𝐅𝐑𝐎𝐌 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐂𝐑𝐘𝐏𝐓𝐒 - 𝐂𝐄𝐋𝐄𝐁𝐑𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐏𝐀𝐒𝐓 𝐀𝐋𝐁𝐔𝐌 𝐑𝐄𝐋𝐄𝐀𝐒𝐄𝐒 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐇𝐈𝐒𝐓𝐎𝐑𝐘 𝐨𝐟 𝐇𝐀𝐑𝐃 𝐑𝐎𝐂𝐊 & 𝐇𝐄𝐀𝐕𝐘 𝐌𝐄𝐓𝐀𝐋…
July 29, 1997 — Extreme Noise Terror (aka ENT) released their fourth full-length studio album, Damage 381 via Earache Records. (Apple Music or Spotify)
The albums title track was measured at 381 beats per minute (or BPM) on a metronome when recorded, which is where the name of the album was derived.
Background:
In late 1996, founding member Phil Vane (R.I.P.) left ENT to join Napalm Death. In an example of trading places, Napalm Death frontman Mark "Barney" Greenway agreed to join ENT during the recording of their album, Damage 381.
The album showed minimal signs of Crust Punk and saw ENT moving further into Death Metal territory, while reincorporating some of the blast beats and screamed vocals that had been missing from their previous two releases. The album benefited from the production of noted Metal producer Colin Richardson.
This union was short lived however, as at the same time Napalm Death were having a hard time getting the vocals that they wanted from Vane and asked Greenway to return, which he agreed to do, leaving ENT once again lacking a second vocalist. Vane subsequently returned to the band in 1997.
Critical Reception:
In Rock Hard edition #124 Jan Jaedike wrote;
“𝙱𝚊𝚛𝚗𝚎𝚢 𝙶𝚛𝚎𝚎𝚗𝚠𝚊𝚢 𝚜𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚋𝚎 𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚓𝚘𝚢𝚎𝚍 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝙳𝚊𝚖𝚊𝚐𝚎 𝟹𝟾𝟷 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚕𝚘𝚟𝚎 𝚒𝚝 𝚖𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚗 𝚊𝚗𝚢 𝙽𝚊𝚙𝚊𝚕𝚖 𝙳𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚑 𝚘𝚞𝚝𝚙𝚞𝚝 𝚑𝚎‘𝚜 𝚋𝚎𝚎𝚗 𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚘𝚠𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚖𝚒𝚌 𝚘𝚗. 𝙸𝚗 𝚏𝚊𝚌𝚝, 𝙳𝚊𝚖𝚊𝚐𝚎 𝟹𝟾𝟷 𝚠𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚍𝚎𝚏𝚒𝚗𝚒𝚝𝚎𝚕𝚢 𝚋𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚋𝚎𝚜𝚝 𝙽𝚊𝚙𝚊𝚕𝚖 𝙳𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚑 𝙻𝙿 𝚜𝚒𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝙵𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝙴𝚗𝚜𝚕𝚊𝚟𝚎𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚃𝚘 𝙾𝚋𝚕𝚒𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗".
While one review at metal-archives.com stated;
“𝚂𝚊𝚍𝚕𝚢 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚞𝚗𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝙱𝚊𝚛𝚗𝚎𝚢 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚕𝚊𝚜𝚝 - 𝙿𝚑𝚒𝚕 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚋𝚘𝚘𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝙽𝙳 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚖𝚊𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚐𝚛𝚊𝚍𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝙱𝚊𝚛𝚗𝚎𝚢 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚊𝚜𝚔𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚛𝚎𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚗 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚋𝚊𝚗𝚍, 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚠𝚊𝚜𝚗‘𝚝 𝚊 𝚏𝚛𝚞𝚒𝚝𝚕𝚎𝚜𝚜 𝚜𝚒𝚝𝚞𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗. 𝙰𝚜𝚒𝚍𝚎 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚊𝚕𝚋𝚞𝚖, 𝚠𝚑𝚒𝚌𝚑 𝚒𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚋𝚊𝚗𝚍‘𝚜 𝚏𝚒𝚗𝚎𝚜𝚝 𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚛, 𝙽𝙳 𝚌𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚕𝚢 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚛𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚕𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚗𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚘 𝙱𝚊𝚛𝚗𝚎𝚢 𝚖𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚘𝚗 𝚏𝚘𝚕𝚕𝚘𝚠𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊𝚕𝚋𝚞𝚖𝚜 𝚊𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚒𝚛 𝚖𝚞𝚜𝚒𝚌’𝚜 𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚗𝚜𝚒𝚝𝚢 𝚒𝚗𝚌𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚜𝚎𝚍, 𝚋𝚎𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚟𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝙴𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚌𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚗 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚖𝚒𝚕𝚕𝚎𝚗𝚗𝚒𝚞𝚖 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚜𝚑𝚒𝚏𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚘 𝚊 𝚙𝚞𝚛𝚎𝚛 𝙳𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚑/𝙶𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚍 𝚜𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚍. 𝙰𝚜 𝚐𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚝 𝚊𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚕𝚎𝚐𝚊𝚌𝚢 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚜𝚒𝚝𝚞𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚑𝚊𝚍 𝚘𝚗 𝙽𝙳’𝚜 𝚖𝚞𝚜𝚒𝚌 𝚒𝚜, 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚊𝚕𝚋𝚞𝚖 𝚒𝚜 𝚑𝚘𝚗𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚕𝚢 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚗 𝚋𝚎𝚝𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚗 𝚊 𝚕𝚘𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝙽𝙳 𝚑𝚊𝚜 𝚍𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚜𝚒𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚗 - 𝚍𝚘 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚜𝚔𝚒𝚙 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚘𝚞𝚝.
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