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Length
  
39:04

Artist
  
Napalm Death

Producer
  
Colin Richardson

Utopia Banished (1992)
  
Live Corruption (1992)

Release date
  
23 June 1992

Label
  
Earache Records

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Released
  
23 June 1992 (1992-06-23)

Recorded
  
10 February 1992 (1992-02-10)–19 February 1992 (1992-02-19) and 23 February 1992 (1992-02-23)–2 March 1992 (1992-03-02)

Studio
  
The Windings, Wrexham, Wales

Genres
  
Grindcore, Death metal, Thrash metal, Deathgrind

Similar
  
Napalm Death albums, Grindcore albums, Other albums

Napalm death utopia banished


Utopia Banished is the fourth album by the UK band Napalm Death. The album was released in 1992 by Earache Records. It is the first album featuring Danny Herrera on drums following the departure of Mick Harris.

Contents

Napalm death utopia banished full album


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.

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".

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.

Napalm Death

  • Mark "Barney" Greenway – vocals
  • Mitch Harris – guitar, vocals
  • Jesse Pintado – guitar
  • Shane Embury – bass
  • Danny Herrera – drums
  • Technical personnel

  • Colin Richardson – production, engineering
  • Pete Coleman – co-engineering
  • Matt Anker – photography
  • Mid – cover art
  • J. Barry – layout
  • Songs

    1Discordance1:26
    2I Abstain3:30
    3Dementia Access2:28

    References

    Utopia Banished Wikipedia