Napalm Death

United Kingdom

The whole story

The band today
  • Shane Embury, electric bass guitar
  • Mitch Harris, electric guitar
  • Danny Herrera, drum set
  • Barney Greenway, lead vocals
    • Miles “The Rat” Ratledge joins · drum set
    • Nik Bullen joins · electric bass guitar, lead vocals

    The band in 1982: Miles “The Rat” Ratledge, Nik Bullen

    • And, Like Sheep, We Have All Gone Astray October 1982
    • Miles “The Rat” Ratledge leaves · drum set
    • Justin Broadrick joins · electric guitar
    • Mick Harris joins · drum set

    The band in 1985: Nik Bullen, Justin Broadrick, Mick Harris

    • Hatred Surge December 1985
    • Justin Broadrick leaves · electric guitar
    • Jim Whitely joins · electric bass guitar

    The band in 1986: Nik Bullen, Mick Harris, Jim Whitely

    • From Enslavement to Obliteration 1986
    • Scum 11 Aug 1986
    • Nik Bullen leaves · electric bass guitar, lead vocals
    • Jim Whitely leaves · electric bass guitar
    • Bill Steer joins · guitar
    • Frank Healy joins · guitar
    • Lee Dorrian joins · lead vocals
    • Shane Embury joins · electric bass guitar

    The band in 1987: Mick Harris, Bill Steer, Frank Healy, Lee Dorrian, Shane Embury

    • Album · 1987 Scum
    • From Enslavement to Obliteration + Scum 1988
    • Cover of From Enslavement to Obliteration Album · September 1988 From Enslavement to Obliteration
    • The Peel Sessions EP · 12 Sep 1988
    • The Curse Single · October 1988
    • Bill Steer leaves · guitar
    • Lee Dorrian leaves · lead vocals
    • Barney Greenway joins · lead vocals
    • Jesse Pintado joins · electric guitar
    • Mitch Harris joins · electric guitar

    The band in 1989: Mick Harris, Shane Embury, Barney Greenway, Jesse Pintado, Mitch Harris

    • Mentally Murdered EP · 1989
    • The Peel Sessions 1989
    • Napalm Death / S.O.B. EP · 1989
    • You Suffer / Mega Armageddon Death, Part 3 Single · 1989
    • Live Live · June 1989
    • The Grindcrusher Tour: Nottingham Rock City, Nottingham
    • The Grindcrusher Tour: Bradford St. George’s Hall, Bradford
    • Suffer the Children EP · 1990
    • Album · August 1990 Harmony Corruption
    • Mick Harris leaves · drum set
    • Danny Herrera joins · drum set

    The band in 1991: Shane Embury, Barney Greenway, Jesse Pintado, Mitch Harris, Danny Herrera

    • Mass Appeal Madness EP · 21 Aug 1991
    • Live Corruption Live · 1992
    • Limited Edition Collectors Box Set 1992
    • Death by Manipulation March 1992
    • Album · May 1992 Utopia Banished
    • The World Keeps Turning EP EP · July 1992
    • The World Keeps Turning 1 Nov 1992
    • The Peel Sessions 1993
    • Nazi Punks Fuck Off EP · 1993
    • More Than Meets the Eye Single · 1994
    • Album · March 1994 Fear, Emptiness, Despair
    • Hung Single · 20 Aug 1994
    • Album · 1995 Diatribes
    • Cursed to Crawl Single · 1995
    • Greed Killing EP · 21 Nov 1995
    • Barney Greenway leaves · lead vocals
    • Phil Vane joins · lead vocals

    The band in 1996: Shane Embury, Jesse Pintado, Mitch Harris, Danny Herrera, Phil Vane

    • Phil Vane leaves · lead vocals
    • Barney Greenway joins · lead vocals

    The band in 1997: Shane Embury, Jesse Pintado, Mitch Harris, Danny Herrera, Barney Greenway

    • Inside the Torn Apart EP · 1997
    • In Tongues We Speak EP · 20 Jan 1997
    • Album · 2 Jun 1997 Inside the Torn Apart
    • Breed to Breathe EP · 17 Nov 1997
    • Graspop Metal Meeting 1997: Main Stage Main Stage, Dessel
    • EP’s Collections 1998
    • Bootlegged in Japan Live · June 1998
    • Album · 26 Oct 1998 Words From the Exit Wound
    • Festival Artefact au Parc du Rhin
    • Support act · Cradle of Filth à l’Élysée Montmartre Élysée Montmartre, 18e arrondissement de Paris
    • Leaders Not Followers EP · 25 Oct 1999
    • The Complete Radio One Sessions 7 Mar 2000
    • Album · 25 Sep 2000 Enemy of the Music Business
    • The DVD Live · 2001
    • Album · 21 Oct 2002 Order of the Leech
    • Punishment in Capitals Live · 2003
    • Noise for Music’s Sake 7 Jul 2003
    • Jesse Pintado leaves · electric guitar

    The band in 2004: Shane Embury, Mitch Harris, Danny Herrera, Barney Greenway

    • Album · 22 Jul 2004 Leaders Not Followers: Part 2
    • Cover of The Code Is Red… Long Live the Code Album · 19 Apr 2005 The Code Is Red… Long Live the Code
    • Cover of Smear Campaign Album · 18 Sep 2006 Smear Campaign
    • Wacken Open Air 2007, Day 2: Black Stage Black Stage, Wacken
    • Napalm Death New Zealand Tour 07, Wellington San Fran, Wellington
    • Leaders Not Followers: Part 2 / Darker Days Ahead 2008
    • The Code Is Red… Long Live the Code / Smear Campaign 2008
    • Rock Hard Festival 2008 Amphitheater Gelsenkirchen, Gelsenkirchen
    • Napalm Death, Suffocation, Warbringer and Ass to Mouth at Klub W‐Z Klub W-Z, Wrocław
    • Time Waits for No Slave EP · 2009
    • Album · 23 Jan 2009 Time Waits for No Slave
    • Live in Japan (Grind Kaijyu Attack!) Live · September 2009
    • Metaltown 2009
    • Metalcamp 2009, Day 5 Metaldays Festival Grounds, Tolmin
    • Live at Rock City Live · 10 Dec 2010
    • Inside the Torn Apart / Words From the Exit Wound / Breed to Breathe 2011
    • Diatribes / Greed Killing / Bootlegged in Japan 21 Feb 2011
    • Analysis Paralysis Single · 16 Jan 2012
    • Album · 24 Feb 2012 Utilitarian
    • You Suffer (Ralph Brown remix) 30 Apr 2012
    • Napalm Death 8 Dec 2012
    • Wacken Open Air 2012, Saturday: Black Stage Black Stage, Wacken
    • Enemy of the Music Business + Leaders Not Followers 4 Feb 2013
    • Napalm Death / Insect Warfare EP · 20 Apr 2013
    • Hellfest 2013, Day 3: Altar Altar, Clisson
    • With Full Force 2013 - Saturday - Knüppelnacht Flugplatz Roitzschjora, Löbnitz
    • To Go Off and Things Single · 31 Mar 2014
    • Our Pain Is Their Power 10 Apr 2014
    • Grind Madness at the BBC: The Earache Peel Sessions 10 Nov 2014
    • X Rockfest 2014 X-Herford, Herford
    • Napalm Death, Squash Bowels, The Dead Goats and Dishell at Klub Alibi Klub Alibi, Wrocław
    • Album · 23 Jan 2015 Apex Predator – Easy Meat
    • Earthwire Single · 3 Jul 2015
    • 70000 Tons of Metal Royal Caribbean’s Liberty of the Seas, [at sea]
    • Deathcrusher: Australian / New Zealand Tour, Wellington, New Zealand, Day 1 Valhalla, Wellington
    • Deathcrusher: Australian / New Zealand Tour, Wellington, New Zealand, Day 2 Valhalla, Wellington
    • The Best of Napalm Death 2016
    • Napalm Death / Melt‐Banana Single · 25 Nov 2016
    • Download Festival 2016, Day 3: The Dogtooth Stage The Dogtooth Stage, Castle Donington
    • Hellfest 2016, Day 2: Altar Altar, Clisson
    • Rock Herk 2016, Saturday: Club Club, Herk-de-Stad
    • Campaign For Musical Destruction Europe Tour 2017 at Kraken Kraken, Stockholm
    • Wacken Open Air 2017, Day 1: Headbangers Stage Headbangers Stage, Wacken
    • Campaign for Musical Destruction: NZ Show The Kings Arms, Auckland
    • Coded Smears and More Uncommon Slurs 30 Mar 2018
    • Stunt Your Growth EP · 30 Nov 2018
    • Desertfest London 2018, Day 1 at Electric Ballroom Electric Ballroom, Camden
    • Hellfest 2018, Day 1: Altar Altar, Clisson
    • Support act · México Metal Fest III Explanada Sultanes, Monterrey
    • You Suffer (S3RL remix) 1 Apr 2019
    • You Suffer / Dead: The Remixes 2020
    • Logic Ravaged by Brute Force EP · 7 Feb 2020
    • Backlash Just Because Single · 24 Jul 2020
    • Amoral Single · 21 Aug 2020
    • A Bellyful of Salt and Spleen Single · 4 Sep 2020
    • Album · 18 Sep 2020 Throes of Joy in the Jaws of Defeatism
    • Napalm Death at Kulttempel Kulttempel, Oberhausen
    • Narcissus Single · 10 Dec 2021
    • Resentment Is Always Seismic – A Final Throw of Throes EP · 11 Feb 2022
    • Download Festival 2022, Day 2: The Dogtooth Stage The Dogtooth Stage, Castle Donington
    • Sylak Open Air 2022 Stade Régis‐Perrin, Saint-Maurice-de-Gourdans
    • Summer Breeze Open Air 2022, Day 4: T‐Stage T‐Stage, Dinkelsbühl
    • The Crucifixion of Possessions Single · 2 May 2023
    • Afdreiht un Buten 2023 Afdreiht un Buten Festival Grounds, Goldenstedt
    • Metaldays 2023
    • Campaign for Musical Destruction Tour: New Zealand, Wellington Meow, Wellington
    • Greed Killing / Breed to Breathe February 2024
    • Ruhrpott Rodeo 2024, Day 2: Rodeo Stage Rodeo Stage, Hünxe
    • Napalm Death @ Galvanizers Yard, SWG3 Galvanizers Yard, Glasgow
    • Savage Imperial Death March Part II: Louisville Mercury Ballroom, Louisville
    • Savage Imperial Death March Part II: Milwaukee The Rave / Eagles Club, Milwaukee
    • Savage Imperial Death March Part II: Minneapolis First Avenue, Minneapolis
    • + 1 date
      • Hellsinki Metal Festival 2025 Helsingin jäähalli, Helsinki
    • Extreme The Dojo Vol.36 渋谷CLUB QUATTRO, Udagawachō
    • Extreme The Dojo Vol.36 梅田CLUB QUATTRO, Taiyūjichō
    • Hellfest 2026, Sunday: Altar Altar, Clisson
    • Roskilde Festival 2026, Day 5: Eos Eos, Roskilde
    • + 2 dates
      • Ruhrpott Rodeo 2026, Day 1: Rodeo Stage Rodeo Stage, Hünxe
      • Göteborg Brinner Frihamnen, Gothenburg