10 Heavy Metal Albums By Bands Thought Past Their Prime
7. Napalm Death - Time Waits For No Slave
Birmingham lovelies Napalm Death are modern heroes for today's jaded generation. The anti-fascist, anti-government, pro-environment, vegan grindcore legends first cannoned their message into the stratosphere in 1987 with the iconic 'Scum' - an album regarded by many as the catalyst of the genre - and have been regularly savaging our ears ever since.
However, 1990's 'Harmony Corruption' saw a bit of a down-swing for the troupe, which largely kicked-off a decade of relative idleness for the band. While nothing ever stooped to the level of "bad" (Napalm Death possessing the same illustrious credential of never having a truly bad album - shared with the likes of Deftones, Clutch and The Dillinger Escape Plan), nothing really generated the same levels of excitement as their first two albums.
Fast-forward to 2009 though, and the peak of a new decade saw a fresh vigour in the Brummie lads, beginning a trend of fresh experimentation on 'Time Waits for No Slave' that is still being felt as recently as 2020's 'Throes of Joy in the Jaws of Defeatism'. The haze of classic Napalm brutality, optimised by melodies, noise rock, industrial and sludge sees Napalm Death in the form of their lives, over 30 years after they first exploded onto the scene.