The Melvins and Napalm Death join forces for Savage Imperial Death March, a true collaboration – not a split, but a new album featuring members of both bands.
The album shares its name with the bands’ Savage Imperial Death March tours from 2016 and 2025, but marks their first full-length studio collaboration under the moniker.
Yesterday, the first track from the album, “Tossing Coins Into The Fountain Of Fuck,” premiered.
The album was recorded at the Melvins’ Los Angeles studio, with Buzz Osborne (vocals/guitar) and Dale Crover (drums) joined by Napalm Death’s Barney Greenway (vocals), Shane Embury (bass), and John Cooke (guitar).
“I have loved the Melvins forever and their outlook on music,” Embury explains. “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.”
“Napalm Death are one of my favorite bands ever,” Osborne says. “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.”
Savage Imperial Death mArch Tracklist:
- Tossing Coins Into The Fountain Of Fuck
- Some Kind Of Antichrist
- Awful Handwriting
- Nine Days Of Rain
- Rip The God
- Stealing Horses
- Comparison Is The Thief Of Joy
- Death Hour
Savage Imperial Death March cover, art by Mackie Osborne
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