Jun 25, 2026 · 1 hr 28 min · 17 segments
Shane Embury is the bassist for grindcore legends Napalm Death and a singer/multi/instrumentalist in myriad other projects. On episode 16 of HEAVY STORIES, he talks about kicking alcohol and…
Shane EmburyGuest
Matt MillsHost
as well as that he's also basically one of the most prolific musicians you're ever likely to meet heavy music or not as well as napalm death he's been in the grindcore super group lockup he's been in brujeria as well he's been in a hardcore band called venomous concept he does dark sky burial an industrial outfit He has Tronos, which makes prog metal with producer Russ Russell, Bent Sea, which is a grindcore project with Dirk Verbueren from Megadeth, Absolute Power, which is an OG metal project, and so much more that I can't even begin to get into.
As well as all of that, he's also on the cusp of releasing a solo album called Bridge to Resolution, which comes out the day that this is released.
Over the course of the following near hour and a half long interview Shane and I talk all about his career up to this point.
Basically we go back to him growing up in Shropshire and the very early days of Napalm, stories of their early gigs in the Birmingham club scene and their association with members of other bands including Carcass.
We look back on the making of their legendary debut album Scum and their surprising embrace by the mainstream in the UK not long afterwards.
Shane talked about being accepted by mainstream BBC radio DJ John Peel and everything that came in the wake of that.
Napalm Death made appearances on BBC Children's TV and they also found a surprising fan in comedy legend Jim Carrey who mentioned them on the Arsenio Hall show.
He talks very candidly about his recent slip into alcohol use and how he was able to pull himself back out of that.
We talk about his recent discovery of Jungian philosophy and how that informs some of the themes on the new Bridge to Resolution album.
And we also talk about the present and the future of Napalm Death, including why he isn't playing with the band on their current European summer tour, what his return to their live lineup full-time is going to look like, and what we can expect for them on their next studio album whenever that lands.
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as well as that he's also basically one of the most prolific musicians you're ever likely to meet heavy music or not as well as napalm death he's been in the grindcore super group lockup he's been in brujeria as well he's been in a hardcore band called venomous concept he does dark sky burial an industrial outfit He has Tronos, which makes prog metal with producer Russ Russell, Bent Sea, which is a grindcore project with Dirk Verbueren from Megadeth, Absolute Power, which is an OG metal project, and so much more that I can't even begin to get into.
As well as all of that, he's also on the cusp of releasing a solo album called Bridge to Resolution, which comes out the day that this is released.
Over the course of the following near hour and a half long interview Shane and I talk all about his career up to this point.
Basically we go back to him growing up in Shropshire and the very early days of Napalm, stories of their early gigs in the Birmingham club scene and their association with members of other bands including Carcass.
We look back on the making of their legendary debut album Scum and their surprising embrace by the mainstream in the UK not long afterwards.
Shane talked about being accepted by mainstream BBC radio DJ John Peel and everything that came in the wake of that.
Napalm Death made appearances on BBC Children's TV and they also found a surprising fan in comedy legend Jim Carrey who mentioned them on the Arsenio Hall show.
He talks very candidly about his recent slip into alcohol use and how he was able to pull himself back out of that.
We talk about his recent discovery of Jungian philosophy and how that informs some of the themes on the new Bridge to Resolution album.
And we also talk about the present and the future of Napalm Death, including why he isn't playing with the band on their current European summer tour, what his return to their live lineup full-time is going to look like, and what we can expect for them on their next studio album whenever that lands.
If you enjoy this, please like, rate us five stars, follow, subscribe, and all the stuff that you normally do with podcasts that you like.
