Napalm Death – ‘Fear, Emptiness, Despair’ CD

‘Fear, Emptiness, Despair’ is the fifth studio album by British grindcore band Napalm Death, released on 31 May 1994.

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 Records had formed a partnership with Columbia Records, which allowed the album to disseminate to a wider audience.

In its first week of release ‘Fear, Emptiness, Despair’ reached No. 22 in Billboard’s Heatseekers chart. The inclusion of ‘Twist the Knife (Slowly)’ in the ‘Mortal Kombat’ soundtrack brought the band further acclaim.

The soundtrack scored a Top 10 position on the Billboard 200 chart, and went platinum in less than a year.

RAW magazine listed ‘Fear, Emptiness, Despair’ as one of the essential albums of the 1990s.