12 Hell-Raising Tracks To P*ss People Off With

1. Carcass €“ Unfit for Human Consumption

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=THkGcjNKdoE Extreme metal band Carcass have experimented with almost every strain of metal since their 1988 debut LP, Reek of Putrefaction. Despite disbanding in 1995, the Liverpool-based grindcore outfit reformed in 2007, releasing Surgical Steel last year to wide critical acclaim. In their early days, the band blazed a trail for more extreme forms of metal such as gore grind, melodic death metal and grindcore, sounds that are all present in their most recent album. Surgical Steel re-introduces Carcass' widely recognised guttural vocal work and rapid-fire guitar backings, losing none of their initial impact even after an 18 year hiatus. Unfit for Human Consumption deals out blistering, melodious riffs before opening up to the primal snarls of lead vocalist and bass player, Jeff Walker. Devilish solos and fiendish hooks feature heavily on the track, providing some of the band's most technically impressive work to date. The machine-gun drumming that fuels the track is so fast and unassailable that it often borders on the absurd, and when combined with walker's thick, curdling growls, the track takes on a truly visceral edge that few others in the genre can replicate. As is often the case with death metal, if the abrasive music fails to unsettle, then one can always rely on the morbidity of the lyrics to tie a knot in the stomach. Carcass, of course, don't fail this test, with lines like "Appetising, diseased gastric dining" making for some less than palatable imagery.