OK, sounded like you were saying it was odd that middle aged people would be into Carcass. I think you're maybe 2 or 3 years older than I am. Symphonies came out right before I started high school (which is when I heard it), and I thought it was really cool and very different, but when Necroticism came out I was floored. Heartwork was awesome as well. It was really funny to hear the people who got me into them originally calling them sellouts. Like, yeah...No Love Lost is going straight to the fucking top 40 charts. hahaKnucklehead wrote:Dude, you're making me feel ancient. Perhaps I wasn't being clear -- I had already wandered away from metal by the time Carcass released their second album and no one in my group of friends knew about their first. As I said, they are in my metal blindspot.Strange wrote:Well, it's a band (2 actually) that I loved when I was in high school so it's not all that surprising that a lot of us older fucks are excited about the show.
I obviously missed out on a lot in the '90's, which is a shame.Strange wrote:Especially considering how good of a band they were/are, and how influential to modern metal.
As far as the influence goes, I'd place Carcass as one of the most influential bands in Metal!
They started Gore Grind with their first two albums.
They were a huge player in the beginnings of what is now called Tech Death with Necroticism and Tools of the Trade (along with the material that bands like Death, Cynic, Atheist and Pestillence were putting out at the time).
And all the Shadows Fall / Killswitch Engage type bands all came from Carcass (Heartwork) and At the Gates. Adam from KSE referred to Heartwork as his bible.
So yeah...I'd say they left a big nasty curdled stain on music history.
