Early groups like Napalm Death are credited with laying the groundwork for the style.

British band Napalm Death holds the Guinness World Record for shortest song ever recorded with the one-second " You Suffer " ( 1987 ).

In 2007, the video for the Napalm Death song " You Suffer " set a new " Shortest Music Video " record: 1. 3 seconds.

" Napalm Death coined the term, though this style of drumming had previously been practiced by others.

Other key groups cited by current and former members of Napalm Death as formative influences include Discharge, Amebix, Throbbing Gristle, and the aforementioned Dirty Rotten Imbeciles.

Post-punk, such as Killing Joke and Joy Division, was also cited as an influence on early Napalm Death.

Grindcore, as such, was developed during the mid-1980s in the United Kingdom by Napalm Death, a group who emerged from the anarcho-punk scene in Birmingham, England.

Punk historian Ian Glasper indicates that " For several months gob-smacked audiences weren't sure whether Napalm Death were actually a serious band any longer, such was the undeniable novelty of their hyper-speed new drummer.

Earache Records founder Digby Pearson concurs with Embury, saying that Napalm Death " put hardcore and metal through an accelerator.

New Musical Express featured Napalm Death on their cover in 1988, declaring them " the fastest band in the world.

With the goal of becoming " the most extreme hardcore punk band of all time ," the group took Mick Harris from Napalm Death in 1987.

According to Nielsen Soundscan, Napalm Death sold 367, 654 units between May 1991 and November 2003, while Carcass sold 220, 374 units in the same period.

" Lee Dorian of Napalm Death indicated that " Unfortunately, I think the same thing happened to grindcore, if you want to call it that, as happened to punk rock-all the great original bands were just plagiarised by a billion other bands who just copied their style identically, making it no longer original and no longer extreme.

As early Napalm Death albums were not widely distributed in the United States, American groups tended to take inspiration from later works, such as Harmony Corruption.

While powerviolence took inspiration from Napalm Death and other early grind bands, powerviolence groups avoided elements of heavy metal.

Among other influences, Napalm Death took impetus from the industrial music scene.

* Napalm Death: Thrash to Death

* 1969 – Jesse Pintado, Mexican-American guitarist ( Napalm Death, Terrorizer, and Lock Up ) ( d. 2006 )

* 1970 – Mitch Harris, American guitarist ( Napalm Death )

The anarcho-punk scene also spawned bands such as Napalm Death, Carcass, and Extreme Noise Terror that in the mid-1980s defined grindcore, incorporating extremely fast tempos and death metal – style guitarwork.

Other U. K. hardcore bands from this period included Broken Bones, Chaos UK, Charged GBH, Dogsflesh, Disorder, English Dogs, and Napalm Death.

In early 2006, Kreator toured North America with Napalm Death, A Perfect Murder, and The Undying.

Grindcore was pioneered by bands such as Napalm Death and Extreme Noise Terror.

The band later went on a small tour with bands like Napalm Death.

Napalm Death's seismic impact inspired other British grindcore groups in the 1980s, among them Extreme Noise Terror, Carcass and Sore Throat.

Pioneers, the British band Napalm Death inspired other British grindcore groups in the 1980s, among them Extreme Noise Terror, Carcass and Sore Throat.

He is primarily inspired not by his electronic contemporaries, but by his love of the Industrial music, Death metal, and Industrial metal of the 1980s and 90s, particularly bands like Godflesh and Napalm Death.

Mark later left The Blueprint and with Jason, they formed This Is Menace, a supergroup featuring members from various other bands including Carcass, Napalm Death, Sikth, Send More Paramedics, Funeral for a Friend and earthtone9.

In Version 1. 1, more weapons were added, such as Napalm, Smoke Tracers, and Liquid Dirt as well as Joystick support and two new death animations among other things.

On the other hand, some arts prospered, especially music: Birmingham had thriving heavy metal ( with bands such as Black Sabbath, Napalm Death and Judas Priest ) and reggae scenes ( notable locals including Steel Pulse, Pato Banton, Musical Youth, and UB40 ).

They even played gigs with other bands who would become equally famous in later years, such as Napalm Death and Pestilence ( and later Extreme Noise Terror, as well as smaller bands such as Violent Mosquitos and Total Mosh Project.

Glassjaw played two shows in the UK, at the London HMV Forum ( March 30 ) and the Cardiff Solus ( March 31 ), with support from Napalm Death and also headlined Soundfest ( June 10 ), playing alongside other artists such as Brother Ali, Del the Funky Homosapien and If He Dies He Dies.

Earache Records had also signed many other death metal bands including Carcass and Napalm Death.

During the tour for Blood World they played with Napalm Death, Sick of It All and Entombed for audiences consisting of thousands of people, and sold more merchandise than the other bands in the venues.

The band was signed to Napalm Records as were Tharen's other musical projects.

In its early years, CoC was one of the few to publish reviews and interviews on the Internet featuring bands such as Eyehategod, Nevermore, Strapping Young Lad and Dimmu Borgir before they were well known, as well as numerous other bands that were popular in the mid-1990s metal underground, including At the Gates, Fear Factory, Dismember, Dissection, Brutal Truth, Napalm Death, Sepultura, Hypocrisy, My Dying Bride, Type O Negative, Cannibal Corpse, Edge of Sanity, Paradise Lost, Amorphis, Morbid Angel, In Flames, Sentenced, Therion, Emperor, Vader, Bolt Thrower, Opeth and Slayer, among others.

The quintet was mainly influenced by fellow American death metal bands as well as the British band Napalm Death and Brazilian Sepultura.

During the 1980s, Cardiacs were a professed influence or inspiration for Marillion, It Bites and British psychedelic acts such as Ring ; during the 1990s, emerging bands and musicians who were Cardiacs fans included Blur, Radiohead, Supergrass Shane Embury of Napalm Death, Porcupine Tree's Steven Wilson, The Scaramanga Six, The Monsoon Bassoon and The Wildhearts ( who would later pay direct tribute via their track " Tim Smith " on 2009's Chutzpah !).

Subsequent musicians have cited the group as a profound influence, including the famous British grindcore band Napalm Death and the American thrashcore band Dropdead, whose namesake was derived from the title of Siege's demo of the same name.

Mark " Barney " Greenway ( born 13 July 1969 in Great Barr, Birmingham ) is a British extreme metal singer, who has been a member of Napalm Death, Extreme Noise Terror, and Benediction.

After the release of the EP Mentally Murdered, Napalm Death began to become more interested in the death metal scene and their sound started to move away from the British grindcore sound.

Shane Embury ( born 27 November 1967 in Broseley, Shropshire ) is a British bassist and currently a member of grindcore / death metal band Napalm Death.

Steve Huey of Allmusic praised the album writing that the band, " having honed a potent blend of classic-style death metal, melodic twin-guitar leads à la the New Wave of British Heavy Metal, touches of prog metal and of grindcore courtesy of later Carcass or Napalm Death, and just plain solid riff writing.

He joined the British grindcore band Napalm Death in 1991, replacing Mick Harris.

Vicious Whisper is described as a Japa-Brit ( half Japanese half British ) witch and singer whose real name is Victoria Whisper but her friends call her V. Her songs have strong anti-business sentiments attached to them ( i. e. " Napalm on Wall Street "; these songs seem quite the opposite of her personality ) and she normally floats around a stadium with her on tour.

" You Suffer " is a song by the British grindcore band Napalm Death, from their debut album, Scum.

The group released Patriot Games, notable for the track " Mind Of A Razor ," which was subsequently released as a single and included a remix by the British extreme metal band, Napalm Death.