I can get why people who were into their real sick brand of grind/death-grind felt "betrayed" by the move to less 'extreme' pastures but IMO I feel like Carcass never would have achieved much permanently staying in Reek/Symphonies mode.
Melo-death of today often gets derided for forgetting to rock at the same time. "Heartwork" was melodic death with teeth.
― Hammer Smashed Bagels, Saturday, 17 October 2015 16:27 (eight years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Sunday, 18 October 2015 00:01 (eight years ago) link
only 7 votes? (i voted Heartwork fwiw)
― Cosmic Slop, Sunday, 18 October 2015 00:05 (eight years ago) link
Embodiment is so good.
― Hammer Smashed Bagels, Sunday, 18 October 2015 16:03 (eight years ago) link
riffs for days
the riffs are so unrelenting that you can be numbed to how riffy they actually are
― j., Wednesday, 18 October 2017 01:13 (six years ago) link
After seeing them last night, This Mortal Coil is a dark horse.
― Fash Gordon (Neanderthal), Monday, 21 November 2022 03:11 (one year ago) link