(Century Media) Raccolta disponibile in doppio CD e doppio vinile che presenta 31 canzoni per 90′ di musica, attraverso materiale esclusivo realizzato tra il 2004 e il 2016, cioè a partire dall’anno in cui la band firmò per la Century Media. Era l’epoca dell’album “The Code Is Red… Long Live the Code”. L’ultimo full length “Apex Predator – Easy Meat” è di tre anni fa, dunque questa pubblicazione per l’arco di tempo raccolto e l’ingente quantità di materiale presentato, costituisce in definitiva un album ex novo. Sono pezzi che prima di “Coded Smears and More Uncommon Slurs” erano reperibili solo in versioni giapponesi, versioni in vinile, split, singoli digitali, compilation e in altre pubblicazioni sparpagliate, oppure scartate da session di registrazione di altri lavori. C’è molto in “Coded Smears and More Uncommon Slurs” ed è materiale buono a mettere in evidenza tutte le caratteristiche ampiamente risapute dei Napalm Death (pensate ai loro cambi di passo) e a quella maturità già raggiunta da anni. Una maturità che non promette più rivoluzioni, al massimo una fedele appartenenza a un discorso musicale estremo, perché i Naplam Death restano da sempre estremisti del suono.

(Alberto Vitale) Voto: 8/10

I dettagli dei pezzi inclusi in “Coded Smears And More Uncommon Slurs”

CD1:
1. Standardization (02:46)
-> LP-only bonus track from ‘Utilitarian’ album sessions 2011.
2. Oh So Pseudo (02:36)
-> Bonus track from ‘Apex Predator – Easy Meat’ album sessions 2014.
3. It Failed To Explode (03:38)
-> Japan-only bonus track from ‘Utilitarian’ album sessions 2011.
4. Losers (04:22)
-> Bonus track from ‘The Code Is Red…Long Live The Code’’ album sessions 2004.
5. Call That An Option? (03:03)
-> Bonus track from ‘Smear Campaign’ album sessions 2006.
6. Caste As Waste (03:06)
-> Japan-only bonus track from ‘Apex Predator – Easy Meat’ album sessions 2014.
7. We Hunt In Packs (03:49)
-> Japan-only bonus track from ‘Time Waits For No Slave’ album sessions 2008.
8. Oxygen Of Duplicity (03:30)
-> From Melvins Split EP, recorded 2013.
9. Paracide (01:39)
-> Gepopel cover / Japan-only bonus track from ‘Apex Predator – Easy Meat’ album sessions 2014.
10. Critical Gluttonous Mass (02:26)
-> Bonus track from ‘Apex Predator – Easy Meat’ album sessions 2014.
11. Aim Without An Aim (03:05)
-> Bonus track from ‘Utilitarian’ album sessions 2011.
12. An Extract (Strip It Clean) (03:12)
-> From Split EP with Heaven Shall Burn, recorded 2014.
13. Phonetics For The Stupefied (03:29)
-> From Split EP with Voivod, recorded 2014.
14. Suppressed Hunger (03:09)
-> Bonus track from ‘Time Waits For No Slave’ album sessions 2008.
15. To Go Off And Things (02:29)
-> Cardiacs cover / From Split EP with Melvins, recorded 2013.

CD2:
1. Clouds of Cancer / Victims Of Ignorance (02:06)
-> G-ANX cover / Bonus track from ‘Apex Predator – Easy Meat’ album sessions 2014.
2. What Is Past Is Prologue (02:57)
-> Bonus track from ‘Apex Predator – Easy Meat’ album sessions 2014.
3. Like Piss To A Sting (01:31)
-> From Split EP with Melt Banana, recorded 2014.
4. Where The Barren Is Fertile (02:22)
-> From Split EP with Melt Banana, recorded 2014.
5. Crash The Pose (01:33)
-> Gauze cover / Japan-only bonus track from ‘The Code Is Red…Long Live The Code’’ album sessions 2004.
6. Earthwire (02:55)
-> Download only as DZI Foundation benefit following the 2015 Nepal earthquake, recorded 2014.
7. Will By Mouth (01:25)
-> From Split EP with Converge, recorded 2012.
8. Everything In Mono (02:48)
-> Bonus track from ‘Utilitarian’ album sessions 2011.
9. Omnipresent Knife In Your Back (05:15)
-> Bonus track from ‘Time Waits For No Slave’ album sessions 2008.
10. Lifeline (03:18)
-> Sacrilege cover / From ‘Respect Your Roots Worldwide’ compilation, recorded 2011.
11. Youth Offender (02:07)
-> B-Side from ‘Analysis Paralysis’ EP; recorded 2011.
12. No Impediment To Triumph (Bhopal) (03:02)
-> From Split EP with Converge, recorded 2012.
13. Legacy Was Yesterday (02:15)
-> From Decibel magazine Flexi EP, recorded 2010.
14. Outconditioned (02:25)
-> Despair cover / From ‘Covering 20 Years Of Extremes’ compilation, recorded 2008.
15. Atheist Runt (06:07)
-> Bonus track from ‘Smear Campaign’ album sessions 2006.
16. Weltschmerz (Extended Apocalyptic Version) (04:05)
-> Bonus track from ‘Smear Campaign’ album sessions 2006.