Leaders Not Followers: Part 2

Leaders Not Followers: Part 2
Studio album by Napalm Death
Released	23 August 2004 (2004-08-23)
Recorded	June–July 2003
Studio	Robannas Studios, Birmingham
Genre	Grindcore death metal
Length	43:09
Label	Century Media
Producer	Russ Russell
Napalm Death chronology
Noise for Music's Sake (2003) Leaders Not Followers: Part 2 (2004) The Code Is Red...Long Live the Code (2005)

Leaders Not Followers: Part 2 is a cover album by British grindcore band Napalm Death, released in 2004 by Century Media. ^[1] It contains covers of various hardcore punk and heavy metal songs. Although Jesse Pintado is credited for playing guitars, guitarist Mitch Harris revealed in an interview with The Metal Forge in 2005 that Pintado did not contribute to Leaders Not Followers: Part 2. ^[2]

Release

Leaders Not Followers: Part 2 marked the band's debut for German heavy metal record label Century Media. ^[3] The CD version contains a live video clip of the Cryptic Slaughter song Lowlife.

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[4]
Chronicles of Chaos	8/10 [5]
CMJ New Music Report	Favourable [6]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal	6/10 [7]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[8]
Kerrang!	[9]
Punknews.org	[10]
The Metal Forge	8/10 [11]
Terrorizer	8.5/10 [12]

Damien of Terrorizer described the album as featuring "essentially a 'Who's Who' of extreme music in the 80s", with "Napalm [Death] not only highlight[ing] the links between disparate strains (punk, hardcore, crossover, thrash) but provid[ing] a damned enjoyable 43-minute hellride". ^[12] Amy Sciarretto of CMJ New Music Report called the album "noisy, loud, brash and fast, just like the originals and just the way we like Napalm Death." ^[6]

Track listing

No.	Title	Original artist	Length
1.	"Lowlife"	Cryptic Slaughter	2:22
2.	"Face Down in the Dirt"	The Offenders	1:27
3.	"Devastation"	Devastation	2:51
4.	"Messiah"	Hellhammer	3:29
5.	"Victims of a Bomb Raid"	Anti Cimex	2:30
6.	"Night of Pain"	Wehrmacht	4:03
7.	"War's No Fairytale"	Discharge	1:18
8.	"Conform"	Siege	1:58
9.	"Master"	Master	2:23
10.	"Fire Death Fate"	Insanity	3:18
11.	"Riot of Violence"	Kreator	4:40
12.	"Game of the Arseholes"	Anti Cimex	1:23
13.	"Clangor of War"	Massacre	2:32
14.	"Dope Fiend"	Attitude Adjustment	1:36
15.	"I'm Tired"	Die Kreuzen	0:52
16.	"Troops of Doom"	Sepultura	2:29
17.	"Bedtime Story"	Dayglo Abortions	2:24
18.	"Blind Justice"	Agnostic Front	1:06
19.	"Hate, Fear and Power"	Hirax	0:28
Total length:			43:09

Personnel

Napalm Death

• Mark "Barney" Greenway – lead vocals
• Jesse Pintado – guitars
• Mitch Harris – guitars, backing vocals
• Shane Embury – bass
• Danny Herrera – drums

Additional musicians

• Jim Whitely – bass (7, 12)

Technical personnel

• Russ Russell – production
• Simon Efemey – engineering
• Mid – artwork
• Mick Kenney – layout, design

References

1. "Napalm Death – Leaders Not Followers: Part 2". Century Media . Retrieved 26 October 2014.
2. Harris, Mitch (29 April 2005). "Napalm Death: Stronger Than All". The Metal Forge (Interview). Interviewed by Simon Milburn. Retrieved 26 October 2014.
3. "Napalm Death Singer Says He Had 'A Truly Fantastic Time' Touring North America". Blabbermouth.net . White Plains, New York. 30 November 2004. Retrieved 27 October 2014.
4. Rivadavia, Eduardo. Napalm Death: Leader Not Followers, Pt. 2 > Overview at AllMusic. Retrieved 26 October 2014.
5. Smit, Jackie (29 July 2004). "Napalm Death – Leaders Not Followers 2". Chronicles of Chaos . Retrieved 26 October 2014.
6. Sciarretto, Amy (27 September 2004). "Napalm Death: Leaders Not Followers Part 2". CMJ New Music Report . No. 883. New York: The CMJ Network. p. 20. ISSN   0890-0795 . Retrieved 14 January 2016.
7. Popoff, Martin; Perri, David (2011). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 4: The '00s. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 346. ISBN   9781-926592-20-6.
8. Larkin, Colin, ed. (2007). Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th concise ed.). Omnibus Press. pp. 1015–1016. ISBN   978-0857125958.
9. Lawson, Dom (28 August 2004). "Rated: Albums". Kerrang! . No. 1020. EMAP. p. 39.
10. Thornberry, Jason (2 November 2004). "Napalm Death: Leaders Not Followers: Part Two (2004)". Punknews.org. New York: Aubin Paul. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
11. Donnelly, Justin (7 February 2005). "Napalm Death – Leaders Not Followers Part 2". The Metal Forge. Sumner, Queensland. Archived from the original on 18 January 2015. Retrieved 18 January 2015.
12. Damien (September 2004). "Napalm Death – Leaders Not Followers: Part 2". Terrorizer . No. 123. p. 61.