Shane Embury is a British

United Kingdom

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 bassist and member of Napalm Death

Napalm Death

Napalm Death are a death metal band formed in Birmingham, England in 1981. While none of its original members remain in the group, the lineup of vocalist Mark "Barney" Greenway, bassist Shane Embury, guitarist Mitch Harris and drummer Danny Herrera has remained consistent for most of the band's ...

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Napalm Death

Embury is the only member left who has been in the band since the Scum tour, replacing previous bassist Jim Whitley in 1987. He was a fan of the band before he joined, first seeing them perform at Midlands venue The Mermaid a year previously.

Other projects

Before joining Napalm Death, Embury played bass in a death metal

Death metal

Death metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal. It typically employs heavily distorted guitars, tremolo picking, deep growling vocals, blast beat drumming, minor keys or atonality, and complex song structures with multiple tempo changes....

 band called Azagthoth with Pete Giles, who would later play with him on Unseen Terror

Unseen Terror

Unseen Terror was a British extreme metal band formed by Shane Embury and Mitch Dickinson , and played extreme metal with a technical edge. Their most notable feat took place in March 1988, when they recorded tracks for John Peel's BBC Radio 1 program.-History:To set the record straight - The band...

 performing on the drums. His first band was called Warhammer (again with Pete Giles) and they released a demo called Abbatoir of Death.

Embury has a long list of side projects; besides playing with Napalm Death, he performed in the grindcore band Unseen Terror with members of Heresy

Heresy (band)

Heresy were a hardcore punk band from Nottingham, England, formed in 1985 and active until late 1988. They released three albums and recorded three sessions for John Peel's BBC Radio 1 show...

, a hardcore/metal band called 'Blood from the Soul

Blood from the Soul

Blood from the Soul were an English band, composed of Shane Embury of Napalm Death, and Lou Koller of Sick of It All. They formed in 1993, and released an industrial hardcore album, To Spite The Gland That Breeds, in the same year on Earache Records....

' with Lou Koller from New York's Sick of it All

Sick of It All

Sick of It All is an American hardcore punk band from Queens, New York. Formed in 1986, the band consisted of brothers Lou Koller on vocals and Pete Koller on lead guitar, Rich Cipriano on bass, and Armand Majidi on drums. There have been only two member changes since their inception, with Max...

, an industrial

Industrial music

Industrial music is a style of experimental music that draws on transgressive and provocative themes. The term was coined in the mid-1970s with the founding of Industrial Records by the band Throbbing Gristle, and the creation of the slogan "industrial music for industrial people". In general, the...

 band with Mitch Harris

Mitch Harris

Mitch Harris is an American guitarist, born in New York then moving to Las Vegas, currently living in Birmingham, England. He started his career in the Grindcore band Righteous Pigs. He did a side project with Mick Harris - then the drummer of grindcore band Napalm Death, called Defecation...

 and several Obituary

Obituary (band)

Obituary is an American death metal band formed in 1984 in Tampa, Florida under the name Executioner, then changed the name's spelling to Xecutioner, and later changed their name to Obituary in 1988. The band comprises vocalist John Tardy, drummer Donald Tardy, guitarists Trevor Peres and Ralph...

 members called Meathook Seed

Meathook Seed

Meathook Seed was an industrial metal project formed in 1992 by Napalm Death guitarist Mitch Harris.Since its founding, two Meathook Seed albums were released.-Embedded:...

, an unconventional band called Malformed Earthborn with Brutal Truth

Brutal Truth

Brutal Truth is an American grindcore band from New York City, formed by ex-Anthrax, Nuclear Assault, and Stormtroopers Of Death bass guitarist Dan Lilker in 1990. The group disbanded in 1999, but reformed in 2006 and continue to release new music.-History:...

's bass player Dan Lilker

Dan Lilker

Dan Lilker is a musician from the United States, most known as a bass player, but also guitarist, pianist, drummer and vocalist...

, Lock Up

Lock Up (UK band)

Lock Up is a deathgrind side project originally formed by Shane Embury , Nicholas Barker and Jesse Pintado...

 and Brujeria

Brujeria (band)

Brujeria is an extreme metal band formed in Tijuana, Mexico in 1989. Their name comes from the Spanish word for "witchcraft". Their songs, which are sung in Spanish, are focused on Satanism, anti-Christianity, sex, immigration, narcotics smuggling, politics....

, a Mexican death metal band. Embury also plays with Napalm Death bandmate Danny Herrera, Kevin Sharp (Brutal Truth

Brutal Truth

Brutal Truth is an American grindcore band from New York City, formed by ex-Anthrax, Nuclear Assault, and Stormtroopers Of Death bass guitarist Dan Lilker in 1990. The group disbanded in 1999, but reformed in 2006 and continue to release new music.-History:...

) and Danny Lilker (Nuclear Assault

Nuclear Assault

Nuclear Assault is an American thrash metal/crossover thrash band formed in 1984.-History:After the release of Anthrax's debut album Fistful of Metal, bass player Danny Lilker, a founding member of the group, was fired by the band...

/Brutal Truth

Brutal Truth

Brutal Truth is an American grindcore band from New York City, formed by ex-Anthrax, Nuclear Assault, and Stormtroopers Of Death bass guitarist Dan Lilker in 1990. The group disbanded in 1999, but reformed in 2006 and continue to release new music.-History:...

) in the band Venomous Concept

Venomous Concept

Venomous Concept is a hardcore punk band; the name itself is a play on Poison Idea, in the style of name-mangling Japanese hardcore acts.-History:...

; and has recently toured with UK black metal/grindcore band Anaal Nathrakh

Anaal Nathrakh

Anaal Nathrakh are a British extreme metal band formed in 1999 who fuse black metal, grindcore, death metal and industrial music. They are currently signed to Candlelight Records....

. Embury recently resurrected a musical project called Absolute Power which he started in 2000, featuring, as yet, unnamed "celebrity" guests.

Personal life

He lives with his wife in Birmingham

Birmingham

Birmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands of England. It is the most populous British city outside the capital London, with a population of 1,036,900 , and lies at the heart of the West Midlands conurbation, the second most populous urban area in the United Kingdom with a...

, West Midlands

West Midlands (county)

The West Midlands is a metropolitan county in western central England with a 2009 estimated population of 2,638,700. It came into existence as a metropolitan county in 1974 after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972, formed from parts of Staffordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire. The...

, and loves horror and science fiction books, movies and comics. As of 2009, both his arms are tattooed including the ND logo and the "Life?" image on his left arm.