Hatred Surge

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Hatred Surge
Studio album (Demo) by Napalm Death
Released	1985
Genre	Grindcore
Length	25:05
Napalm Death chronology
Like Sheep We All Have Gone Astray (1983)	Hatred Surge (1985)	From Enslavement to Obliteration (demo) (1986)

This article is about the Napalm Death demo. For the band see Hatred Surge (Band)

Hatred Surge was the 5th demo tape by the group Napalm Death. The demo was released in 1985 by the group who sold copies of the demo on cassette at their concerts. The tape was also traded and copied extensively on the 'underground' tape-trading scene across the globe: it has since been released in bootleg form on CD and 7" vinyl. The tape was originally issued with a live mixing board recording (from a concert at The Mermaid venue in Birmingham, England) as the B-Side.

The sound of the demo represents a precursor to the work for which the group became well-known globally at a later date. The sound combines the energy and imprecise edge of Punk-influenced hardcore (as played by groups such as Discharge, Disorder, Chaos UK, Rattus, Kaaos and The Wretched) with the slower chord-progressions of mid-1980's Heavy Metal Thrash (as played by groups such as Venom, Hellhammer, Metallica, Voivod and Bathory), along with an influence from Post-Punk music (particularly Killing Joke, Amebix and Crass).

Tha material on the demo tape has a varied history. The pieces 'What Man Can Do' and 'Private Death' originally appeared on the 1st demo tape (1982) by Justin Broadrick's group Final, although they were re-worked for this recording. The pieces 'Caught...in a Dream' and 'The Ballad of Cheswick Green' had originally appeared on the 4th demo tape (1983) by an earlier incarnation of Napalm Death, and were again re-worked for this recording. A number of the songs from the demo tape ('Instinct of Survival', 'Control' and 'Sacrificed') continued to be played by the group until the recording of their first album 'Scum'.

[edit] Track listing

1. "What Man Can Do" (Broadrick / Bullen) – 2:51
2. "Instinct of Survival" (Broadrick / Bullen) – 2:51
3. "Abbatoir" (Bullen) – 3:47
4. "Control" (Broadrick / Bullen) – 2:37
5. "Sacrificed" (Bullen) – 1:39
6. "So Sad" (Bullen) – 4:38
7. "Caught in a Dream" (Broadrick / Ratledge / Bullen)– 2:17
8. "Private Death" (Broadrick / Bullen) – 2:14
9. "The Ballad of Cheswick Green (live recording)" – (Quinn / Robertson / Ratledge / Bullen)2:08

[edit] Credits

• Nik (Nicholas Bullen) - vocals
• Nuts (Pete Shaw) - bass
• Just (Justin Broadrick) - guitar
• Rat (Miles Ratledge) - drums