreaking and essential it all must have been in 1987 and probably still is.

I met Bill Steer once; a very pleasant man. There's no use trying to intellectualise this - either you're on board for these short, sharp punches to the nose or the effect is something akin to anti-music. The animating spirit behind these Vorticist sound sculptures resonates with me. You can't hum a tune from Scum, but Napalm Death's existence was, and remains, a necessary counterpoint to some of metal's more conservative tendencies.

Hugely enjoyable listen in places, the opening of Instinct of Survival just kicks your face off. Very noticeable the change in make up of the band half way through. I think in general I find the first half better, or easier to tell the songs apart, but they both have a distinctive style. If you read the lyrics it's actually possible to pick out the words from the first guy, the second guy, you're fucked. Played some of the second half to my 11 year old when I got home. She said she liked it and it was inventive. Among other things. Faves, Instinct of Survival, Siege of Power, Born on Your Knees, CS, Pseudo Youth, Moral Crusade. Afterwards, the girl said she wanted to listen to mice. So I searched Spotify and found a band called Mice Parade, who seem to be pretty good!

Good dumb fun.

Are these... words? Is the lead singer speaking or just screaming random syllables into the microphone? I honestly can't tell; he sounds like the heavy metal version of the Swedish Chef. The best thing I can say for this album is that it's only 33 minutes long, which is about all I could stand. Not the worst thing I've listened to; it could have been much, much worse. But definitely not anywhere near the best I've listened to either.

You can't be serious

Did I enjoy this album? No. Do I think it's good? Also no, but I'm not a huge metalhead so I lack a framework to judge it super well. 5/5 rating though. Purely because this is definitely *someone's* jam and this is absolutely nowhere near the 3rd worst album out of all 1001, y'all are just mean, and if I can correct the numbers a little bit by fudging a rating a little then that's what I'll do.

On the plus side, at the time I was starting to loathe the album it was almost done, props for that. Grindcore sound is so so so boring… like you just know they try too hard to sound hard it’s embarrassing really

Upon reading the description of hardcore punk/extreme metal/ grindcore, I prepared for an audio assault and a test of my endurance and patience. What I wasn't prepared for was that I would be roaring with laughter the entire time. Side splitting, sore stomach laughing. And then I listened a second time and a third time. Still laughing all the way. The first time listening, thankfully I had the lyrics scrolling along. The screen read, "The multinational corporation/Makes its profits from the starving nations" but the Aggressive Cookie Monster voice I heard roared "Eh mo ta co ta ma pro fa sto na!" On side two, the lyric read "Vicious circle of mindless greed," but the newly added shrill Tasmanian Devil voice screeched, "Ra ra ra ra ra ra ra ra!" He wasn't even trying. It felt kind of like watching a Star Wars movie when the alien creatures are speaking their own monster language with subtitles. This all to intensely fast drumming that sounded like a washing machine spinning out of balance. It was the most ludicrous thing I've heard in a long time, and although I don't know that I reacted in the way the artists intended, I was well entertained today.

This is a HARD no for me. There is nothing here for my ears. Despite the fact that the album made me laugh a couple of times, I have zero interest in it.

For being so short, that was kind of a slog. I started rockin' out a couple of times but for the most part was just waiting for it to be over. Couldn't understand a word.

It’s possible I agree with many of the sentiments expressed on this album, but after one listen lack any desire for more. 33 minutes is already more than enough.

There's no getting around it - this is awful. But I decided to read the lyrics while I was listening, just so that I could claim to be looking at this thing objectively. Turns out the lyrics are surprisingly poetic in a nihilistic sort of way. Would never listen again of course, but the lyrics bring it up a point even if they are completely incomprehensible while the singer is "singing".

Me: “Can we have some metal?” Mom: “We have metal at home.” Metal at home: Seriously though, shoutout to the singers for taking inspiration directly from the sound of me vomiting.

its a bit metally

Now I know what those poor bastards in Guantanamo went through! Just as bad or worse than jazz

Honestly just fucking terrible. High tempo music is not always short, mercifully it was in this case. Just over half an hour, sadly just half an hour I won't get back. Not experimental or interesting enough to justify its unlistenability. Stupid stupid dirgey shite

nope 🤢

🤢🤮

Has he got himself caught in his zip?

I can see why so many people really hated this album, but I genuinely enjoyed it. I was debating giving a 3.5 because it does get repetitive at times, but I found jamming along too cathartic to give anything lower than a 4 and I love the message behind the album. Favourite tracks (in no particular order): Multinational Corporations, Caught...in a Dream, Control, Deceiver.

The longest 33 minutes of my life. Who enjoys listening to this form of "music"? Absolute shit. It's so bold to say that the two sides of this album have different sounds - hardcore punk and extreme metal or whatever. That's a huge no, my dudes. The whole thing sounds like the experience of being put through a meat grinder. What did I do to deserve having to listen to this album? Put me out of my misery, will you??!

I wouldn't normally give this five stars, it's a four star album, but this is my go f*ck yourself to all the neanderthals downvoting it. Christ, if only some of the Who, Paul Weller, Eagles, Sade, U2, Black Crowes and Clapton shite on here had the decency to keep it under a minute a song.

It's always fascinating hearing the birth of a genre. Such a crazy album. Certainly not for everyone, but a must listen in my book.

Still blood on the counter from banging my head. Not a fan.

There's some of this that I really like but I can't stand vocals like this. Very torn between a 1 and a 2.

I like metal but yeah.....this was not that great.

I just don't get it to be honest. I know there is a market for this music but I am not part of it. BEST SONGS: - You Suffer, because I think its funny 1/5

The album cover certainly has the courtesy to let you know exactly what you are in for. Which is, to me, too much. There are seeds in here of music I will enjoy, especially side one. But this particular album is just fast and angry and unintelligible. None of the songs stood out as individually interesting. If you can fully develop your idea in less than a minute maybe it isn't much of an idea? Although honestly You Suffer did have a certain charm.

grrrrr

What is going on… should I be doing this? Living, yet only managing to survive?

not sure why this is one of the “greatest albums of all time”. genuinely hurt my ears, had to take a break halfway through because it was just that bad.

I just...cant

Its a wall of noise coming for you. Prepare to be decimated.

2/10, pretty fucking difficult to listen to.

3/10. Not even that bad at its worst, a bit generic but generally okay at its best. Its worst of course referring to whenever the guy started singing.

For a few glimmering moments I heard riffs that I enjoyed. 2/10

No.

Did I enjoy it? No. But it was only 30 mins of my life I guess

Äärimetalliklassikko! Tää on vähemmän turboahdettu kun muistin. Aika raskaaksi edelleen nää blastbeat/grindikaahauskohdat menee, mut se voi johtuu siitä että en oo kovin suuri grindcore-diggari vaikka muunlaista äärimetallii kuuntelenkin. Ihan tykki energiahan tässä on mutta ei tää nyt suuri nautinto ole. Keskiarvon paremmalle puolelle kuitenkin. 3/5

Huikea. Vaikea tosin antaa yli kolmosta. 3.5/5.

Juuh grindcore. Sanotaan 3/5, täsmälleen sitä mitä odotin. Ei mun musaa mut hyvä et on listalla.

So… when do we get to the actual music? This sounded like the 4 Neanderthals from Night at the Museum escaped and found an instrument store, and one of them accidentally hit the record button on a recorder while they were discovering the instruments.

While I can accept this is a groundbreaking ablbum a a genre, it is "unlistenable".

There are so many albums in this genre that would have been much better picks. This is just insulting to those bands. Why would anyone think this is an album you just had to listen to before you died?!?!

These guys are death incarnate

I've been waiting for this. I've heard it many times but I just want to give it a 5 to boost its overall rating, though I know it won't really do much for it. I can completely understand why most people would hate this, but for those of us who like this kind of music this is pretty great and important to the evolution of "extreme" music. Long live Napalm Death

It sounds like people who don't listen to metal think all metal sounds like. Drumming is very impressive, aswell overall technique by everyone other than vocalist (who is not extreme and or grotesque as much as everyone else). But overall it's not really my thing.

C.S. was ok track. Really not my cup of tea at all. Yer man's voice must be fucked at this stage. Can appreciate they're talented musicians but it was just screaming and noise. Not pleasant. Glad it was short enough.

Nah

Fun for all the family!

So we're just being punked now, right? Wow this is horrible. It makes those Linkin Park guys look like the Partridge Family singing "Come on get happy". It's like there was an 80s metal arms race to see how ridiculous it could actually get - hold my anis, Megadeath. About half way through, I actually started laughing - it was like an SNL skit. I'm guessing that's not what a band called "Napalm Death" was going for (and is it death by napalm? Or is it the death of napalm?). One upside - this album helps me understand the Satanic Panic of the 80s....zero out of zero stars, do not recommend.

I had this dream that an army of dwarves wielding hammers and chainsaws were productively building away inside my brain, and it was not altogether unpleasant at first, but they continued, and continued and eventually I got used to them and hardly noticed them at all, but then some other thoughts ventured over to the armies of construction dwarves and they were like, "yo, we have to figure out how to get to the vet and orthodontist at the same time today" and the little dwarves just kept on hammering and sawing and finally I had to take away their tools and tell them that they weren't really accomplishing anything, but it was pretty impressive how fast and loud they could be.

Absolute noise

6/6 reee roooos

Not exactly my vibe. Don’t love being yelled at but the instrumentals were impressive.

Garbage. Didn’t even make playlist

Already aware of this album and while i'd love to enjoy such a seminal and heavy british album, the mix is just too ropey. The engineering sounds fine but the choice to mix everything in a cloud of chorus and reverb, and to have the guitar level so low, just makes it a struggle.

Skull ripping filth of the best variety

I like it when talented musicians go out of their way to create something new and difficult. But I'm never going to listen to that again.

Levyn parasta antia on se, että biisit ovat todella lyhyitä. 28 kappaletta 33min on kyllä maagisen kova suoritus. Suurinta osaa "biiseistä" ei kyllä olisi jaksanut kuunnella edes sitä reilua minuuttia. Soitossa ei ollut 95% ajasta mitään melodiaa ja tuntui kuin jokainen raiskasi omaa soitintaa kulloinkin itseään mielyttävällä tavalla. Helppo nostaa tämä levy paskuuden kuninkuusluokkaan!

Njaa, 33min levy oli vartissa kuunneltu. 3min ehkä siedettävää kuunneltavaa ja loput kuunnellusta ajasta rumpali hakkas kaikkee mahdollisimman nopee ja laulaja vaikuttaa vetäneen rynnäkkökännit joka biisiin. Täytyy olla aika tiloissa, et pystyy kuuntelee kokonaan.

Well it is a death metal album. I cannot understand a word they are saying. Somehow this album has 28 songs but the album is only 33 minutes long. That's the only highlight. The band really tightened it up but perhaps they needed to think about the songs some more. Perhaps they should have thought more in general. I could not tell the difference between the songs. This is not my cup of tea. Holy shit it is bad. If I could give a lower score I would. I skipped through songs.

An easy reminder that this isn't supposed to be the best 1001 albums ever ;) Look, in all honesty these guys are playing hard and fast, and that takes some skill. Anytime it seems like they are about to get into their rhythm and do something, they either abruptly end the song or they've got vocals that are basically impossible to understand or listen to. Does their talent give them a second star? Not today

Ok it’s way, way, way too much of the same thing, it gets outright tedious in its chaos, but there’s some chunky riffs in there and I’ll take this over bland dance music. I dare someone to tell me they understood the lyrics though.

No

inte så dålig som jag trodde

The great thing about the Thrash / Punk / Speed Metal on this list is 28 songs, 33 minutes. This music and Napalm Death in particular just thrusts it's message in your face, blows up your home and leaves. Unlike the one hour, eighteen minute Kanye West College Dropout I had to sludge through. This album gets a lot of hate from this group, but these guys are more gifted musicians playing with the tenacity and talent to get this music out than about ⅔ of the rest of this list. 3.75/5.

1.5/5

Other than the guitar i couldn't really enjoy.

My favorite song was “you suffer,” because it was the shortest amount of time I had to listen to this.

Yeah this rocks. Wild.

Not my vibe

Better than expected.

You'll hear: "Choo, choooot ayaya ayaya chooo chooo ayayyaya". But it means: "I've been deceived by my friends and this is where our friendship ends" GREAT, relevant, political lyrics, too bad you can't understand anything. The music has a lot of energy but gets somewhat boring after a while.

Awful

First time I have ever heard it, and I like this album! I can see how some people wont, though - Its mostly screaming vocals and very quick tempo. 4/5

p578. 1987. 1 star. This is noise, not music. It sounds like acne ridden teenage boys finding their older brothers guitar and drum kit and pretending to be Motorhead, and doing it badly. It is loud, badly played, pointless, pretentious, annoying random shite. Avoid.

Grindcore really isn't my thing.

Shouting and grunting in a West Midlands accent over the rapidest drums you ever heard on wax, surely Napalm Death are playing with us at times with their single You Suffer lasting just 1.3 seconds? Nevertheless, it’s quite an experience, in equal measures thrilling and absurd.

I mean the album cover pretty much personifies the music but holy hell I don't know how someone can listen to this. It's the musical equivalent of bashing my head against the wall. 2/10.

I couldn't make it through 33 minute album. Very loud, very noisy, mostly incomprehensible singing. Turbocharged drumming. 1 🌟

Powerful playing but personally the vocal style isn't for me

Why is this on the list?

Not for me I’m afraid!

Feel like I could get into this one time. Weird that the everything sounds behind the drums.

Why?

One can hardly call this music

I'm down for heavy/experimental music but grindcore just isn't my brand I guess. The gutteral vocals don't work for me and the instrumentation feels a bit too focused on sheer technicality without consideration for how it actually sounds. I realize the irony of saying that as a big math rock fan too!

Brutal hard core punk not my kinda of thing but I respect it

Not as bad as the ratings would imply, it's just a politically-minded hardcore album and what you see is what you get. Heavier music and hardcore especially, much like coffee or beer, is an acquired taste that you have to step into – jumping into this album without much prep is like swigging a beer you stole from your dad's fridge at age 12. The production sinks this one to a two for me since the guitars are muddy as hell, but otherwise this completely tracks for a Reagan-era hardcore album.

Une belle atrocité à la hauteur des attentes. Ces gars-là ont décidé de mélanger les deux pires styles de musique existant (le métal et le punk) pour en faire un cocktail absolument dégueulasse. Une note minimale bien méritée pour eux.

Cet album aété enregistré dans des conditions très particulières. En effet, le chanteur du groupe Naplam Death est en proie à de graves soucis d'agressivité. C'est pour cette raison que les membres du groupe Napalam Death on decidé de l'enfermer dans une petite cage du studio, et de le baillonner en lui disposant un os entre les dents. Malheureusement, cela ne suffira pas à calmer le forcené, que l'on entendra hurler à travers son baillon de fortune dès la troisième piste. Le projet est ruiné, mais les Napalm Death décideront quand même de le publier, nous offrant ce morceau d'histoire. Merci messieurs.

It says something when I can listen to this longer than I can listen to an ambient music album. Having said that, I don’t really understand this type of music. Could not believe it was from so long ago also!

Nah, not for me. "You suffer" is decent, but too long, and most of the others sound similar (if less focussed). Still, at least it's not Nico or PSB, so they can have another 🌟 for being interesting - even if I genuinely never want to hear this album again!

Intense

I'm pretty sure that i would have coped not listening to this before i die....

Se me hace un poco demasiado duro y me cuesta terminarlo. Aun así, resulta muy interesante en su planteamiento

Really didn’t enjoy it. Not a fan of death metal, and the lack of singing really made this hard to enjoy

Classic. One of the definitive grindcore albums.

This was a good album to listen to on the treadmill and that is the one and only time it will ever be played. Grindcore is in no way something I’d ever choose to listen to and I got no enjoyment from it, but I’d still rather listen to that than some of the new wave albums that have come across this list.

Not for me.

Pedrada de hardcore.

I usually have a high tolerance for most hardcore, as some of it has some substance and marginal musicianship to it, but this "grindcore" or extremely metal or whatever Napalm Death's genre is, really tests my patience. I guess this is what nightmares sound like with it's comical dog barks that pass for vocals and the speed and ridiculousness of the songs makes me wonder why I must hear this before I die? If I cranked this up, I'm sure the neighbors would call the cops and I might be induced to go on a killing spree.

Atrocious. That this is considered a classic of any kind blows my mind. Angry, venomous messy noise.

vapid.

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

Inescuchable

It's cool, you know, if you like music bereft of melodies. I'm tempted to give them a 2nd star for keeping most of the songs under 2 mins. They're tight, no doubt about that. But, tight, does not music make. Every single vocal note is the exact same (regardless of key) and that gets straight up fucking monotonous. My guess is, if you asked them every song would be in the key of \"drop D\", but I'm not listening to it again just to figure that out. I wonder if putting the lyrics in the sleeve was ironic or not. Two chimps arguing over a baby and a cat would have an equally well thought out melody. The lyrics could quite possibly be the most poetic thing I've ever heard, but I'll never know cause you can't understand word one. Hilariously, they list backing vocals for this! In fact they list two for backing vocals! Does that mean there there are hidden three part harmonies? I think the best part of this band is that they are so bad that there are no original members. Not even the band members can stand to listen to it for long. This was just hard to listen to, but I did it. Felt like what I imagine a napalm death feels like. I'm sure that was the point. Not to create music, but to bludgeon the senses. I'd've much rather just listened to the music and throw the singer out with the bathwater.

Not as terrible as it’s made to be. There are two different lineups on each half, and I liked the first side more.

I’m just not interested in metal

It takes an enormous amount of work, dedication, talent and drive to sound this utterly awful. I know it's meant to be a big loud noise, and people pour over the quality of certain guitar riffs/drumming pacing/bass scales, but I just don't care about any of it, because it's painful to listen to. Pretentious shit.

3.7 - I enjoy this record as a tourist beholding an unfamiliar curiosity. "Golly, these locals sure have some strange customs! I didn't know the human voice was even capable of producing such sounds, no siree!" On a side note, I played "You Suffer" (the "song" that's famously 1.316 seconds long) for my 2 year old and 4 year old, and they were literally ROFL.

Solid heavy metal offering

alle menschen müssten mehr grind hören die welt wäre ein besserer ort

Nicht Napalms bestes Album eigentlich aber halt wohl der Klassiker ich gebe aber für den Algorithmus trotzdem ne 5 HA

I tried to listen but could only take a few songs.

borderline un listenable

Not for me

Han synge som ein karakter fra South Park som eg ikkje huske navnet på. Dette va bare bråkete greier.

the album that influenced an entirely new genre. Indecipherable grunting over the top of crunching metal. Not for everyone therefore. But...... gets my vote

28 tracks, 33 minutes, beastial roar vocals, and the heaviest music I've ever heard. The lyrics are undecipherable and there is no way the words claimed are coming out of the singers' mouths. I really shouldn't like this, but somehow it all comes together and creates an engaging and enjoyable listen that you can't help but bob your head to. The opening 12 tracks with the original vocalist are particularly enjoyable. It may be noisy, but it's a lot more than a noise. The songs have melody, tunes, emotion and meaning. There's no doubt this record delivers the band's artistic intent. 3.5/5

A real toe-tapper

A bit much

Not my thing. It does sound surprisingly modern for being from the 80s though.

3, not as bad as people say, just abrasive

Nah thanks 2/10

A Painful listen, one I wouldn’t do again or recommend anyone else I know try. One positive is the songs are very short. I kinda get why it’s in the book from pioneering grindcore, but maybe some genres should have never been pioneered…

A landmark album. I am a huge metal head but I can't listen to a great deal of grindcore. I prefer the longer songs, so especially the first half.

Never judge a book by its cover unless that book is titled Scum by Napalm Death. Fuck.

I wreszcie doczekalem sie Scuma, wiec chyba najnizej ocenianego albumu generatora wedlug rankingu popularnosci, tym razem zgodze sie z opinia wiekszosci, ze jest to material z gatunku tych gdzie posluchac mozna ironicznie, ale jesli rozwazasz kontemplacje na trzezwo, to cos jest z toba nie tak, plyta jest debiutanckim krazkiem bandy napalm death pochodzacej z wyspiarskich west midlandsow, az jestem ciekaw co pan ukladacz listy odnotowal w ksiazce na temat tego albumu, bo czegos tak niszowego jeszcze nie grali, a przeciez juz przewijal sie junkyard z australii, ale przynajmniej czlowiek poznal nowy gatunek, mianowicie grindcore, bedacy fuzja ciezkiego metalu z hardkorowym punkiem, birac z obu najbardziej hardkorowe elementy i tworzy z nich radio friendly piosenki dla calej rodziny, na tym 33 minutowym albumie upchnieto 28 trakow, wiec srednia dlugosc utworow to okolo minuty, ale przy takim charataniu gitarowo drumowym przyprawionym calkowicie niezrozumialymi wokalami growlowanymi sprawia wrazenie metnej calosci, ktora moglaby byc nagrana za jednym razem, wiec nie mam pojecia o czym traktuje lirycznie, co posmialem z growlowania w stylu kaczora donalda to moje, ale drugi raz bym chyba sie nie zmusil do przesluchania tej plyty, podobno pierwsza i druga strone graja dwa rozne sklady muzykow, jedynie drumy sa stale, ale jakos tego nie slychac, bo poza momentami jak tytulowy scum czy siege of power muzykowanie zamiena sie w zwykla napierdalanke, jak w speed metalu, tylko zamiast precyzji i wymyslnych kompozycji jest chaos, ktory moglby byc motywem swietnym przewodnim nagrania

Enjoyed this more than I expected. And evoked nights of waiting for the grindcore racket to stop on John Peel's show when he played this stuff. Thankfully the tracks were and are mercifully short. Not a genre I normally choose to listen to, but do love a bit of early Sabbath, and this was punchy and focused enough to work in the same way. Although the vocal style isn’t really doing it for me. However, I didn’t really notice that it was two different bands. Without much that I noticed in the way of dynamics (it seems to be start - make a noise - stop throughout) my attention had drifted by that point. So much so I got a few tracks into the random Spotify suggestions after the album before I realised it had ended. Interesting, and one I MIGHT revisit. Or not.

I know little about grindcore. I'd never listen to this voluntarily out of prejudice. But then I still play Crass records. I was quite intrigued by the two sides, two bands approach. Spotify messed this up slightly. Are there actually any coherent lyrics? A get up and go morning album. Not one for lovers late at night. Can't but help think there might be some melodies trying to break through.

Good thing I listened to the full dynamic range version or I wouldn't have been able to understand a word he said.

Genre: Grindcore 3/5 This thing is a fucking blast and a total shitshow. An exercise in absolute brutal, metallic chaos. The guitars are thrashing, the drums are blasting, and the vocals are a mix of grunts, screams, and panic attacks. It's truly a sonic nightmare, and rips conventions of popular and modern music to complete shreds. But when these guys take the time to slow it down in between blasts, there are some kick-ass riffs, some truly nasty bass fills, and songs that sound, if massaged enough, like Megadeth or Metallica songs, especially on the first half of the album. Siege of Power, Polluted Minds, and Instinct of Survival are exercises in crazy, and are thoroughly enjoyable. If you like rock music, turn your brain off and give this a listen. It's a riot.

Since I know that this album is the "worst" on the list according to the users, I was expecting something really bad, but I didn't find it. It's a strange experience? Sure, but it's not bad, it's just different. I'll give it 4 stars not because I really liked it (it's too much for my taste), but I believe that discovering this kind of thing, even when I don't like it, is one of my main objectives using this site (Electronic music does not count :-P). To list Beatles and Beach Boys again, I really don't need to use any site.

Better than I was expecting? Definitely not my cup of tea but I did find my head nodding along in time at a few points. Side A is definitely more my speed, feels like just very heavy punk rock/metal, whereas Side B leans more into the noise and deliberately low audio quality. I don't think, by any means, I'll be seeking out any more Napalm Death to listen to. But I think there was something these guys were trying to do and they achieved it, even if that thing isn't something I like.

Every so often one comes across an album where it would seem that commercial success was not the goal. Every so often one comes across an album that looks for commercial success by not trying to be a commercial success. Napalm Death could be either one of those, and this review does not presume those as being their actual intentions. "Scum" is anti-establishment, it is full of social and political commentary, it is the epitome of the genre that seems to find an audience with angsty anarchists. Thing is, no one knows their political or social cues quite immediately at their shows, or from their music. Perhaps in a moment of actual intelligible speech, there is a hint of messaging, and for this genre that would be more than enough, stop the talking and start the rocking. A listener would have to find them, and often after the fact. Truth be told, "Scum" is a well executed metal album, if not the pioneer of aggressive drums, muddled electric, mumble-grumble-growl-shriek driven by an equally aggressive bass. It is as advertised, though, and for this audience the dirtier, the less polished, the less appeasing the better. The title track "Scum" starts that slow and rhythmic buildup, the type where the mosh pit is a gentle wave pool ebbing and flowing before suddenly going above 160bpm and obliterating any sense of safe swells. That is what the song does, it is easily the most 'fun' song on the album. This is a terrible album, and perhaps it was meant to be. Perhaps this is supposed to be the art in its most unrestrained presentation, and that is actually okay.

Oh boy. I hated this! It didn't even sound like songs! I think this is a subculture that I simply don't get.

This album is great and definitely doesn't deserve to be the lowest rated album on this website. I liked the first half more than the second, but it was good all the way through. 4.5/5

That was entertaining! Not an everyday listen, but totally anachronistic.

I didn't think I'd heard any Napalm Death, but I HAD. They are the band that my friend's sister metalhead friends used to listen to. And we would mock their sound, which is the most hilarious thing ever when you are a 14-year-old schoolgirl going "RAAAR RAAAR RAAAAAAGGGHHHH!!!" Also, this type of music is my go-to for awkward music that I think I would not enjoy listening to. But this beotch is only half and hour long and the tracks seldom bother 90 seconds a piece. It's surprisingly palatable!

Zoinks! Well, this one certainly has a lot of energy. I'm not always tuned into when an artist is taking the piss out of something or going for something else, but it mostly doesn't matter. All that matters is one's own experience with the art. The playing is super-tight, and it surprisingly drew me in at times. There are elements of heavy metal I've heard, thrashy driving punk, and they have their own sort of screaming shrieking hyper-speed style. Even though it's stressful to listen to, and a lot of the songs sound pretty much identical to my untrained ear, I liked this more than I thought I would. Bully for this project for opening me up to such an incredible variety of music!

Kinda heavy and atrocious, like It should be. Poorly produced.

Not exactly my cup of tea, but I can see the appeal in the right room. Includes the worlds shortest song, so well done for that...

I saw napalm death live once at a festival and pissed myself laughing the whole time. They even heckled bands playing on the other stages haha. Scum might be noisy shit but Christ it's preferable to yet another Beatles/beach boys/the who album. Just a shame the dickhead compiling this list chose their worst album instead of one of their sweet early 90s death metal ones. Come to think of it, there's no death metal on this list at all really. 5/5 because fuck the system or something.

what in the world

Uniformly rubbish

Ah, a nice, relaxing album for a bucolic Sunday morning. Subtle and nuanced, with clear inspiration from traditional classical and gospel, and perhaps even some folk or country influence. Incredibly serene and beautiful. Seriously though, the best thing about this album is that it's only 33 minutes long. I actually think I could have died without hearing this album, but now I have heard it so we’ll never know. 1 star.

Quite possibly the longest 33 minutes of my life. The only way I could get through this was to try to read the lyrics along with the incomprehensible grunts and howls of their vocalist, an exercise that had me in tears of laughter.

so bad

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

It's easy to see how this gets the lowest listener rating on 1001. It's hard to imagine anything worse.

The beauty of 1,001 is that it exposes you to artists that you probably would never listen to in your lifetime. Good or bad, its always educational. The other day it was Frank Sinatra, today its Napalm Death. I have to give these guys credit for their commitment to the craft. They've certainly carved out a unique niche for themselves with grindcore. This was an absolute and brutal assault on the senses but that's their point innit? I'd love to meet someone who listens to this for recreational purposes though, just to understand what's going through their head.

4/10

Absolute garbage. -10 stars.

There is nothing positive I can say about this. It's terrible. Is there anyone on this earth that says to themselves "Boy I'm gonna put on some Napalm Death and get some shit done. Caught in a dream is my jam!" These dudes grew up without a mom. Man thank goodness for the expletive tag. I mean you can't hear shit anyway

At time novelty at time to be taken seriously - at times comical at times kick ass - good album - needs further listening

Not really my thing.

Poor production. First half is better than the 2nd...

Ik moet toegeven dat het de beste heavy metal is die ik heb gehoord

I was expecting to despise it but I’ve heard worse

For reference: if I dropped silverware into my garbage disposal at the same time my dog started barking, I would give that 5 stars compared with these jokers. But on the bright side...they didn't have to actually write lyrics, and props to the vocalist for not bursting out laughing at the absurdity of it all.

Classic bit was never really a Napalm Death fan

2 for effort and the sheer number of songs, none of which i can say i am taken by

I got some enjoyment from this in fleeting moments, mainly the occasional decent guitar riff or baseline. But is all a bit of a mess really. Even the guitar sound is annoyingly fuzzy and the drumming is frenetic to the point of losing any sense of rhythm or purpose. I much of it is borderline unlistenable - but I guess that’s the point

Mental and a hell of a lot of fun. I laughed at the vocals while wanting to punch people in the throat. Absolutely class.

Noise for the sake of noise, lacks intelligence and every track sounds identical lacking any ideas. This genre can be challenging but this album is unlistenable and offers no reward

Points for consistency. I feel like they both created grindcore and brought it to its logical conclusion. This is so fucking annoying to listen to by the end.

When you get into these sub genres of metal it kind of ends up sounding like a parody of itself. This certainly isn't so over the top so as to be unbearable, and there are instrumental moments I enjoy, but when they flip the switch and do the high-speed kick-drum thing with the bark/shout/growl vocals it just comes across as comical (at least the first 10 times they do it). And they do that gimmick so often it becomes tedious and even exhausting. If they just used that technique like once or twice per album it would come across much more powerfully. But when they do it all the time it's just constantly being jerked in different directions, which I'm sure is the desired effect in the mosh pit, but on record the effect wears off quickly. Aside from that, the music is fine by me. Never got into this type of nearly unintelligible, exaggerated vocal delivery though. Can't really take it seriously. I'm more of a stoner/doom/sludge kind of guy when it comes to metal. If all music genres had drug equivalents this would be meth metal.

Ya know, I don't mind this so much really. It is interesting to read about the politics, worldviews, etc of Napalm Death and grindcore as a whole, who Napalm Death are apparently credited with having a huge influence in its formulation. Also apparently "You Suffer" is the shortest song according to Guinness Book of World Records, the Spotify version is 3 secs longer, ha! Overall though, some interesting phrases but it's more of a statement piece than something I'd wanna listen to on my own, live would be interesting I'm sure...

The song "Scum" is the best thing on the album. The rest is difficult to enjoy. The music is good, the singing/screaming/barking is bad. I give it 2/5 for the music, 0/5 for the screaming. 2/5

Seriously impressive metal riffs and drum work but the vocals were insurmountable, in my opinion. Album would have been fun without lyrics but i found the muffled yelling and in later tracks screaming to be distracting and then punishing.

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 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."

Love the driving & energetic guitar and drums. Not really a fan of the grunting vocals. Can definitely see this inspiring metal musicians everywhere. Not a bad album but probably not an album I'll listen to again.

This is the first band's album and the first grindcore album at all. It was released in 1987 by Earache Records. According to the Guinness World Records, their song "You Suffer" is the shortest song ever recorded, at only 1.316 seconds long. The band espouse anarchism, humanism, socialism and animal rights.

wow does that drummer like to use those cymbals.....singing hilarious

This is tricky, because I have huge respect for any band that can cram 28 tracks into 33 minutes. I'm also convinced that Napalm Death have absolutely nailed whatever the hell it was they were trying to achieve here. Plus, I had a smile on my face throughout most of it, *particularly* enjoying You Suffer. Would probably be a great live experience, until my eardrums exploded. But then again, there aren't really even any decent riffs. Ultimately, it's a 1.5, or '1' for short. If not now, when...?!

The Spotify description refers to the band's "eye opening sociopolitical lyrical commentary". Can't say I was able to piece together a single sentence though. I try to find something to like in all music and, whilst I did enjoy the absolute hammering of the bass drum, I struggled with this one. It started to give me heart palpitations about three-quarters into it. I'm giving 1 star as it's not for me. Not convinced real thrash metal fans truly like this music either - they're surely just pretending so that they can be part of the scene, no?

Högt tempo, låg energi

I'm largely skeptical towards extreme metal but this manages to come out the other end. I suppose the earlier an album is within a genre the more it's outside influences show.

Kinda bangin

Grindcore en la seva expressió primigènia. Entenc que més que per les seves qualitats intrínsiques, l'"essencialitat" d''Scum' ve per la seva irrupció, en plena època de Whitneys Houstons, Madonnas i Geroge Michaels, amb el seu so atronador i la seva violència sense paliatius. Recordo la trascendencialitat de quan va sortir i la seva influència posterior... però mai m'ha semblat un disc per disfrutar de la seva escolta, sincerament

Relentless...

First and last time I'm ever going to listen to grindcore. The music is... alright, but the vocals... oh boy. If I wanted to listen to growling I'd just sit in my lounge room listening to my dog growl at everything he sees outside the window. It's unfortunate that I have to actually rate it out of 5 stars because i wouldn't give it one if I could.

Grindcore has always interested me more as a concept than as practiced. It's easy to get to innoculate oneself with noisy music such that the harshness is manageable (at least the harshness that gets recorded), but even after I reached that point I felt that the songs I heard were lacking. They still seem that way, but my mind has been changed about projects in this style. It's still not a song-oriented experience, but becomes something like free jazz in reverse: There are drumming similarities but the tendency is longness not shortness. One huge speed bump for the form is the need for context - lyrical, political, historical - to make it interesting enough to sit through. But Scum has some obvious musical aspects which improve it. Tunes poke their heads through the grime. The second half doubles down on the lack of recording quality but powers through it to the end. I think I'd prefer this on vinyl, all things considered, and in that it's similar to a slab of noise I have opposite Lingua Ignota songs. Listening to that whole record helps me think of noise as music, and I extend that thinking to this record.

scum, /skəm/, noun. a layer of dirt or froth on the surface of a liquid. This album would more appropriately be included in a book of “1,001 Albums You Should Die Before You Listen To”. Why listen to heavy metal or hardcore punk when you can listen to grindcore, which combines the worst excesses of both genres? Guttural, Cookie Monster vocals? Check. Musicians that sound like they barely know how to play their instruments? Check. Jackhammer like drumming? Check. This is like if the Minutemen couldn’t play their instruments and grew up on Motörhead and Venom instead of CCR, Steely Dan and Van Halen. It’s barely over half an hour long but it feels double or triple that length because just about every song follows the same pattern: start out promisingly before devolving into the aforementioned jackhammer like drumming and Cookie Monster vocals. If this does anything effectively, it’s sound exactly like it’s album title would lead you to believe!

Algo fallo en Spotify y cuando le daba play escuchaba puro ruido bien culero, una estrella por fallas técnicas.

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Decent enough guitar work ruined by someone who fundamentally doesn't understand what drums are and the guttural screams of someone with bad heartburn over top of it.

Bah.

1.0

i get so sad everytime the dude says "huefufufheuuheuhfuueehfueuehfueufhuhfue"

It is some kind of evil algorithm that would give me Napalm Death immediately after giving me Curtis Mayfield. Okay, hey! I was fully expecting to hate it, but it's fine. Having been 16 when this album came out, it was probably pretty mind blowing at the time. I would not have been into it, but I would have respected it. Scum really doesn't deserve the title of worst reviewed album on this site, not by a long shot. But I can see how this album, this whole genre really, is going to be polarizing. Musically the album is pretty solid. Rhythm section is fierce, guitars are blistering. It's not for everyone, really it's not for most people. I don't love the guttural vocals, but I would say I prefer Nik Napalm's voice to Lee Dorrian's. The lyrics are pretty standard punk-thrash-metal lyrics. You know, power, fascism, conformity, corporate corruption, bleakness, etc. The things a certain type of disaffected young people have been moshing to for decades. The second half (the B-side) really accelerates and amps up from what you hear on the A-side. It's a little harder to listen to, if that's possible. This is very intense music that is hard on the ears. I'm giving it 2 stars, but really it's closer to a 3. One star deducted for the fact that now I have an earache. Fave songs: Siege of Power, Control, Born on Your Knees

Nope. Not a fan. Some of the music kind of rocks, but the vocals are just awful.

Grindcore definitely isn't my thing.

I do really like more recent albums of this genre. This is a very early prototype of it, so its a bit rough around the edges and doesn't benefit from modern production techniques. However I appreciate the influence of it

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Pojat löys rumpusetin ja pisti epileptikon kyytiin 1/5

Yeah, nah.

Couldn't get through it, not sure how people do it

Woah these guys were ahead of their time. But ouch my ears! Also, repetitive, but I guess that's part of the genre.

Absolute assault on the senses. Solid Stuff.

Fantastic!

Not really a fan of the vocals, but some of the riffs are interesting. I also wish the songs were longer and a little more dynamic. I understand why this album is important, but it's not my cup of napalm.

Blast-beat growl fest. Fast, loud, and poor sound quality. I can see influences from this on bands like System of a Down, but this is pretty close to unlistenable.

Hard nope. Could not finish this listen. Call it bad mastering, call it lack of melody, call it what you will. It’s all cymbals and drum noise covering up someone wailing on a guitar and screaming. This is not music. It’s noise.

Ever wanted to know what a metal band would sound like if fronted by an angry dog that knows a little English? This is it. But it's not as cute as it sounds. Very raw album. Not for me.

meeeh

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Yikes

The profound and thought-provoking artistry of songs like "The Kill" and especially "You Suffer" left me physically yearning for more. My only regret is that I can never go back and experience it again for the first time. But alas we cannot be melancholy that it has passed, only thankful that we were able to be blessed with this masterpiece at all. The rabid Chihuahua on "success?" Was a nice surprise though!