Albums currently kicking your ass

[Master_Yoda77]

Fair enough.

 

[TechnicalBarbarity]

Engram is aright, definitely better than their craptastic debut.

 

[Vilden]

I wish this album was available with the original artwork for a reasonable price, the reissue is perfectly fine but it got nothing on this.

 

[HamburgerBoy]

lol, I never noticed that face in the background. I was going to agree with you before that. Awesome album either way, the first side especially is perfect, some of the heaviest trad around, especially for the time.

 

[EspaDa]

I figured as much. Most reunion albums are underwhelming.

lol

 

[CiG]

That's two. He did say most.

Carcass was meh.

 

[EspaDa]

Surgical Steel was better than their debut and much better than Swansong.

 

[CiG]

No way was it better than the debut.

 

[EspaDa]

Maybe give Surgical Steel another spin, I don't deny debut's significance and influence but it's just inferior to their most recent one.

 

[CiG]

Nah. Surgical Steel is a continuation of Carcass' melodic death metal which I was never a fan of to begin with. I'm goregrind all the way.

 

[The Ozzman]

Swansong kills Surgical Steel. I wasn't impressed by it. It's like Carcass wanted to make Heartwork 2 and just couldn't get the hooks that Heartwork had. At least Swansong is catchy.

 

[Krow]

Eh I liked Surgical Steel quite a bit when it came out. Kinda overplayed it tbh. All Carcass is good Carcass.

 

[CiG]

Less snore, more gore.

 

[SentinelSlain]

"Surgical Steel" made me think of the very minor 80s band with that name.

 

[Elric of Melniboné]

 

[Phylactery]

Burzum - Burzum

I'm not huge on "War", but everything else on this is great.

 

[EspaDa]

War is great but Ea, Lord of the Depths is the real deal.

 

[TechnicalBarbarity]

Symphonies = Necroticism > Surgical Steel > Reek > Heartwork > Swansong

 

[Phylactery]

Nah, "War"'is pretty bad imo, and it sounds out of place on the album. That awful solo from Euronymous is probably part of the reason why Varg killed him.

Agreed on "Ea, Lord of the Depths". That one and "My Journey to the Stars" are probably my favourites on the debut.

 

[dwellerINTHEdark]

Havukruunu. @Draehl good call, this is ace.