Every once in a while, a band releases an album that doesn't make a huge impact in their careers: I think Necroticism:Descanting the
Insalubrious is that kind of record.
Don't get me wrong; this is an essential record of
Carcass' discography, (their third official release) but being honest, it is not a favorite of all the headbangers out there.
Why? The truth: honestly, I don't have a damn clue, this record has serious quality values, why, it does sound a lot better than
Reek of Putrefaction and
Symphonies of Sickness, but it doesn't have that special place in our blackened hearts like the previous recordings I mentioned, it has cool songs of their most famous library; Corporal Jigsore Quandary, Symposium of
Sickness, Lavaging Expectorate of Lyserguide Composition, (you try say that title three times faster) and of course,
Incarnated Solvent
Abuse, which was one of the album's singles.
Some of those songs are favorites; but I just can't recommend this record as "must buy" such as their previous offerings, it is a pretty cool record, but not completely, I think. I'll give it a 16 out of 20, some say it is still grind core, but to me, sounds more like death metal, not that there's something wrong with that, but I think they went on a different musical direction here. Buy it if you are a demented "completionist" as I am, but really there isn't just enough raw grind-core as in their masterpieces I mentioned before, I think this record was made during a season of changes for carcass, with the inclusion of Michael Amott as a new member. This was the last time Bill Steer recorded his guttural voice on a LP.
Pretty good album nonetheless, not my favorite, but a complementary and important piece of
Carcass' history, almost a year later after his original release (1991) an EP was available named "
Tools of the Trade" which included four songs, that complemented this record and injected a lot of face-melting-grind, which is always welcome.
Buy the one with the extra tracks if you can find it, you'll get a lot more death metal for your hard-earned money.
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