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Symphonies of Sickness

Carcass

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Audio CD (January 10, 1995)
Original Release Date: September 24, 2008
Number of Discs: 1
Label: Earache Records
ASIN: B00000582N
Also Available in: Audio Cassette | Vinyl | MP3 Download

Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (21 customer reviews)

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Disc: 1
1. Reek of Putrefaction
2. Exhume to Consume
3. Excoriating Abdominal Emanation
4. Ruptured in Purulence
5. Empathological Necroticism
6. Embryonic Necropsy and Devourment
7. Swarming Vulgar Mass of Infected Virulency
8. Cadaveric Incubator of Endoparasites
9. Slash Dementia
10. Crepitating Bowel Erosion
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Disc: 2
1. Pathologist's Report, Pt. 2: Propagation [DVD]

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5.0 out of 5 stars The guy below-- a typical outsider to extreme metal, May 11, 2000

By	Krudmonk (San Jose: Home of Hating Dallas) - See all my reviews

This album is brutally awesome. The vox are sick (both sets, Steer and Walker) and the riffs absolutely rule. Thaty are very interesting and not at all monotonous. This album also has pretty good atmosphere at some times-- odd for being grindcore (though this was early grind).

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5.0 out of 5 stars Carcass masterpiece of ear-splitting noise, November 13, 1998

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There are very few bands that can can create the unified chaos and fury that Carcass can. "Symphonies of Sickness" creates such precise melodies and frantic beats it is impossible to stray from. The lead singer has a voice that rivals Barry White in it's baritone and Luciano Pavarotti in it's distinct flamboyance.This is one hell of a record.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Sympathy for Sickness, May 30, 2001

By	Patrick Stott (Rolleston, Canterbury, New Zealand) - See all my reviews

If you were a latecomer to Carcass, and think Heartwork was their crowning glory, then steer well clear of this. It will rip your face off, semi-digest and regurgitate the pieces, and then reassemble them in an unrecognisable mess. And a mess this is, on the first listen. However, you will be drawn back to this album again and again out of sheer morbid curiosity, similar to rubbernecking at a serious motor accident. Later listens show beneath the white noise, Carcass created some incredibly catchy riffs. The gargled vocals are sublime- instantly recognisable and incoherent at the same time. And the lyrics? They are not for the weak stomached, as the graphic and detailed descriptions of all things sick and depraved, and downright unspeakable will have you wretching. A symphony of sickness, pure and simple.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Best Carcass Album
They say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery and since this album probably hundreds of bands have tried to imitate what all started here, most falling short of the mark... Read more

Published 5 months ago by Mclusky

5.0 out of 5 stars The inventors of goregrind...
Heartwork and swansong are both terrible carcass albums which they have melody and dont got that goregrind sound no more... Read more

Published on July 24, 2006 by vomiting_out_god

5.0 out of 5 stars Witness the sickness...
I hate extreme metal, what an incredibly stupid genre. Why are all these bands still trying to force themselves onto our collective consciousness? Read more

Published on February 10, 2006 by robotiq

5.0 out of 5 stars Swarming Vulgar Mass that will kick your...
Empathological Necroticism is one of my personal favorite Carcass songs. The disc kicks off with Reek Of Putrefaction which is extremely fast (just like everything Carcass does)... Read more

Published on February 8, 2006 by Apathy78

5.0 out of 5 stars IT'll turn your brain to MUSH!!!!!
I am totally bias towards this album. Why you ask? Because it is my favorite album ever. In any genre. This was one of the first death metal/grincore records I ever got. Read more

Published on November 12, 2004 by David Butler

5.0 out of 5 stars Masterpice grind
This was when carcass was at their best and had the best grind have to offer plus its prolly the most brutal grind releases ever along with reek of putrefaction just an work of... Read more

Published on June 27, 2004 by RafaelDsilva

5.0 out of 5 stars the legacy of Carcass...it all ended here.
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1. the production has improved, while not taking away any of their brutality. Read more

Published on June 17, 2004

5.0 out of 5 stars masterful, classic grindcore.
_Symphonies of Sickness_ is classic grind and the best Carcass album in the grand scheme of things. It belongs up in the hierarchy of Napalm Death's first two albums. Read more

Published on May 8, 2004 by Lord Chimp

5.0 out of 5 stars What a surprise!
I was expecting generic death metal/grindcore when I popped this in, but what I got was far better. Think jazz fusion mixed with elements of hip-hop and southern rock. Read more

Published on January 9, 2004

5.0 out of 5 stars NO DOUBT THEIR BEST WORK.
In my humble opinion,this is the bands best album to date.Its fast and brutal,but not as raw as the reek album. Read more

Published on December 2, 2003 by Edgar Sanchez

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