Customer Reviews

Olidous Operettas

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So I bought this album and the first thing I said when I opened the album was "Man... this stinks!" The packaging was so eloquent that it even includes a CD that smells like rotting meat.

Musically, to say that these guys pay tribute to Carcass is like saying the Pacific Ocean is a body of water. This sounds like an album that could have been released 17 years ago. However, the graininess of the recording just adds to the overall aura you get when listening to this album. There isn't anything completely groundbreaking musically (they'll even tell you themselves they're on Carcass like... um, flies on waste). However, put it all together and you have a band that's overwhelmingly unique.

I think the coolest part is the mystery surrounding a release that's a big tribute to goregrind. I mean, are they really 3 real-life pathologists (the bassist is 62 years old and in a grind group! AWESOME!) putting a professional opinion on the music, or is Relapse fooling us all into thinking that? I don't know for certain, and frankly, I don't want the illusion spoiled. So lets just say that if you like good metal music, consider this a CD to own.

this album is not much more than a bunch of carcass riffs and rhythms slightly rearranged. that being said, as a huge carcass fan, i've embraced this album as kind of the missing link between "symphonies" and "necroticism" because it's just that good. it's easy to forget that this is actually an original album, solos and all. their 'worship' is dead on, beating out exhumed, impaled, and the rest of those slightly more original bands. i should give this 4 stars because, despite being a great album, it's not entirely original on its own ..but instead i give it 5 because i'm a starving carcass fan! enjoy.

man i just got this cd and its true it does smell like rotting flesh!i,ve been a long time carcass fan and hearing the songs rearanged is very refreshing.if you like grindcore then this is for you.

I THOUGHT THIS WAS A GAG WHEN I READ THE "SPECIMEN BAG" WARNING ON THE OUTSIDE COVER SLEEVE: CD SMELLS LIKE PUTRIFYING CORPSE. LO AND BEHOLD, THE THING SMELLS LIKE DIRTY DIAPERS! THE SELF-PROCLAIMED CARCASS-CLONES NEWEST RELAPSE RELEASE IS LIKE PUTTING "DESCANTING" AND "SYMPHONIES" IN A BLENDER AND HITTING #11 FOR OOZE. GAVE IT 4 STARS FOR 1.)UNORIGINALITY, THE FACT THAT THEY DO SOUND LIKE (THE OLDER, MUCH BETTER) CARCASS ONLY IN THAT CERTAIN SPECIFIC CARCASS RIFFS AND VOCAL VARIANCES ARE THROWN IN (OTHERWISE, THE GUITAR, BASS, TEMPOS, CHANGES, AND LACK OF MELODIC SOLOING (ALA BEER STILL, AAHEM, I MEAN BILL STEER) IS MUCH DIFFERENT THAN THEIR ORIGINAL BRITISH IDOL COUNTERPART. AND OH YES, 2.)THE FACT THAT JEFF WALKER LAUGHINGLY GIVES HIS SEAL OF APPROVAL OF THIS BLANTANT ACT OF PLAGARISM ON THE FRONT COVER SLEEVE. ITS DIFFICULT THAT THESE WOULD-BE DOCTOR-ROCKERS ARE THE REAL THING, I MEAN HOW COULD THEY FIND THE TIME TO COPY THE INSTRUMENTAL AND MUSICAL GENIUS OF THE ORIGINAL CARCASS. I SMELL AN EX-AXEMAN OF EXHUMED (RELAPSE!) MAY BE TO BLAME, AS SOURCES MAY TELL...B+

Who knew they had mastered human cloning? Listen to Casters Dictum on this album, and then listen to the classic, "Corporeal Jigsore Quandary" from Carcass' 1991 release Necroticism - Descanting the Insalubrious. County Medical Examiners do have one thing going for them though, they weren't the first band to copy Carcass!