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| Released | 9 May 1994 | |||
| Recorded | October–December 1993 | |||
| Studio | Parr St. Studios, Liverpool, England Jacob Studios, Surrey, England | |||
| Genre | Death metal[1] | |||
| Length | 38:53 | |||
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Fear, Emptiness, Despair is the fifth studio album by British grindcore band Napalm Death, released on 9 May 1994.[2] Napalm Death's inclusion on the Mortal Kombat soundtrack brought significant exposure to the band and this album, alongside the fact that the band's label Earache had formed a partnership with Columbia Records which allowed the album to disseminate to a wider audience.[3] RAW magazine listed Fear, Emptiness, Despair as one of the essential album of the 1990s.[4]
In a 2017 interview, bassist Shane Embury listed the album as his least favourite of Napalm Death's discography, citing the division between the vocalist Barney Greenway and the remainder of the band, and the high corporate influence over the band during the album's production as factors that undermined the final result.[3]
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
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- ^ a b "Rank and Defile: Shane Embury Orders Napalm Death's Albums from Worst to Best". Decibel Magazine. 13 December 2017. Retrieved 23 December 2021.
- ^ Johnson 1995, p. 37.