SINCE JOINING NAPALM
Death in 1987, bassist Shane Embury has been an unstoppable force of both extreme creativity and creative extremity. He’s also in a billion side-projects exploring just about every avenue of extreme metal you can imagine. From grindcore (Lock Up) and death metal (Brujeria), to ambient industrial noise (Dark Sky Burial) and hardcore punk (Venomous Concept), Shane has seen plenty in his career. We asked him to share some of the most important experiences that have driven him to keep pushing boundaries.
ROCK’N’ROLL WAS NEVER FAR AWAY
“I got into guitar stuff pretty early. I remember watching because it had the intro by Led Zeppelin and you’d have stuff like Slade and The Osmonds on, too. There was a lot of poverty in my hometown – this little village called Broseley [in Shropshire, in the West Midlands] – and we definitely struggled, but my mom was encouraging musically and she’d buy me
