Symphonies of Sickness
Carcass · 1989
76 min · 26 tracks · death metal · melodic death metal · grindcore
A relentless barrage of guttural vocals and frenetic instrumentation that embodies the essence of early extreme metal.
Is this for you?
Good fit if you like
- dynamic emotional journeys
- intense peaks and valleys
- long, immersive listening sessions
- wave-like pacing experience
- relentless auditory assault
Where this album fits
- Career context
- Released in 1989, 'Symphonies of Sickness' was Carcass's second album, following their debut 'Reek of Putrefaction'. At this point, the band had begun to solidify their influence within the emerging death metal and grindcore scenes, showcasing a more refined sound while maintaining their hallmark gore-themed lyrics.
- Stylistic neighbors
- Entombed· At the Gates· Napalm Death
Tracklist
Best experienced from track one — press play and let it unfold.
- 1 Reek of Putrefaction 4:11
- 2 Exhume to Consume 3:51
- 3 Excoriating Abdominal Emanation 4:32
- 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 3:24
- 9 Slash Dementia 3:23
- 10 Crepitating Bowel Erosion 5:27
- 11 Genital Grinder 1:25
- 12 Regurgitation of Giblets 1:22
- 13 Maggot Colony 1:37
- 14 Pyosisified (Rotten to the Core) 2:54
- 15 Vomited Anal Tract 1:43
- 16 Fermenting Innards 2:33
- 17 Excreted Alive 1:20
- 18 Suppuration 2:19
- 19 Foeticide 2:44
- 20 Feast on Dismembered Carnage 1:25
- 21 Splattered Cavities 1:53
- 22 Psychopathologist 1:17
- 23 Burnt to a Crisp 2:40
- 24 Pungent Excruciation 2:30
- 25 Oxidised Razor Masticator 3:11
- 26 Malignant Defecation 2:16
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