Throes of Joy in the Jaws of Defeatism

Throes of Joy in the Jaws of Defeatism is the sixteenth studio album by British grindcore band Napalm Death. It was released on 18 September 2020 through Century Media.^[14]

Throes of Joy in the Jaws of Defeatism
Studio album by Napalm Death
Released	18 September 2020 (2020-09-18)
Recorded	August 2017 – April 2020
Studio	Parlour Studios in Kettering, England
Genre	Grindcore death metal
Length	42:26
Label	Century Media
Producer	Russ Russell
Napalm Death chronology
Coded Smears and More Uncommon Slurs (2018) Throes of Joy in the Jaws of Defeatism (2020) Resentment Is Always Seismic – A Final Throw of Throes (2022)
Singles from Throes of Joy in the Jaws of Defeatism
"Backlash Just Because" Released: 24 July 2020[1] "Amoral" Released: 21 August 2020[2] "A Bellyful of Salt and Spleen" Released: 4 September 2020[3]

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
AnyDecentMusic?	8.2/10[4]
Metacritic	86/100[5]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[6]
Blabbermouth.net	10/10[7]
Consequence	A–[8]
Decibel	10/10[9]
Exclaim!	8/10[10]
Kerrang!	4/5[11]
Metal Hammer	[12]
PopMatters	8/10[13]

It is the band's first full-length studio album since 2015's Apex Predator – Easy Meat, making it their longest gap between albums.

Metal Hammer named it as the second best metal album of 2020.^[15]

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Barney Greenway, except where noted; all music is composed by Shane Embury, except where noted.

Throes of Joy in the Jaws of Defeatism track listing^[16]

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"Fuck the Factoid"			2:27
2.	"Backlash Just Because"			2:56
3.	"That Curse of Being in Thrall"			3:36
4.	"Contagion"	Embury		4:05
5.	"Joie de Ne Pas Vivre"		Embury Russ Russell	2:28
6.	"Invigorating Clutch"			4:05
7.	"Zero Gravitas Chamber"			4:03
8.	"Fluxing of the Muscle"			4:33
9.	"Amoral"	Embury		3:05
10.	"Throes of Joy in the Jaws of Defeatism"			2:55
11.	"Acting in Gouged Faith"			3:37
12.	"A Bellyful of Salt and Spleen"		Embury Mitch Harris Russell	4:36
Total length:				42:26

Limited mediabook edition and digital edition bonus tracks

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
12.	"Feral Carve-Up"			2:49
13.	"A Bellyful of Salt and Spleen"		Embury Harris Russell	4:36
14.	"White Kross" (Sonic Youth cover)	Thurston Moore	Moore Kim Gordon Lee Ranaldo Steve Shelley	4:06
15.	"Blissful Myth" (Rudimentary Peni cover)	Grant Matthews	Matthews Nick Blinko Jon Greville	1:52
Total length:				51:13

Vinyl edition bonus tracks

No.	Title	Music	Length
12.	"Air's Turned Foul in Here"		2:59
13.	"A Bellyful of Salt and Spleen"	Embury Harris Russell	4:36
Total length:			45:25

Japanese edition bonus tracks^[17]

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
12.	"Air's Turned Foul in Here"			2:59
13.	"Feral Carve-Up"			2:49
14.	"A Bellyful of Salt and Spleen"		Embury Harris Russell	4:36
15.	"White Kross" (Sonic Youth cover)	Moore	Moore Gordon Ranaldo Shelley	4:06
16.	"Blissful Myth" (Rudimentary Peni cover)	Matthews	Matthews Blinko Greville	1:52
Total length:				54:12

Personnel

Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes.^[16]

Napalm Death

• Barney Greenway – lead vocals
• Shane Embury – bass, guitars (not credited),^[18] backing vocals, noises
• Danny Herrera – drums
• Mitch Harris – guitars

Additional musicians

• John Cooke – guitars (on "White Kross" and "Blissful Myth")
• Russ Russell – noises

Production and design

• Russ Russell – production, recording, engineering, mixing, mastering
• Frode Sundbø Sylthe – artwork, layout
• Gobinder Jhitta – photography

Charts

Chart performance for Throes of Joy in the Jaws of Defeatism

Chart (2020)	Peak position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[19]	37
Czech Albums (ČNS IFPI)[20]	83
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[21]	35
French Albums (SNEP)[22]	120
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[23]	18
Norwegian Vinyl Albums (VG-lista)[24]	31
Scottish Albums (OCC)[25]	33
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[26]	26