Fresh from the announcement of their new album Throes Of Joy In The Jaws Of Defeatism, British grindcore legends Napalm Death have unleashed the record’s first single: Backlash Just Because. “This song in particular really spurred me on when I was writing lyrics for the album overall,” explains frontman Barney Greenway. “It’s raucous and traditional, but also quirky and discordant and ultimately catchy-as-anything in the context of rampaging noise. “Lyrically it was directed at the spiteful art of creating easy targets and fomenting paranoia and revulsion, which is something that I feel has become de rigueur in very recent times. I really let loose on the more sporadic vocals at the end of the song – it’s a real barkfest at that point. Lovely.” Read this: Barney Greenw...
