Carcass (band)

thumb|right|Carcass in 2024 Carcass (band) Carcass is a British extreme metal band. Quotes On lyrical content I don’t consider our lyrics to be at all gruesome. To me, they’re more absurd and funny than nasty. You read the lyrics and they’re comical. We’re all fans of ‘70s horror movies like The Vault Of Horror and The Crypt Of Horror. They were morality tales, but also had a rich vein of gallows humour running through them. And we were also influenced by the Pan Book Of Horror Stories book series – that’s the way I see our songs. [...] We’ve never gotten any negativity from those in the medical profession for our lyrics or artwork. I’ve met a lot of nurses, doctors and people from the medical world, and they are always positive about what we do. Jeff Walker of Carcass (band) Carcass in an article written for Loudersound (October 19, 2015) When we stared the band in early ’87, there were a lot of band with so-called gore lyrics, but they were just writing about horror films and stuff like that. To us, that was ineffective, it didn’t have any impact on the listener. We wanted to introduce something that was a little more realistic. I mean, obviously, it’s got a fantasy element too, because some of these ideas are very overblown. But at the same time, the roots are in reality, and that’s why we use medical terminology. Also, I’d like to think that there’s an element of humor there. We’re not afraid to parody ourselves at times. Bill Steer of Carcass, as quoted by Spin (magazine) Spin Some people have missed the point, sexualizing the violence or being gross for the sake of it [..] Whatever we were doing with Carcass, there was definitely some thought behind it. [...] But it’s easy to be shocking, isn’t it? It’s easy to say horrible things. I’d like to say we did it with a sense of humor. Bill Steer of Carcass (band) Carcass, as quoted by Joe Weiderhorn of Loudwire (August 31, 2017) ["Vomited Anal Tract"] is all about someone who turns themselves inside out while they vomit. So, they end up with their rectum coming out of their mouth! Of course, it’s medically impossible – but it’s just our toilet humour. Jeff Walker of Carcass (band) Carcass in an article written for Loudersound (October 19, 2015) Song lyrics Juices digested from each pus-swollen poreInsatiable hunger as I feed on the goreNothing gives me greater pleasure than a bowl full of chymeMaggot infested kidneysAre what I choose every time. "Pyosisified (Still Rotten to the Gore)," as quoted by Metal Injection The innards decompose, putrefy to jellyThe dermis ruptures with sialagogic cruorGreen putrefied offal explodes with the dischargeBubbling viscera is splattered all over the floor. "Ruptured in Purulence" as quoted by J. Bennett of Revolver (magazine) Revolver Sadistically sodomizing with my instruments of grimeForce-feeding it down your throat if I find the timeVaseline and talc soothe the gored ano-obliterationSardonically I gloat on your rectal dislocation "Excoriating Abdominal Emanation" as quoted by J. Bennett of Revolver (magazine) Revolver Liquidized esophagus mixes with bloodied excretionAs you pathetically gasp for breathThe stench of hot feces scorch your noseAs you violently vomit to death. "Vomited Anal Tract" as quoted by J. Bennett of Revolver (magazine) Revolver Your mouth is a sea of cartilage, rabid saliva bleedsSwallowing shredded tongue and pulverized, crunching teethRespirating a bolus of rusty razor bladesAsphyxiating bloody garotte, tearing your jugular vein. "Oxidised Razor Masticator" as quoted by J. Bennett of Revolver (magazine) Revolver The recumbent are my prey — under my genital bladeYour precordium I brutally plunder — whilst you’re put underExsanguinating — you’re totally parchedExenterating — removing body partsWholly abraded – surgically maimedDecortication — medically slain. "Forensic Clinicism / The Sanguine Article" as quoted by J. Bennett of Revolver (magazine) Revolver As salubrious pet foodHuman midden is consumedNot one to mince my wordsBut now I love to see those siblings churnedIn tins they are reared "Pedigree Butchery" as quoted by J. Bennett of Revolver (magazine) Revolver Plugged into the socketLeads attached to twisting skinIgnite the squirming foetusTo dissolve it from within "Foeticide" as quoted by J. Bennett of Revolver (magazine) Revolver Pick at the scab – septic blood starts to weepRip at my face – ruptured growths start to seepBlackhead and boils, pustular cystsChapped comedones, perspiring zitsPierce the blade – infected tissue starts to bleedDiseased and plagued – tumours chew and feed [...]The juice is squeezedSebum bleedsLick the poxWeals and warts... “Swarming Vulgar Mass of Infected Virulency,” (1989) as quoted by Metal Injection Quotes about Carcass Carcass are one of extreme metal’s lynchpins. Loudwire Fusing sordid grindcore crunch with anatomically correct gore lyrics, Carcass has some of the nastiest song titles in rock history: “Cadaveric Incubator of Endoparasites,” “Sarming Vulgar Mass of Infected Virulency,” and “Excoriating Abdominal Emanation,” to name a few. Spin (magazine) Spin Anal rape is easily one of the least appealing topics on the planet, so obviously Carcass have a song about it. J. Bennett of Revolver (magazine) Revolver (August 11, 2021) Along with their fellow U.K. peers Napalm Death, Carcass played a pivotal role in expanding the extreme metal genre in the early ‘90s but with a notably more melodic presence. The band intertwined groovy blues riffs with the sheer aggression of death metal and grindcore, which helped to lay the foundations for melodic death metal in the mid ‘90s. Quentin Thane Singer of Forbes (Oct 9, 2024) Melodeath may have been defined by the Swedes, but it was Carcass that made its definitive statement. Metal Hammer (July 12, 2021) External links Category:English bands Category:Heavy metal bands