National Napalm Syndicate

History

National Napalm Syndicate was formed in 1986 / 1987. At first they started out playing songs from Metallica's 'Kill Em All' album and also songs from the first Exodus album. They quickly started writing material of their own.

The original moniker for the band was National Napalm Storm, but it was changed soon after. A few line-up changes and a couple of demos ('Painful Ten Hours' [1987], 'At The Time Of The Full Moon' [1988],'Demo 2' [1988]) later they found themselves signing a major label deal with EMI.

After the release of their self-titled debut album they recorded another demo and also a split album together with Sacred Crucifix which was never released since the singer lost / got drunk with the money for the album.

The band was located in a very religious small town called Pudasjärvi outside Oulu in Finland. Since they were the only long haired guys in town they were always in deep shit because of that. The band hung out a lot with A.R.G. from the next town Kuusamo. Quite a lot of live shows were done with A.R.G. and Stone mostly. The band split up in 1991 since the members were fighting all the time and also moved to different cities. The former bass player Juha Vuorma became a famous album cover artist and did work for bands like A.R.G., Autopsy, Whiplash and Unholy.

In 2002 the band reformed with a new line-up and in May they entered the Tonebox Studio in their new hometown Oulu and 'Promo 2003' was the outcome. Another demo 'Demo 2004' was recorded and record contract is sought after. In January 2004 they signed a new record deal with Poison Arrow Records.

(source: the official National Napalm Syndicate website, March 2005, edited by AM)