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Carcass - Swansong Audio CD

A fair review of the Carcass "Swansong" 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: Swansong
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Release Date: 2004-09-07
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Keep on Rotting in the Free World 2: Tomorrow Belongs to Nobody 3: Black Star 4: Cross My Heart 5: Childs Play 6: Room 101 7: Polarized 8: Generation Hexed 9: Firm Hand 10: R**k the Vote 11: Don't Belive a Word 12: Go to Hell 13: Keep on Rotting in the Free World [CD-ROM Track]

The infamous finale
From the earsplitting 'Reek of Putrefaction' to the more refined & complex 'Symphonies of Sickness'. Carcass were known to challenge their listeners with each release. Carcass moved on instead of watering down their legacy. Then came "Necroticism" and "Heartwork", probably the most prolific death metal albums of all time (save for Death on this side of the Atlantic). One more time they broke all the rules. Pissing off those who revel in the status quo. Delivering upon their demise an lp of melody laden extreme rock. Some just like to call it Rot'n'roll. 5 of this albums unreleased tracks can be found on the "Wake up & smell the Carcass" compilation as well as its prelude "the Heartwork ep". Those who appreciate Metal & Extreme Rock in a broad sense will enjoy.


no more grindcore just brutalliy heavy guitar riffs and grow up solid sound
making them more effective and strait forward deathmetal style not the mismash of grindcore mess. their early stuff was not the easiest to comprihend or access but this and heartwork is true heavy and brutal in a more pungent and grooveistic manner.


Reached their zenith on Necroticism...
When Tools Of The Trade and Necroticism. The production values on the first two releases were sad - the musical ability was there but the production was so lacking that it is damn near impossible to listen to. . . came out the production and 'sound' finally caught up to their ideas. The samples coupled with discernible riffage blew me away. They never again achieved that level of brutality. Heartwork had it's moments but hearing these guys play bluesy solos was laughable. Swansong should not have been released under the Carcass band name - the only similarity to their other works is the tone of the guitars. If you don't like death/grind/hardcore metal that's great but too see a band that did it SO well fall to cheeky song titles and plain old average songs. . . well I'm glad bands like Berzerker have come since (definitely followed Carcass footsteps in ways).

I wonder what songs they played on their few dates here this year.


A forgotten masterpiece.
Fans of Carcass's previous albums will find very little to like in this one, but to my mind that is not necessarily a bad thing. For their final LP, Gore-metal pioneers Carcass ditched the borderline-unlistenable production values and silly horror-movie gore lyrics of their early work and recorded this suprisingly good album of straight ahead hard rock n' roll. Aside from Jeff Walker's vocals, there is absolutely nothing death-metal like about this album. If you were a fan of Reek of Peutrification, you'll probably want to steer clear of this one.

Chunky riffs that make you want to nod your head in time, politically charged tounge-in-cheek lyrics, and immaculate production values make this their most accessible offering by a long shot.


Just Go To Hell!!!
But being that they, GASP, polished their sound and changed their lyrical content, everyone thought they wussed out, no way! I, like the dude before me, loved all their work, especially Necroticism, but this is my second favorite by far. This album rocks!!! If this was any band other than Carcass, this would have been huge. The guitar sound they achieved was super heavy,just listen to tomorrow belongs to nobody and generation hexed. I also love the fact that you can hear Jeff Walkers bass. Even though this came out twelve years ago, it's very up to date with it's social awareness. I urge all you nay-sayers to take a listen to this again.


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