Melvins and Napalm Death have announced a wide release of their collaborative album, Savage Imperial Death March, arriving April 10th via Ipecac Recordings.
The collab was originally issued as a limited tour-only vinyl/CD during the bands’ co-headlining “Savage Imperial Death March” tour in 2025 — the Melvins’ and Napalm Death’s second tour together under that name following a run in 2016. This new release bolsters the tracklist with two additional tracks, making it a full eight-song LP.
“Napalm Death are one of my favorite bands ever,” Buzz Osborne said in a press release. “It was an absolute pleasure and a dream come true to do this collaboration with them. We wrote songs together. I would write a riff and we would learn it and record it right there. They wrote stuff and we would learn it immediately as well. It was truly a 50/50 partnership.”
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Indeed, the bands stress that this is not a split, but rather the work of a hybrid group, with the Melvins’ Osborne (vocals/guitar) and Dale Crover (drums) joined by Napalm Death’s Barney Greenway (vocals), Shane Embury (bass), and John Cooke (guitar). Recordings took place at the Melvins’ Los Angeles studio.
“I have loved the Melvins forever and their outlook on music,” Embury said. “A chance to make an album of eclectic musical madness with them was truly an honour and a whole lot of fun, which surely is the whole point! Let’s do another one soon.”
Greenway added: “Funny how life turns out sometimes… collecting hard-to-find Melvins 7-inches on Bleecker Street in 1989 and then touring twice and doing an album with them within the following 35 years. Had a great time with it all, and nice to work with fellow travellers in the Melvins who also couldn’t care about pandering to ‘demographics.’ I felt myself almost babbling lyrically during the recording, and that alone made for very fun recording times.”
Sludge metal and grindcore collide on the album’s opening track, “Tossing Coins into the Fountain of Fuck,” which can be streamed in the age-restricted YouTube player below. Pre-orders are live via Ipecac Recordings.
Meanwhile, Napalm Death are set to embark on a North American tour about a month after the collab album drops. Get tickets here.
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<p><strong><em>Savage Imperial Death March</em> Tracklist:</strong><br />01. Tossing Coins Into The Fountain Of Fuck<br />02. Some Kind Of Antichrist<br />03. Awful Handwriting<br />04. Nine Days Of Rain<br />05. Rip The God<br />06. Stealing Horses<br />07. Comparison Is The Thief Of Joy<br />08. Death Hour</p>
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