Napalm Death

Napalm Death are a grindcore band formed in Birmingham,England in 1981. Napalm Death is credited for defining the grindcore genre by incorporating hardcore punk and death metal.Although none of the original members remain in the band the original line-up consisted of : Nic Bullen on bass and vocals,Simon Oppenheimer on guitar and Miles Ratledge on drums this line-up never actually released any albums. There album Scum is what revolutionized grindcore with the short songs but fast tempo, deep guttural growls and social and political lyrics this album is also in the guinness world records for shortest song "you suffer" for 0:01 seconds. Napalm has inspired bands such as: Carcass, Godflesh etc... which a lot of the former members have actually formed some of the groups that are inspired by Napalm.