Pool Of Sound - Carcass

Carcass

'Carcass' was first formed as a Wirral school band by Bill Steer and Ken Owen that soon after disbanded. In 1985 Steer then joined the D-beat hardcore punk band 'Disattack' with drummer Middie, Paul on bass and Pek on vocals. After releasing their first demo in 1986, their bass player left the band and Jeff Walker joined them after leaving 'Electro Hippies'. By that time, they were also changing their name to 'Carcass', whose logo was drawn by Jeff Walker. Soon their drummer was replaced by Ken Owen and the singer by Sanjiv with Bill Steer also leaving 'Napalm Death' in order to concentrate on 'Carcass'.
Steer and Owen shared vocal duties for the debut album in 1988, 'Reek Of Putrefaction', done in only four days, but an album most notably the legendary BBC DJ John Peel declared as his favourite album of 1988.

'Reek Of Putrification' Album

In view of his interest they were asked to participate in their first John Peel Session in 1989, where they debuted new material for their second album, 'Symphonies Of Sickness'. These first two albums are often considered classics of the grindcore genre, but at the time of its release grindcore had begun to fracture into punk and metal offshoots. 'Carcass' were decidedly a metal band, and this album is often considered the first deathgrind album.
The second half of a tour in support of 'Symphonies Of Sickness' saw the addition of a second lead guitarist Michael Amott, who was to become a permanent member of the band, playing on the second Peel Session and contributing material towards their third album in 1991, 'Necroticism - Descanting The Insalubrious'.
They had started, as indicated on their demo tapes, as a grindcore band and continued on their  first two albums, before moving to a death metal sound which evolved into their melodic death and heavy metal roots before their split. Their fourth album 'Heartwork' released in late 1993, is one of the first melodic death metal albums and was considered a radical change by many fans which eliminated Steer's deeper vocals and the clinically gory lyrics. 

Many consider this their best album

After the release of 'Heartwork', they signed a deal with Columbia Records but saw Michael Amott leave the band. It was in early 1995 during a 6-week recording schedule for a new album 'Swans' that the record label began to withdraw support, stating that 'Carcass' were not ready to record and needed to write more songs. Continuing problems with record company Columbia/Sony caused the album to be delayed from late summer 1995 to June 1996 which saw 'Carcass' move back to Earache Records, and break up before even releasing 'Swansong'. 

A decade after the split, the rumblings that they might reunite started in earnest, and by 2008 they were playing festivals and touring clubs, with 'Arch Enemy’s' Daniel Erlandsson replacing original drummer Ken Owen, who suffered a brain hemorrhage in 1999. It took another five years for the first taste of new music to come out, but it proved to be well worth the wait. 'Surgical Steel' their comeback album is a record that feels fresh and inspired but celebrates everything you loved about the band in the first place and there's a legitimate case to be made that it is the finest 'Carcass' album.
They are still considered to be the major inspiration and musical foundation for most deathgrind or grindcore bands, as well as being one of the founding fathers of melodic death metal when they had switched their genre to the melodic death metal sound by the early 1990s.

On a trivia note, 'Carcass' were briefly mentioned on the sitcom 'Friends' as a band Phoebe is fond of and made an appearance on on the cult sci-fi comedy series 'Red Dwarf'.

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