Napalm Death - Leaders Not Followers [Pink]

Napalm Death have always worn their influences openly, and in 1999 they paid them back in full. Leaders Not Followers is the grindcore pioneers' first covers record, six tracks recorded in four days at Jacobs Studios in Surrey that July with producers Russ Russell and Simon Efemey.

The selection is a map of where the band came from. Raw Power's "Politicians" and Dead Kennedys' "Nazi Punks Fuck Off" nod to the hardcore punk that shaped them, while Slaughter's "Incinerator," Pentagram's "Demonic Possession," Repulsion's "Maggots In Your Coffin" and Death's "Back From The Dead" dig into the metal underground. Barney Greenway, Jesse Pintado, Mitch Harris, Shane Embury and Danny Herrera run every one of them through the band's own crushing deathgrind, and the take on "Incinerator" in particular is a fan favorite.

At under twenty minutes it is a quick, ferocious listen, and a reminder of how much of hardcore and extreme metal's family tree runs through this band.

This limited edition 12" from Secret Records presents the EP at 45 RPM on pink vinyl.