Napalm Death   Fear, Emptiness, Despair
3.8
excellent
Ranking: #165 for 1994

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3.5 greatlet the riffs flow through you | May 15th 25

I like thisrmusically this is basically a Bolt Thrower whorship album, the vocalist just sounds tired throughout. This could have been a lot better, they just kind of ran out of steam

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3.0 goodEggnog Addict | June 26th 24

napalm death go groove n its like, why man, with dm n hc splicings throughout

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4.0 excellentballsohard22 | May 16th 23

rules hard [2]

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4.0 excellentAlabaster Jones | August 2nd 17

Napalm Death, at least up until this point, had been merely competent at their mixing of death metal and grindcore (though not straight-up deathgrind, as the mixture wasn't too fluid), with their last offering Utopia Banished even being a bit lukewarm. The change on Fear, Emptiness, Despair is not so much a stylistic one as it is a qualitative one, with improvements across the board not only in songwriting but in production as well. Everything sounds meatier, and with the uptick in speed and riff memorability, every song has something to offer, namely a haymaker directly to the skull. With this album also being the first of the bands' discography to feature the exact same members as its predecessor, the notion that the band just needed some time together longer than a year or so to do great things holds some weight even now. While it's nothing that hadn't been done before it, Napalm Death's fifth full-length is one of their most enjoyable and quality endeavors.

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4.0 excellentFernando Alves | May 5th 12

Rules hard.

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