Symphonies of Sickness

by Carcass

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  • Type: Album
  • Released: November 1989
  • Label: Earache
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 43:07
  • Community rating: 4.08/5 from 7 ratings

Artists on this release: Jeff Walker, Bill Steer, Ken Owen

Album Notes & Community Reviews

'Symphonies of Sickness' sees Carcass refining their chaotic grindcore origins into significantly longer, more structured death metal compositions. The album remains incredibly disturbing, heavily utilizing medical terminology and dual guttural vocals to deliver a distinctly raw, vulgar, and manic assault.

Genres

Descriptors: death, vulgar, violence, gore, guttural, fast, distorted, abrasive, technical, ferocious

Tracklist

  1. Reek of Putrefaction (4:09)
  2. Exhume to Consume (3:50)
  3. Excoriating Abdominal Emanation (4:31)
  4. Ruptured in Purulence (4:11)
  5. Empathological Necroticism (5:45)
  6. Embryonic Necropsy and Devourment (5:13)
  7. Swarming Vulgar Mass of Infected Virulency (3:10)
  8. Cadaveric Incubator of Endoparasites (3:23)
  9. Slash Dementia (3:23)
  10. Crepitating Bowel Erosion (5:28)

Credits

  • Carcass - primary artist, lyrics by, music by, producer
  • Jeff Walker - bass, vocals
  • Ken Owen - drums, vocals
  • Colin Richardson - engineer, producer
  • Martin Toher - engineer [assistant]
  • Digby Pearson - executive-producer
  • Bill Steer - guitar, vocals

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