Name: Throes of Joy in the Jaws of Defeatism
Brand: Napalm Death

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Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

19439763901

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black

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Discs

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Rough Trade Exclusive

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Extended format

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Format detail

Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2021-02-19

Signed copies

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Supplier GB

The Orchard

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194397639018

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1 / Extended format: No / LP / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No / black

Artist

Napalm Death

Genre GB

Metal

Label GB

Century Media

<i>Throes of Joy in the Jaws of Defeatism</i> is Napalm Death's 16th studio album, produced by longtime collaborator Russ Russell.

According to vocalist<b> </b>Mark "Barney" Greenway, "The phrase sticking in my mind when I started thinking about the lyrical direction for this album was “the other”. You could recognize at the time that there was a rapidly growing fear and paranoia being generated about everybody, from migrating people to people with fluid sexuality and this was starting to manifest itself in very antagonistic reactions that you felt were almost verging on violence. Not everybody resorts to such reactions of course, but even the basic lack of understanding can become toxic over time. I’m not saying that this is an entirely new phenomenon, but it has been stoked in recent history by some particularly attack-minded people in more political circles and, as ever, I felt that it would be the natural antidote to endorse basic humanity and solidarity with all. The artwork specifically uses a white dove as a centerpiece, which of course is a commonly recognized symbol of peace and cooperation. The dove has been mauled very violently by a sterilizing hand and in death appears particularly broken and bloodied. However, through the violence you can see an equality symbol in blood on the chest of the dove, which perhaps demonstrates – visually at least – that equality cuts through in the end. A positive amidst many negatives then, much like the album title itself being a bit of an oxymoron – the celebration of humanity even in the mangling jaws of negativity."

Throes of Joy in the Jaws of Defeatism

Music GB