{"id":91057,"date":"2021-09-17T00:00:38","date_gmt":"2021-09-16T23:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/?p=91057"},"modified":"2021-10-06T18:58:16","modified_gmt":"2021-10-06T17:58:16","slug":"album-review-carcass-torn-arteries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/album-review-carcass-torn-arteries\/","title":{"rendered":"CARCASS – Torn Arteries (2021) | Album \/ EP Reviews @ Metal Forces Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"

CARCASS
Torn Arteries<\/strong><\/span>
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\nNuclear Blast (2021)<\/span>
Rating: 8.5\/10<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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With more gory grooves than you can shake a severed head at, UK extreme metallers Carcass return with their seventh full-length studio album \u2013 an opus with pus-coated tongue firmly in cheek yet with enough tidal wave riffs to drown you in your own bile.<\/p>\n

This is Carcass as we\u2019ve come to know them over the last few years; infectious, at times polished, rhythmic and quintessentially melodeath of the highest order.<\/p>\n

But Carcass always brings extra dollops innovation, whether in the form of unexpected claps on \u2018In God We Trust\u2019 to the fantastic percussion of Dan Wilding. This is a record \u2013 their first for eight years \u2013 which nods towards 1991\u2019s Necroticism \u2013 Discanting The Insalubrious<\/em> and 1996\u2019s Swansong<\/em>. Bill Steer\u2019s gargantuan riffs sweep the listener up like black, congealed tides of scabbed vomit and Jeff Walker’s vicious scowls and smirks match his crushing bass lines.<\/p>\n

Torn Arteries<\/em> is a natural progression from 2013\u2019s Surgical Steel<\/em><\/a> but this release appeals more, squirming with technical prowess as the title track opens proceedings. The track rages hard and fast, the speedy precision giving way to Steer’s masterful juggernaut riffage.<\/p>\n

The more standard thrash and straight up heavy metal influences emerge on the slower \u2018Dance Of Ixtab (Psychopomp & Circumstance March No.1)\u2019 where Steer channels Black Sabbath<\/a>\u2019s Tony Iommi for groove-based monolithic slogging.<\/p>\n

Walker\u2019s bass sounds more prominent and continues throughout as Carcass applies little anaesthetic, instead mashing and gnashing with glinting tools to enable the slightly more unorthodox \u2018The Devil Rides Out\u2019 and the aforementioned \u2018In God We Trust\u2019 do step away from the expected framework and stride majestically with catchy dynamics.<\/p>\n

Other tracks of note are \u2018Flesh Ripping Sonic Torment Limited\u2019, a ten-minute epic beginning with an acoustic strum before shuddering with metallic malice. Steer’s axework drives everything; an accomplished musician who plies his trade with orgasmic aplomb, teasing then grinding in swashbuckling style.<\/p>\n

In a sense this is very much the Carcass we’ve now become accustomed to, a world away from those halcyon days of putrid grindcore. However, they remain an exemplary act, especially with tracks such as \u2018Kelly\u2019s Meat Emporium\u2019 with its slow-baked percussive plod and scathing velocity where again the band reaches into the vile necrospheres of Necroticism…<\/em> before lashing the flesh with a smothering of Heartwork<\/em>-influence.<\/p>\n

Arguably the best song, \u2018The Scythe\u2019s Remorseless Swing\u2019, is saved for last, but it merely proves just how consistent this beast is. The track somehow maintains a bluesy edge, as well as doomy flings before the sonic avalanche drowns you.<\/p>\n

Carcass remains fresh, energised and an act evolving while remaining sonically ripped and occasionally dipping into past album regression for those melodic death twangs. Torn Ateries<\/em> is both gory and glorious.<\/p>\n

Neil Arnold<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

CARCASSTorn Arteries Nuclear Blast (2021)Rating: 8.5\/10 With more gory grooves than you can shake a severed head at, UK extreme metallers Carcass return with their seventh full-length studio album \u2013 an opus with pus-coated tongue firmly in cheek yet with enough tidal wave riffs to drown you in your own bile. This is Carcass as […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,755],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-91057","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-album-ep-reviews","category-carcass"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91057","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=91057"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91057\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":91064,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91057\/revisions\/91064"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=91057"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=91057"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=91057"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}