Harmony Corruption

Harmony Corruption
Studio album by Napalm Death
Released	1 July 1990
Studio	Morrisound Recording, Tampa, Florida, United States
Genre	Death metal, grindcore
Length	41:02
Label	Earache, Combat
Producer	Scott Burns, Napalm Death
Napalm Death chronology
Mentally Murdered (1989) Harmony Corruption (1990) Mass Appeal Madness (1991)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

Harmony Corruption is the third album by Napalm Death. It was released in 1990 on Earache Records. The style of the album was more death metal than grindcore, featuring extremely heavy riffs and deep low vocals. The tracks from the Mentally Murdered EP,^[2] are included at the end of early editions of the CD, though versions now in print feature only the standard eleven tracks. It is the first Napalm Death album to feature Mark "Barney" Greenway as the vocalist and Mitch Harris and Jesse Pintado as guitarists, and the last with Mick Harris on drums.

Richard Johnson, a member of Agoraphobic Nosebleed, says that the wide distribution of Harmony Corruption ensured that it had a greater impact on the American grindcore scene than earlier Napalm Death efforts.^[3]

John Tardy, vocalist of Obituary, and Glen Benton, vocalist of Deicide, provide backing vocals on the track "Unfit Earth" in the later sections.

Their third UK chart entry, this album peaked at number 7. Limited vinyl pressing included the bonus LP with live set recorded at I.C.A.

In 2012, Earache Records released a remixed & remastered edition, containing bonus tracks.

Release

Single

The track "Suffer the Children" was released as single on vinyl and CD, which features the non-album tracks "Siege of Power" and "Harmony Corruption".^[4]

Track listing

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"Vision Conquest"	Shane Embury	Embury	2:42
2.	"If the Truth Be Known"	Embury, Mark Greenway	Embury	4:12
3.	"Inner Incineration"	Embury	Jesse Pintado	2:57
4.	"Malicious Intent"	Embury	Embury	3:26
5.	"Unfit Earth"	Greenway	Mick Harris	5:03
6.	"Circle of Hypocrisy"	Greenway	Mick Harris	3:15
7.	"The Chains that Bind Us"	Embury, Greenway	Mick Harris	4:08
8.	"Mind Snare"	Greenway	Mitch Harris	3:42
9.	"Extremity Retained"	Greenway	Mick Harris	2:01
10.	"Suffer the Children"	Greenway	Mick Harris	4:21

CD bonus track
No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
11.	"Hiding Behind"	Greenway	Mick Harris	5:15

Live at the I.C.A. London 29 June 1990
No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"Rise Above"	Lee Dorrian	Embury
2.	"Success?"	Jim Whitely
3.	"From Enslavement to Obliteration"
4.	"Control"	Justin Broadrick
5.	"Walls of Confinement"	Dorrian	Mick Harris
6.	"Instinct of Survival"	Broadrick
7.	"Siege of Power"	Broadrick
8.	"Avalanche Master Song" (Godflesh cover)	Godflesh	Godflesh
9.	"You Suffer?"	Broadrick
10.	"Deceiver"	Whitely

Personnel

Napalm Death

• Mark "Barney" Greenway – vocals
• Shane Embury – bass
• Mitch Harris – guitar
• Jesse Pintado – guitar
• Mick Harris – drums

Additional musicians

• John Tardy (Obituary) – backing vocals (5)
• Glen Benton (Deicide) – backing vocals (5)

Technical personnel

• Scott Burns – production
• David Windmill – artwork
• Tim Hubbard – photography
• Noel Summerville – mastering

Chart positions

Chart (1990)	Peak position
UK Albums (OCC)[5]	67

References

1. Birchmeier, Jason. Napalm Death: Harmony Corruption > Overview at AllMusic. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
2. http://www.metal-archives.com/albums/Napalm_Death/Suffer_the_Children/17127
3. Kevin Stewart-Panko, "Altered States," "Grindcore Special" part 2, Terrorizer #181, March 2009, p. 42-43.
4. "Napalm Death 'Suffer the Children'". Earache.com. Earache. Retrieved 1 December 2014.
5. "Napalm Death | Artist | Official Charts". UK Albums Chart Retrieved 11 October 2014.