Diatribes (album)

This article is about the death metal album. For the term, see Diatribe (disambiguation).

Diatribes is the sixth studio album by English grindcore band Napalm Death, originally released on 22 January 1996 on Earache Records.^[4] It was released as double 10" vinyl, regular CD, special digipak CD with space for the Greed Killing EP and MC.^[6] In 2010, Earache issued a re-release of Diatribes in a box set that also included the Greed Killing EP and the live album Bootlegged in Japan.^[7]

Diatribes
Studio album by Napalm Death
Released	22 January 1996 (1996-01-22)
Recorded	Framework Studios
Genre	Death metal groove metal
Length	44:16
Label	Earache
Producer	Colin Richardson
Napalm Death chronology
Greed Killing (1995) Diatribes (1996) In Tongues We Speak (1997)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal	8/10[2]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[3]
Kerrang!	[4]
MetalReviews	58/100[5]

Track listing

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"Greed Killing"	Shane Embury, Mitch Harris	Harris	3:06
2.	"Glimpse into Genocide"	Embury	Jesse Pintado	3:02
3.	"Ripe for the Breaking"	Mark Greenway	Harris, Embury	4:01
4.	"Cursed to Crawl"	Embury	Embury	3:26
5.	"Cold Forgiveness"	Embury	Harris, Pintado	4:32
6.	"My Own Worst Enemy"	Embury	Embury	3:36
7.	"Just Rewards"	Greenway	Harris	3:29
8.	"Dogma"	Embury	Embury	3:30
9.	"Take the Strain"	Greenway	Embury	4:11
10.	"Diatribes"	Greenway	Embury, Harris	3:52
11.	"Placate, Sedate, Eradicate"	Greenway	Pintado	3:24
12.	"Corrosive Elements"	Greenway	Harris	4:02

Personnel

Napalm Death

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

Technical personnel

• Colin Richardson – production
• Danny Sprigg – engineering
• Paul Siddens – assistant engineering
• Emma Siddens – assistant engineering
• Noel Summerville – mastering

Chart positions

Chart (1996)	Peak position
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[8]	94
UK Albums (OCC)[9]	73

References

1. Huey, Steve. Napalm Death: Diatribes > Review at AllMusic. Retrieved 12 October 2014.
2. Popoff, Martin (2007). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 3: The Nineties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 306. ISBN 978-1-894959-62-9.
3. Larkin, Colin, ed. (2007). Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th concise ed.). Omnibus Press. pp. 1015–1016. ISBN 978-0857125958.
4. Shiels, Liam (13 January 1996). "Albums". Kerrang!. No. 579. EMAP. p. 45.
5. Goat. "Napalm Death – Diatribes". MetalReviews. Retrieved 17 October 2014.
6. "Napalm Death 'Diatribes'". earache.com. Earache Records. Retrieved 12 October 2014.
7. EvilG (27 October 2010). "Napalm Death – Diatribes/Greed Killing/Bootlegged in Japan 3 CD set now out in North America". Metal Rules. Retrieved 12 October 2014.
8. "Napalm Death - Diatribes". Offizielle Deutsche Charts. Germany. Retrieved 24 September 2015.
9. "Napalm Death | Artist | Official Charts". UK Albums Chart. Retrieved 11 October 2014.