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Carcass - Wake Up and Smell the Carcass Audio CD

A fair review of the Carcass "Wake Up and Smell the Carcass" Audio CD. Please note that the below review is the views of the authors, and authors only. You can get a complete list of all Carcass reviews here, or go back to the Carcass tabs.

Carcass Band: Carcass
Title: Wake Up and Smell the Carcass
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Release Date: 2008-01-13
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Edge of Darkness [#] 2: Emotional Flatline [#] 3: Ever Increasing Circles [#] 4: Blood Spattered Banner [#] 5: I Told You So (Corporate Rock Really Does Suck) [#] 6: Buried Dreams [#][Version] 7: No Love Lost [#][Version] 8: Rot 'N' Roll [#][Version] 9: Edge of Darkness [#][Version] 10: This Is Your Life 11: Rot 'N' Roll 12: Tools of the Trade 13: Pyosisified (Still Rotten to the Gore) 14: Hepatic Tissue Fermentation II 15: Genital Grinder II 16: Hepatic Tissue Fermentation 17: Exhume to Consume

Essential compilation
This collection of unreleased rarities & ep material will show the listener how this band managed to mutate with each release (5 lp's), challenging their listeners instead of allowing them to become comfortable with the status quo they created. This is an amazing journey backwards into the career of the most challenging extreme rock group of all time: CARCASS. Wake up! Also, checkout the DVD companion as it includes 2 live sets and the official videos (5).


Great B Sides
There are also a few tracks that were on EP's, and alternate versions of a few songs. If you like Carcass, then this is a great compilation of their tracks that didn't make it onto albums. If your a Carcass fan then this is a great disc. If your new to Carcass, check out Heartwork :).


Eternal legacy of brutal rythmic pleasure
The first five tracks are awesome showing a mature and developed band with a sense of humour, but dont think you cannot take these tunes seriously - if you are into metal it doesnt get any better. Forget those fools who dont rate this album - these b sides and rare tracks are A standard. Then the cd regresses through past glory taking you to where the band came from. The world is not the same without Carcass - the coolest heavy band to grace our bleeding ears - BRUTAL!.


Killer cd by Englands kings of Gore-Core...
This will literally peel the skin right off of your face. For those familiar with the work of Carcass, this is an excellent collection of unreleased and compilation tracks on one blistering cd. It opens with 5 unreleased songs from the Swansong sessions, and they're soooooo heavy. If you liked that cd, then you're gonna love this, as the unreleased tunes are amazing. Next up is 4 songs from the Radio 1 Rock Show sessions. These are Heartwork-era songs and are just wicked. No Love Lost and Edge Of Darkness are standouts, but all 4 are deadly. Next up, 2 songs from the Heartwork ep, and again, are smokin'. Next, 3 songs from the Tools Of The Trade ep. Wicked riffing from some of their pre-Heartwork era, which bring us to the next 2 songs from the cd, taken from the Pathological compilation, more of the developmental early stuff from their grindcore beginnings, like the last song on the cd, from the Grindcrusher comp. , more grind beginnings from these medical dictionary reading, Discharge listening lads from across the pond. Buy and play debilitatingly loud, you won't be dissapointed.


Definitely weird. Not bad, though.

It starts with several tracks from the Swansong sessions. This is a weird release because Carcass's style changed SO MUCH over the life of the band and this "compilation" doesn't really try to ease you through it at all. These are pretty much straight on metal, not grind or death metal at all. Sort of thrash, I guess, with growled vocals. It does include the excellent (and funny) "I Told You So (Corporate Rock Really Does Suck)," which may be reason enough to get the CD right there. If you're a fan of the Swansong era, these tracks are all worthwhile.

Then we move backward in time to "Necrotism" era death/grind and all the way back to full on grindcore. The effect is somewhat disjointed to say the least.

Not sure what this is really trying to be other than another release to get hard-core fans' money. The tracks are all good, however, and it's worth picking up if you have "Heartwork" and "Necrotism. ".


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