Melvins and Napalm Death will unleash the complete Savage Imperial Death March in April.
Great news for people with crippling tinnitus: long time pals and tour mates Napalm Death and Melvins are finally giving their most recent collaborative LP, Savage Imperial Death March, a wide release. While the album first saw a limited release via Amphetamine records in 2025, this new edition is out via Ipecac Recordings and comes with two additional tracks to entice those who have already ponied up for the earlier release. The album drops on April 11, but you can get a taste of the track “Tossing Coins Into The Fountain of F***” below.
Yeah, apparently I have to censor curse words now. Don’t @ me – it bugs me, too. I’ve lost half my vocabulary.
Featuring Melvins main man Buzz Osborne and drummer Dale Crover along with Napalm Death singer Barney Greenway, bass player Shane Embury, and guitarist John Cooke, the Ipecac release of Savage Imperial Death March comprises eight tracks:
- Tossing Coins into the Fountain Of F***
- Some Kind of Antichrist
- Awful Handwriting (new track)
- Nine Days of Rain
- Rip the God
- Stealing Horses
- Comparison Is the Thief of Joy (new track)
- Death Hour
“I have loved the Melvins forever and their outlook on music,” Embury said in a statement. “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.”
Osborne sent the love back, adding, “Napalm Death are one of my favorite bands ever. 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.”
“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,” Greenway said. “Had a great time with it all, and nice to work with fellow travelers 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.”
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