CARCASS

Release Year: 2020
Artist Origin: ENG
Style: fundamental disgusting gore grind metal

the very first album [1988] by notorious gore/grind forefathers contains twenty two cuts of challenging chaotic merciless tornado and disgusting fantasies - it was recorded right after the debut demo with classic Walker-Steer-Owen power trio line-up, and was immediately scandalous due to over the top gross, disgusting artwork and graphic lyrical content; musically, this pioneering barrage of noise merges primordial death metal with classic British grindcore quite effectively, marked by primitive yet effective structures, where short bursts of riffs, frantic tempo shifts and low-end thunder create unique sonic madness indeed, redefining the genre via raw, visceral assault on the senses, choke full of blast beats, intense speed and guttural vocals, thus setting a new standard for extreme music, inspiring then new genre to rapidly develop in next few years; recent British digipak re-issue comes with a sound remastered in full dynamic range, while the original sick gore cover artwork hides under the clear tray