Diatribes (album)

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

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]

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]

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.