This one here is a childhood classic, if i had to say which record i played more in my life, i would say for sure that one here is the one.
Its one of those records that encapsulates everything that a genre can or will ever achieve, the intros, the riffs, they ironic and black humor that is everywhere on the lyrics, the double vocals which mesh perfect together, i even love that they gave names to the solos, never saw that before, they were breaking any rules that you might think metal or death metal had or should have, on pedigree butchery u even listen ambient noises, no band could emulate or surpass this record here and no band ever will, this the pinnacle of death metal.
The guitar tone they have on this one is one of the best i have ever heard on metal, not too loud but not too thin either, its meaty and heavy and on the right amount for Bill to cut it down with his surgical precision solos, which are his best, together with Amott they do fantastic job, but we all know that Bill is the genius, and they achieved all this because in essence Carcass deep down is a punk band, at least their roots will always be punks who protest for the animals that are slaughtered for food, they didn't care to create any genres and all this goregrind crap, but they have this punk attitude and balls since the beginning to really not care for any rules or any genres, their only rule is to put you on the slab and make you feel how is to be on the same position with an animal that is ready to be cut for food, that's their only ethic, most people don't even know that Carcass is a vegan band and very hardcore with it, do not underestimate that fact, because is the backbone on the majority of their lyrics and attitude until today.
Listen to this record with an open mind and listen to it again, be sure when you get it, you will never be the same again |
