Necroticism: Descanting the Insalubrious

by Carcass

Necroticism: Descanting the Insalubrious cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 30 October 1991
  • Label: Earache
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 48:05
  • Community rating: 4.01/5 from 10 ratings

Artists on this release: Ken Owen, Bill Steer, Michael Amott

Album Notes & Community Reviews

'Necroticism' marks Carcass's definitive pivot from raw grindcore towards meticulously structured, highly technical death metal. The band employs clinical medical sampling, intricate dual-guitar harmonies, and deeply aggressive rhythms to craft a heavy, macabre exploration of death and violence.

Genres

Descriptors: violence, death, technical, rhythmic, sampling

Tracklist

  1. Inpropagation (7:07)
  2. Corporal Jigsore Quandary (5:48)
  3. Symposium of Sickness (6:56)
  4. Pedigree Butchery (5:16)
  5. Incarnated Solvent Abuse (5:00)
  6. Carneous Cacoffiny (6:43)
  7. Lavaging Expectorate of Lysergide Composition (4:03)
  8. Forensic Clinicism/The Sanguine Article (7:10)

Credits

  • Carcass - primary artist, mixed by, mix
  • Jeff Walker - bass, vocals, layout [layout etc], lyrics by
  • Ken Owen - drums, vocals [additional], music by
  • Keith Hartley - engineer
  • Dave Buchanan - engineer [assistant]
  • Ian McFarlane - engineer [assistant]
  • Bill Steer - guitar, vocals, music by
  • Michael Amott - guitar, vocals [additional], music by
  • Martin Nesbitt - layout [layout etc], management
  • Colin Richardson - mixed by, producer, mix
  • Ian Tilton - photography by

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