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Containing all the members of the final lineup of Carcass minus guitarist Bill Steer, Black Star Rising makes like Lee Dorian of Cathedral did after leaving Napalm Death, and former Carcass guitarists Bill Steer and Michael Ammott has done with Firebird and Spiritual Beggars respectively, and evolves from grindcore shredders to Sabbathy doom/stoner rock crushers with great success. Jeff Walker has adapted his death metal grunt into a more melodic snarl sounding a little like Testament's Chuck Billy. This album rocks hard and will appeal to any fan of raw hard rock and metal: Imagine Carcass's Swansong album mixed with Cathedral and you can understand how this sounds!

a lot of people are going into this record thinking of it as a new Carcass record. It in fact does contain 3/4 of the band Carcass. It is definitley a progession from the Swansong cd towards a more rock feel with the grind crunch and familiar abrasive Carcass vocal. Overall a much more fun record with an odd twist of some horns that work in strange sort of way. This record gets a lot better with every listen and is great one to leave in your car tape deck to blast at a ridiculous volume. Highly recommended if you enjoyed the direction of Swansong.

If you liked Carcass's "Swansong", think of that with less of a melodic grindcore approach, and more of an approach to 80s metal, except still with Jeff Walker's trade growling voice, except its more melodic and cleaner than with Carcass. Blackrising Star though, are NOT like early Carcass at all, so don't expect them to be. You can however, make some comparisons to how Carcass's legacy ended with the "Swansong" CD.

The lyrics for this CD more radio friendly lyrics. No, don't get me wrong, I'm not saying they're mindless crap, it's just that they seem to rely on song stucture and melody.
Musicly, Blackstar Rising are wonderful. The guitars and bass blend very well, and are extremely catchy.

As of this review, they have sadly broken up, but luckily with CDs you can keep music alive.
I'd say my favorite songs would have to be "New Song" and "Instrumental".

It is good to know that Jeff is still making music after the departure of Carcass, his vocals are just sickening, and the sicker the better. The music tends to keep a shade of Carcass, which is a plus, not as heavy as the before mentioned but it's good to see experimention with this band. Not to criticize this band at all but I wonder if this will be a project for upcoming years or will there be a reunion of Carcass? Anyone out there who might have the inside scoop on what's going on with Carcass can feel free to let myself or the other fans out there know because Carcass are one of the most talented bands to ever evolve from the underground, they surely are missed.

This is the closest we may see to a new Carcass. This is no way near as heavy, but it is a good and heavy grindcore album !! The vocals are the same (which is a plus) but the sheer guitar power and Deep sound isn't there and the solos aren't as good, but is still an extreme with an edge toward mainstream. It is great !!!

I loved this CD. It only gets better everytime you listen to it. HIghly Recommended!

blackstar rising sounds like carcass jamming with grand funk railroad. i never bought any carcass albums, but i have one of their songs on a compilation disc