Utopia Banished Explained

Utopia Banished
Type:studio
Artist:Napalm Death
Cover:Utopia Banished (Napalm Death album) cover art.jpg
Recorded:10–19 February 1992
23 February – 2 March 1992
Studio:The Windings, Wrexham, Wales
Label:Earache, Relativity
Producer:Colin Richardson, Napalm Death
Prev Title:Death by Manipulation
Prev Year:1991
Next Title:Fear, Emptiness, Despair
Next Year:1994

Utopia Banished is the fourth studio album by the British grindcore band Napalm Death. The album was released in 1992 by Earache Records.[1] It is the first album featuring Danny Herrera on drums following the departure of Mick Harris.Metal Hammer put it on the list of the 20 best metal album of 1992.

Release

A limited edition of this album included a 3" bonus CD; the vinyl release included a bonus 7" containing the same material.

The 2007 re-release came as part of Earache's Classic Metal series with The DVD as bonus disc.

In 2012, Earache Records released a remastered edition on limited edition coloured vinyl and CD digipak.[2]

Single

The EP "The World Keeps Turning" was released in July 1992 on vinyl and CD and contains two non-album tracks, "A Means to an End" and "Insanity Excursion".[3]

Writing

Samples

Napalm Death make use of samples in some songs on Utopia Banished. The tracks "Discordance" and "Awake (To a Life of Misery)" sample snippets from 1988 science fiction film They Live while the track "Contemptuous" takes a line from 1987 war film Full Metal Jacket.[4]

Personnel

Napalm Death

Technical personnel

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Napalm Death 'Utopia Banished' . Earache.com . . 19 October 2014.
  2. News: Sheila . 14 May 2012 . Napalm Death – 'Utopia Banished' remastered edition out now! . PlanetMosh . 14 October 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141018173658/http://planetmosh.com/napalm-death-utopia-banished-remastered-edition-out-now/ . 18 October 2014 . dead . dmy-all .
  3. Web site: Napalm Death 'The World Keeps Turning' . Earache.com . . 24 November 2014.
  4. Web site: (Film) samples in (metal) songs . . 16 November 2014.