Album Rating: 5.0 | Sound Off

Best riffing I've heard from melodeath, I actually prefer this style over gothenburg

Album Rating: 4.0

^ same

Album Rating: 4.5

Slays yeah.

Album Rating: 4.5

http://webstore.earache.com/carcass-heartwork-full-dynamic-range-vinyl?search=Carcass

Album Rating: 4.5

best melo for me

Album Rating: 5.0

This album came out right before Dissection's debut. They just squeaked by with that 'first melodic death metal' thing. (yeah I know Dissection is more black)

Album Rating: 4.0

This sounds nothing like Dissection

Album Rating: 3.5

...pretty sure he knows that. He was just mentioning dissection because they were another early melodeath band.

Album Rating: 4.5

Erm..

Album Rating: 4.0

Dissection is black metal

Album Rating: 5.0

No shit.

Heartwork is the first 'extreme metal' album to be so melodic with The Somberlain almost taking that title but came out a month or so later. Up until late 1993 all black/death was rigid, brutal and heavy, but these two bands, who probably never met at this point, took their respective genres to a melodic direction almost simultaneously. That's pretty impressive.

Album Rating: 4.0

Yeah, it's pretty interesting for sure.

Album Rating: 5.0 | Sound Off

carcass got leads, dissection got riffs

Album Rating: 4.5

without this there would be no slaughter of the soul

Album Rating: 4.0

Carcass has riffs too for sure

Album Rating: 4.0

Idk man Dismember was doing melodic stuff in 91.

Album Rating: 3.5

Dark Tranquillity released their first album a few months before this as well.

Album Rating: 4.0

There's a ton of bands who did melodic death metal/extreme metal before every band mentioned here, arguing about who was very first is pointless and stupid because the scene was so underground, it will never be possible to unearth THE FIRST band who did used melodic elements. Dissection and Carcass are the most influential sure, but farrr from the first

Album Rating: 5.0 | Sound Off

its not like it is something nobody would've though of, melody in music is kinda obvious and bound to happen at any point.

Album Rating: 5.0 | Sound Off

The FDR 2013 Vinyl edition of "Heartwork" is insanely awesome! In case you fans didn't know, the only cd version with a dynamic range of 13 or better was the Japanese cd pressing of "Heartwork", so those of you who have only owned or heard the cd version that was not the Japanese import you have been listening to a shit pressing where the guitars sound fuzzy and drums sound muffled. This was. corrected by Earache records though finally in 2013 with the release of the Full Dynamic Range editions. So if this is one of your favorite albums (like mine) go get the FDR version and listen to the splendor of Carcass in Full Dynamic Range where the guitar tone is beefy, sharp and clear and the bass, drums and vocals are mixed beautifully together to create a clarity that really makes these songs shine! Awesome album. Good review.