17 years since their last studio album, Carcass returned in 2013 with a return to Melodic Death Metal within the form of Surgical Steel, coming off more as a mixture of Necrotism and Heartwork, Surgical Steel is a great return from the beloved band and although this album never truly reaches the height of those records, it is a solid, entertaining, and aggressive album filled with so much energy and ultimately such a blast to listen to.
Track Review
1985 6/10
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Complete and engrossing melodic death metal record by Carcass.
This album is their melodic apex, resulting in a super fun experience. The lyrics are great and witty as always, combining acute vocabulary and brilliant metaphores.
Some songs are a bit repetitive like Captive Bolt Pistol, but overall this record is fierce
Blood curdling vocals accompany melodic shredding on Surgical Steel. A level of medical proficiency to the playing leaves no errors on this release. Drumming on this album harkens back to a previous era of Deathmetal where it was not all about how flashy you could play, but how how fast you could get a circle pit to thrash. The album outstays it's welcome after Unfit for Human Consumption.
Yes, it's ok, it's old school Carcass, although a bit boring after a few songs. This is Carcass in automatic pilot. "Let's get back together and do the Heartwork style with a lil bit of Necroticism for good measure".
"Unfit for human consumption" is a great song though.
1 | 1985 1:15 | 73 |
2 | Thrasher's Abattoir 1:50 | 87 |
3 | Cadaver Pouch Conveyor System 4:02 | 81 |
4 | A Congealed Clot of Blood 4:13 | 85 |
5 | The Master Butcher's Apron 4:00 | 87 |
6 | Noncompliance to Astm F899-12 Standard 6:06 | 93 |
7 | The Granulating Dark Satanic Mills 4:10 | 93 |
8 | Unfit for Human Consumption 4:24 | 91 |
9 | 316L Grade Surgical Steel 5:20 | 93 |
10 | Captive Bolt Pistol 3:16 | 87 |
11 | Mount of Execution 8:25 | 93 |
12 | Intensive Battery Brooding 4:43 | 91 |
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