Order of the Leech

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Order of the Leech
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Studio album by
Napalm Death
Released21 October 2002 (2002-10-21)
RecordedChappel Studios, [1]
South Thoresby
Parkgate Studios, Battle, East Sussex
Genre
Length44:39
Label Spitfire
Producer Simon Efemey, Russ Russell
Napalm Death chronology
The DVD
(2001)		Order of the Leech
(2002)		 Punishment in Capitals
(2002)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Chronicles of Chaos 9/10 [3]
CMJ New Music Report Favourable [4]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal 7/10 [5]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [6]

Order of the Leech is the tenth studio album by the British grindcore band Napalm Death, released in 2002 through Spitfire. Although credited in the line-up, Jesse Pintado never performed. [7] The second guitar is actually Mitch Harris overdubbing, hence marking this album's lineup as today's lineup. [8] "The Great Capitulator" is 2:49. At the end of the song, a long silence follows from 2:50 to 9:56. At 9:57, a soundbite comes fading in of a fan speaking of his attitude to metal music, mentioning bands like Krabathor or Immortal. His speech is then translated in Czech. It is the last album in a trilogy to feature these kinds of soundbites, with the others being Leaders Not Followers EP and Enemy of the Music Business .

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Continuing War on Stupidity"
3:11
2."The Icing on the Hate"
3:10
3."Forced to Fear"
  • Embury
3:34
4."Narcoleptic"
  • Greenway
  • Embury
2:28
5."Out of Sight Out of Mind"
  • Greenway
  • Harris
3:00
6."To Lower Yourself (Blind Servitude)"
  • Greenway
  • Embury
3:02
7."Lowest Common Denominator"
  • Greenway
  • Embury
3:19
8."Forewarned Is Disarmed?"
  • Greenway
  • Embury
2:25
9."Per Capita"
  • Greenway
  • Harris
2:54
10."Farce and Fiction"
2:47
11."Blows to the Body"
  • Greenway
  • Pintado
3:14
12."The Great Capitulator"
  • Greenway
  • Harris
11:35

Personnel

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  3. ↑ Smit, Jackie (23 June 2003). "Napalm Death – Order of the Leech". Chronicles of Chaos . Retrieved 26 October 2014.
  4. ↑ Sciarretto, Amy (11 November 2002). "Napalm Death: Order of the Leech". CMJ New Music Report . 73 (788). New York: The CMJ Network: 26. ISSN   0890-0795.
  5. ↑ Popoff, Martin; Perri, David (2011). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 4: The '00s. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 345. ISBN   9781-926592-20-6.
  6. ↑ Larkin, Colin, ed. (2007). Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th concise ed.). Omnibus Press. pp. 1015–1016. ISBN   978-0857125958.
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