Bootlegged in Japan

I really hate to see this happen. When a good band releases a mediocre live album. I have seen it happen to many bands. And once again I see it happen, this time to Napalm Death.


This album suffers from a few things. The main reason I think is that this album has a really bad selection of songs. It's really too bad that this album came out in Napalm Death's weakest period. They had just released "Diatribes" which was pretty bad. And of course when a band has a new album out they are going to play a lot of songs off that album at live shows. So on this album there is a lot of songs off the disappointment that was "Diatribes". Also, for some reason they played barely anything off of "Harmony Corruption" which is arguably there best album.


The best stuff on the album is when they play the older stuff. Everything they do from there Grindcore period is played really well. "Life?" is played really well, and "From Enslavement to Obliteration" and “Scum” are just as good. Probably the best song on the album is "Suffer the Children". They play it with so much energy and anger.


The production on the album isn't half bad. It is a little flat at times, but that doesn’t bother me all that much. Overall the production is a little above average. This is weird seeing as this album was originally a bootleg.


Overall this is an okay album. It has some very weak parts, but there are some definite strong parts as well. If you are a big Napalm fan it is worth picking up, but if not it is worth maybe $6.