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Dom Lawson

“I was struggling at home and struggling on tour. I’ve had a real problem with alcohol again”: Inspired by a Neil Peart quote, Napalm Death’s Shane Embury embraced his prog tendencies to search his soul

SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA - APRIL 07: Shane Embury of Napalm Death performs at Great American Music Hall on April 07, 2025 in San Francisco, California. (Photo by Miikka Skaffari/Getty Images).

Shane Embury is arguably best known for making a horrible racket. As bassist with Brummie grindcore legends Napalm Death, he has been terrorising audiences since the late 80s, and shows no signs of stopping. But beyond his day job as a noisy bastard, Embury is also a prolific exponent of weird and wonderful side-projects, some of which have self-evident progressive DNA.

Over the last few years he’s been exploring the realms of electronic music, industrial and freeform ambience under the name Dark Sky Burial, and making some incredibly strange progressive metal with Tronos, his collaboration with longtime associate and producer Russ Russell.

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