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Carcass
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Liverpool, United Kingdom (1985 – present)
Carcass is a goregrind/death metal band formed by Napalm Death guitarist Bill Steer together with drummer Ken Owen in 1985 and is considered by many to have been one of the most influential and talented bands within the extreme metal scene.
Carcass was originally based in Liverpool. On their first demo, Sanjiv contributed vocals. In 1987, bassist and vocalist Jeffrey Walker, formerly of the Electro Hippies, joined them.
The band focused on topics mostly relating to the medical field and bizarre combinations of medical equipment and chemicals with human anatomy, such as “Intenacious, intersecting / Reaving fats from corporal griskin […] Skeletal groats triturated, desinently exsiccated”. This lyrical focus led many in the music press to falsely believe that one or more members of the band had studied medicine. There is more evidence to show that this lyrical focus was a method of pushing vegetarianism (For example, “Exhume To Consume”). Typical Carcass song titles from their early work include “Lavaging Expectorate of Lysergide Composition” and “Microwaved Uterogestation.”
Having started their career as a goregrind band, Carcass gradually changed their sound and lyrical content. Starting with the album ’Necroticism - Descanting The Insalubrious’, the careful listener could hear music-theoretic experimentation beyond the amodal noise of previous work, and even a hint of the harmonic minor scales that would later crystallise more fully.
Carcass was originally based in Liverpool. On their first demo, Sanjiv contributed vocals. In 1987, bassist and vocalist Jeffrey Walker, formerly of the Electro Hippies, joined them.
The band focused on topics mostly relating to the medical field and bizarre combinations of medical equipment and chemicals with human anatomy, such as “Intenacious, intersecting / Reaving fats from corporal griskin […] Skeletal groats triturated, desinently exsiccated”. This lyrical focus led many in the music press to falsely believe that one or more members of the band had studied medicine. There is more evidence to show that this lyrical focus was a method of pushing vegetarianism (For example, “Exhume To Consume”). Typical Carcass song titles from their early work include “Lavaging Expectorate of Lysergide Composition” and “Microwaved Uterogestation.”
Having started their career as a goregrind band, Carcass gradually changed their sound and lyrical content. Starting with the album ’Necroticism - Descanting The Insalubrious’, the careful listener could hear music-theoretic experimentation beyond the amodal noise of previous work, and even a hint of the harmonic minor scales that would later crystallise more fully.
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Heartwork
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Swansong
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Symphonies Of Sickness
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Reek of Putrefaction
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Vithon wrote:
"lol Vithon, even though i agree with you, lose the shitopsy avatar." Nothing wrong with Cryptopsy. Except new Cryptopsy. Unspoken King is shit.
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HareMettleAdlib wrote:
Swansong features some of the best death 'n' roll tunes anyone's ever heard. If anything is the weak point in their career it's Heartwork, even though in itself it is still a very good album.
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SIcNESS-LT wrote:
"Swansong is much better than Heartwork. " You've gotta be kidding me. Swansong <= Heartwork. Maybe as good, but it isn't better, at least that's my oppinion. They raised the bar high with necrotism. Heartwork barely scrapes over the edge. Swansong - maybe a headbud to the bar. Close, but no cigar.
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HareMettleAdlib wrote:
Swansong is much better than Heartwork.
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opeth_syndrome wrote:
Swansong is an awesome album \m/
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SIcNESS-LT wrote:
Carcass's only weak point in their carreer was "Swansong". Necrotism, Symphonies and Heartwork are masterpieces of death metal.
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NitrousBlond wrote:
I like anything Carcass has recorded. My personal favorite is Heartwork.
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WillOtheWisp666 wrote:
Reek Of Putrefaction is the best album. [2] now that's some true goregrind.
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leukkemiaa wrote:
Reek Of Putrefaction is the best album.
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versionfiv wrote:
lol Vithon, even though i agree with you, lose the shitopsy avatar.
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GrandBelial wrote:
Necrotism!!
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nicoinfurs wrote:
ARBEIT MACHT FLEISCH
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RyanJones wrote:
Their Peel Sessions are their best stuff.
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Nomadfyllan wrote:
Heartwork and Swansong are the worst, together with Reek of... but they're all gold!
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Vithon wrote:
"heatwork - best album \m/" No.
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Mortysan wrote:
heatwork - best album \m/
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Nomadfyllan wrote:
I reek of putrefaction...
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Tjuderl wrote:
Fuckin' orcs.
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CVince9 wrote:
i smell a orc!
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HareMettleAdlib wrote:
Not even Jeff likes Arch Enemy and he has a generally crappy music taste.
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Neurotic Deathfest 2010
013, Tilburg, Netherlands
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Neurotic Deathfest
013, Tilburg, Netherlands
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Aug
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Vagos Open Air 2010
Lagoa de Calvão (GDC), Aveiro, Portugal
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| 125 attendees
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CARCASS in Moscow footage
14 Sep 2009 | from blog.myspace.com/carcass
We survived ! No kidnapping by Chechnyan Rebels ! Seriously - killer show and a great time ! I prefer Red Square from the days of my youth - in black and white and full of SS-20s ! Enjoy !http://www.y. …
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