Sofia Bergström of Rocknytt.net conducted an interview with bassist/vocalist Jeff Walker of reactivated British extreme metal pioneers CARCASS prior to the band's December 3 concert in Gothenburg, Sweden as the support act for AMON AMARTH. You can now watch the chat below.CARCASS' new album, "Surgical Steel", sold around 8,500 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No. 41 on The Billboard 200 chart. The CD was released on September 16 in the U.K., September 13 in the rest of Europe and September 17 in North America via Nuclear Blast Records. The effort was produced by Colin Richardson (FEAR FACTORY, MACHINE HEAD, NAPALM DEATH, SLIPKNOT, BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE) and mixed by Andy Sneap (MEGADETH, ACCEPT, EXODUS, ARCH ENEMY).Joining guitarist Bill Steer and bassist/vocalist Jeff Walker in CARCASS' current incarnation are new drummer Dan Wilding (ABORTED, TRIGGER THE BLOODSHED) and guitarist Ben Ash (PIG IRON, DESOLATION, LIQUEFIED SKELETON).In a recent interview with Chile's Radio Futuro, Walker stated about the new CARCASS CD: "It sounds like CARCASS. Even the drumming sounds like CARCASS. Everything about it
I think it's gonna shock people, how good it is. I think it's got all the elements that people like, yet it still sounds fresh. So that's all I can say, really, 'cause we don't really sound like any other band, and the fact that after 17 years, we wrote music and it still sounds like CARCASS, I think it's good."Regarding the direction of the new CARCASS album, Walker said: "We've taken stylistic cues from all the albums because it's in our blood, but it's no rehash or mess of ideas. I think it sounds almost like the missing link between the third and forth albums but with some groove in there. I've jokingly christened some parts 'trad blast' and some 'death sleaze'
don't think for a minute this is just some nostalgic throwback album we're setting up another 17 years of ideas for other bands to copy and clean up on. [laughs]"
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