Artist: Carcass
Genre(s):
Metal: Heavy
Rock
Metal: Death,Black
Rock: Thrash
Rock: Grindcore
Discography:
Swansong (Remastered)
Year: 2004
Tracks: 12
Flesh Ripping Sonic Torment
Year: 2003
Tracks: 28
Wake Up and Smell The Carcass
Year: 1996
Tracks: 17
Swansong
Year: 1996
Tracks: 12
Death 'n' Roll
Year: 1994
Tracks: 13
Heartwork
Year: 1993
Tracks: 10
Tools Of The Trade
Year: 1992
Tracks: 4
Necroticism - Descanting The Insalubrious
Year: 1991
Tracks: 11
Symphonies Of Sickness
Year: 1989
Tracks: 10
Reek Of Putrefaction
Year: 1988
Tracks: 22
Often considered one of grindcore's innovation fathers, Carcass were among the number one bands of the utmost alloy musical style to try a different lyrical attack -- one that reflected a fascination with surgical gadgets and peculiar words straight out of a mEd student's school text. Hailing from the same locale that spawned the Fab Four -- in case you lived under a rock for the past tense few decades, Liverpool -- Carcass were originally formed in 1985 by singer/guitarist Bill Steer (wHO would later play with Napalm Death) and drummer Ken Owen. By 1987, singer/bassist Jeff Walker had sign-language on with the band, resulting in a deal with Earache Records concisely later. The triple then issued a pair of full-lengths that ar often considered classics of the grindcore genre, 1988's Reek of Putrefaction and 1989's Symphonies of Sickness.
Concisely later the dawn of the '90s, Carcass expanded to a quartette, as Michael Amott sign-language on as second guitarist, resulting in deuce more favorites of the metal subway system, 1991's Necroticism: Descanting the Insalubrious and 1992's four-song EP Tools of the Trade. Whereas he once sang in a growl voice à la a dragon desperately in want of some Pepto-Bismol, Walker adoptive a somewhat more traditional metallic element tattle style, piece the lot was no longer afraid to allow Iron Maiden-esque guitar form accede the mix. The result was the group's major-label debut for Sony, 1994's Heartwork. Although Heartwork is probably Carcass' best-known album, fan response is often split evenly 'tween those world Health Organization sense the group had sold stunned with a more easily digestible well-grounded (quite comparable to thresh metal) and those wHO feel that it's one of the '90s great alloy releases.
Either way, Amott left the group around this time, and was replaced by Carlo Regadas for Carcass' last studio album, 1996's appropriately titled Swansong. The same year, a compilation of rarities was issued, Arouse Up and Smell the Carcass. Subsequently, Owen, Walker, and Regadas continued working together for a write under the Blackstar nominate; Amott formed both Spiritual Beggars and Arch Enemy; and Steer surprisingly formed a blues-rock power threesome, Firebird.
