Napalm Death

When grind's pioneering Brits come out with a new album, eyebrows may rise but faces will melt. And when it's their 14th effort in a 25+ year career, the cyclonic punk-speed-meets-death-metal-ferocity formula forged by this very band in 1987 is still effortlessly alive and well on tracks like "Strong-Arm," "Diktat" and "Life and Limb." Holding their torch high this side of the millennium, Napalm's relentless riffage and mouth-full-of-marbles vox will continue to slay and influence the death/core masses with this fierce installment.