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Swansong

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their early stuff was not the easiest to comprihend or access but this and heartwork is true heavy and brutal in a more pungent and grooveistic manner.making them more effective and strait forward deathmetal style not the mismash of grindcore mess.

I love the entire Carcass library and "Swansong" is a nice and final addition. Don't be a lemming and follow what so called "hardcore" fans consider true metal. I love "Reek of Putrefaction" and while "Swansong" is definitely different, it still grinds and is absolutely worth a listen. CARCASS REUNION PLEASE!!!!

Carcass were known to challenge their listeners with each release. From the earsplitting 'Reek of Putrefaction' to the more refined & complex 'Symphonies of Sickness'. Carcass moved on instead of watering down their legacy. Then came "Necroticism" and "Heartwork", probably the most prolific death metal albums of all time (save for Death on this side of the Atlantic). One more time they broke all the rules. Pissing off those who revel in the status quo. Delivering upon their demise an lp of melody laden extreme rock. Some just like to call it Rot'n'roll. 5 of this albums unreleased tracks can be found on the "Wake up & smell the Carcass" compilation as well as its prelude "the Heartwork ep". Those who appreciate Metal & Extreme Rock in a broad sense will enjoy.

For their final LP, Gore-metal pioneers Carcass ditched the borderline-unlistenable production values and silly horror-movie gore lyrics of their early work and recorded this suprisingly good album of straight ahead hard rock n' roll. Fans of Carcass's previous albums will find very little to like in this one, but to my mind that is not necessarily a bad thing. Aside from Jeff Walker's vocals, there is absolutely nothing death-metal like about this album. If you were a fan of Reek of Peutrification, you'll probably want to steer clear of this one.

Chunky riffs that make you want to nod your head in time, politically charged tounge-in-cheek lyrics, and immaculate production values make this their most accessible offering by a long shot.

This album rocks!!! If this was any band other than Carcass, this would have been huge. But being that they, GASP, polished their sound and changed their lyrical content, everyone thought they wussed out, no way! I, like the dude before me, loved all their work, especially Necroticism, but this is my second favorite by far. The guitar sound they achieved was super heavy,just listen to tomorrow belongs to nobody and generation hexed. I also love the fact that you can hear Jeff Walkers bass. Even though this came out twelve years ago, it's very up to date with it's social awareness. I urge all you nay-sayers to take a listen to this again...

The production values on the first two releases were sad - the musical ability was there but the production was so lacking that it is damn near impossible to listen to. When Tools Of The Trade and Necroticism... came out the production and 'sound' finally caught up to their ideas. The samples coupled with discernible riffage blew me away. They never again achieved that level of brutality. Heartwork had it's moments but hearing these guys play bluesy solos was laughable. Swansong should not have been released under the Carcass band name - the only similarity to their other works is the tone of the guitars. If you don't like death/grind/hardcore metal that's great but too see a band that did it SO well fall to cheeky song titles and plain old average songs... well I'm glad bands like Berzerker have come since (definitely followed Carcass footsteps in ways).

I wonder what songs they played on their few dates here this year...

Wow. I am a really big fan of Carcass, in particular their pre-Heartwork stuff (though Heartwork was pretty awesome)but I did not like this album one bit. goofy song titles and lazy guitar noodling. I guess we are lucky they didn't continue on like this