UNSUNG CLASSIC: Heartwork--Carcass

Carcass, along with Napalm Death are reponsible for giving the world what we call grind/grindcore/ or death-grind or whatever you wish to call it. Now that's that, but there's more to Carcass....read on!! When we talk of revolutionary/influential bands in metal, bands that have released albums that started/defined or epitomized a particular genre, names like Black Sabbath, Venom, Metallica, Death, Slayer,Queensryche,KoRN, Helloween,Iron Maiden,Dream Theater come to mind. How many can boast of doing this more than once in their careers?? Maybe Metallica....so this might come as a surprise to you that Carcass, in fact, have done so twice in their short career of 5 albums.With their debut album, they invented grind and with Heartwork they invented Melodic Death Metal. Yes!! you read that right, not At The Gates, not In Flames, not Dark Tranquillity, but it was 1993 when Carcass released this gem of their's that MDM was born!!Coming on to the music--the album has elements of traditional death metal, grind,groove and classic hard rock!!!!!Yes, yes, yes, listen to all the solos, they might very well have been on all the great Kiss,Motley Crue,Whitesnake,Poison songs. The music is beautiful from start to finish...tracks are mostly mid to fast paced....original/unique riffs(for it's time) and blistering yet melodious solos. I won't get into the deep track by track review as each song here is great, with the possible exception of No Love Lost, which just seems out of place in this otherwise perfect album. Highlights include the title track, This Mortal Coil, Buried Dreams, Arbeit Macht Fleisch, Doctrinal Expletives and the masterful Death Certificate,which might very well be the best death metal song ever!!! Get your hands on this revolutionary album now, you won't be disappointed.

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Rating: 9.5/10