Throes of Joy in the Jaws of Defeatism

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Throes of Joy in the Jaws of Defeatism
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Studio album by
Napalm Death
Released18 September 2020 (2020-09-18)
RecordedAugust 2017 – April 2020
StudioParlour Studios in Kettering, England
Genre
Length42:26
Label Century Media
Producer Russ Russell
Napalm Death chronology
Coded Smears and More Uncommon Slurs
(2018)		Throes of Joy in the Jaws of Defeatism
(2020)		Resentment Is Always Seismic – A Final Throw of Throes
(2022)
Singles from Throes of Joy in the Jaws of Defeatism
  1. "Backlash Just Because"
    Released: 24 July 2020 [1]
  2. "Amoral"
    Released: 21 August 2020 [2]
  3. "A Bellyful of Salt and Spleen"
    Released: 4 September 2020 [3]
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
AnyDecentMusic?8.2/10 [4]
Metacritic 86/100 [5]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [6]
Blabbermouth.net 10/10 [7]
Consequence A– [8]
Decibel 10/10 [9]
Exclaim! 8/10 [10]
Kerrang! 4/5 [11]
Metal Hammer Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [12]
PopMatters 8/10 [13]

Throes of Joy in the Jaws of Defeatism is the sixteenth studio album by British grindcore band Napalm Death. It was released on 18 September 2020 through Century Media. [14]

Contents

It is the band's first full-length studio album since 2015's Apex Predator – Easy Meat , making it their longest gap between albums.

Metal Hammer named it as the second best metal album of 2020. [15]

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Barney Greenway, except where noted; all music is composed by Shane Embury, except where noted.

Throes of Joy in the Jaws of Defeatism track listing [16]
No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Fuck the Factoid"  2:27
2."Backlash Just Because"  2:56
3."That Curse of Being in Thrall"  3:36
4."Contagion"Embury 4:05
5."Joie de Ne Pas Vivre" 
2:28
6."Invigorating Clutch"  4:05
7."Zero Gravitas Chamber"  4:03
8."Fluxing of the Muscle"  4:33
9."Amoral"Embury 3:05
10."Throes of Joy in the Jaws of Defeatism"  2:55
11."Acting in Gouged Faith"  3:37
12."A Bellyful of Salt and Spleen" 
4:36
Total length:42:26
Limited mediabook edition and digital edition bonus tracks
No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
12."Feral Carve-Up"  2:49
13."A Bellyful of Salt and Spleen" 
  • Embury
  • Harris
  • Russell
4:36
14."White Kross" (Sonic Youth cover) Thurston Moore
4:06
15."Blissful Myth" (Rudimentary Peni cover)Grant Matthews
1:52
Total length:51:13
Vinyl edition bonus tracks
No.TitleMusicLength
12."Air's Turned Foul in Here" 2:59
13."A Bellyful of Salt and Spleen"
  • Embury
  • Harris
  • Russell
4:36
Total length:45:25
Japanese edition bonus tracks [17]
No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
12."Air's Turned Foul in Here"  2:59
13."Feral Carve-Up"  2:49
14."A Bellyful of Salt and Spleen" 
  • Embury
  • Harris
  • Russell
4:36
15."White Kross" (Sonic Youth cover)Moore
  • Moore
  • Gordon
  • Ranaldo
  • Shelley
4:06
16."Blissful Myth" (Rudimentary Peni cover)Matthews
  • Matthews
  • Blinko
  • Greville
1:52
Total length:54:12

Personnel

Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes. [16]

Napalm Death

Additional musicians

Production and design

Charts

Chart performance for Throes of Joy in the Jaws of Defeatism
Chart (2020)Peak
position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [19] 37
Czech Albums (ČNS IFPI) [20] 83
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista) [21] 35
French Albums (SNEP) [22] 120
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [23] 18
Norwegian Vinyl Albums (VG-lista) [24] 31
Scottish Albums (OCC) [25] 33
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [26] 26

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