Negative-Existence - CARCASS "Symphonies of Sickness" 2CD

CARCASS "Symphonies of Sickness" 2CD
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Artist: CARCASS

Title: Symphonies of Sickness

Format: CD

Country: United Kingdom

Genre: Goregrind/Grindcore

Record Label: Earache

The second and slightly more intelligible of Carcass' early albums lays down the foundation for the classic "Necroticism ..." to follow while retaining all of the pure Grind Crushing Fury of the debut, essential!

As well as 6 Unreleased tracks from the "Symphonies..." Demos the Dual Disc includes the second part of the truly comprehensive five part "Pathologists Report" Carcass Documentary. This is the final installment to be released following on from "Necroticism...", "Heartwork", "Swansong" and the debut "Reek Of Putrefaction". This deluxe digipak includes extra gore artwork and the well known "Symphonies..." gore cover inside while using the original cover for the first time since it's release, I'll leave your imaginations to what dismembered body part it is!?

Tracklisting:

CD Side: 1. Reek of Putrefaction 04:12
2. Exhume to Consume 03:51
3. Excoriating Abdominal Emanation 04:32
4. Ruptured in Purulence 04:12
5. Empathological Necroticism 05:45
6. Embryonic Necropsy and Devourment 05:14
7. Swarming Vulgar Mass of Infected Virulency 03:10
8. Cadaveric Incubator of Endo Parasites 03:25
9. Slash Dementia 03:23
10. Crepitating Bowel Erosion 05:28

Exclusive bonus tracks:
Symphonies of Sickness (demo)
11 Reek Of Putrefaction
12 Slash Dementia
13 Embryonic Necropsy & Devourment
14 Cadaveric Incubator Of Endo-Parasites
15 Ruptured In Purulence
16 Crepitating Bowel Erosion

DVD Side:
Symphonies of Sickness: The Pathologist’s Report: Part 2 - Propagation

30 min brand new documentary with all key band members - Ken Owen, Bill Steer, Jeff Walker - filmed in London and Liverpool 2007.

01. Mike Joins Carcass
02. Crazy Times
03. Making It To The States
04. Naturals With The Ladies
05. Big In The USA
06. Creating Symphonies
07. The Writing Process
08. A View From 1992
09. Slash Dementia

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Review:

Written by: grain_silo [Metal Archives]

Carcass did something revolutionary back in 1989 when they released "Symphonies of Sickness". What did they do that was so revolutionary? Oh nothing really, except create the genre known only as goregrind. This album basically set the foundation for every other band that attempts goregrind. If you can find a goregrind band that doesn’t name Carcass as their influence, they’re lying. Simple as that, this is and will always be the greatest goregrind album ever.

The production is a massive step up from their previous album. "Reek of Putrefaction" was by far one of the worst productions I’ve ever heard. "Symphonies of Sickness" just happens to be the exact opposite and is very well produced. The guitars are extremely heavy, just listen to "Ruptured in Purulence"; the bass is loud and backs up the guitar nicely but also has some stand outs, "Ruptured" and "Empathological Necroticism". The drums are loud but the snare can get lost sometimes in the blast beats but not that big of a deal.

The riffs on this album are very technical compared to their debut. "Excoriating Abdominal Emanation" is a great example of these riffs being all over the place. "Ruptured in Purulence" has one of the heaviest riffs ever played in the intro and then explodes into the grind madness that Carcass is so good at. "Crepitating Bowel Erosion" also has an amazingly heavy intro. 2 of the songs on here seem more straight grindcore to me. "Cadaveric Incubator of Endo Parasites" and "Slash Dementia" are both extremely fast. They start with blast beats and continue through most of the song, so if you’re worried about a shortage of blast beats and grind, don’t worry about it.

Now the vocals. The trio of Bill Steer, Jeff Walker, and Ken Owen has got to be the greatest combination of vocals in the history of metal. Bill Steer and his extreme gutturals, Ken doing his pitch shifted sections perfectly, and Jeff Walker doing his high raspy screams and his vomit sounding vocals all work perfectly together. Jeff especially shines during the mid section of "Excoriating Abdominal Emanation" and the insane vocals on "Ruptured in Purulence". There are plenty of random Jeff Walker noises that linger in the background that sound like he might be sick. All of this just adds to feel of the album that created goregrind.

The lyrics are the most disgusting lyrics ever. They are not like Cannibal Corpse gore lyrics because most of those are fantasy based. These are pathologic gore lyrics that can actually exist. Obviously, most morticians don’t go grave robbing and start eating rotting corpses but you get my drift. "Cadaveric Incubator of Endo Parasites" is about a corpse literally being eaten away by insects. I almost threw up the first time I read them. It is just flat out gross. "Embryonic Necropsy and Devourment" might be the most horrible song on here. Boiling fetuses to make a soup, who doesn’t like the sound of that?

In closing, this is the almighty goregrind album and might just be my favorite album of all time. Everything about this album is amazing. If you like "Heartwork" or "Swansong" you might have a hard time trying to stomach this rotting piece of grind, but if you’re willing to try it, I would recommend it. It is and will always be one word, amazing.

Best tracks – Every single track on here is amazing

Links:

myspace.com/carcass

This product was added to our catalog on Wednesday 07 December, 2011.