Symphonies of Sickness

Infobox Album |
Name = Symphonies of Sickness
Type = studio
Artist = Carcass


Released = December 4, 1989
Recorded = July-August 1989, at the Slaughterhouse Studios
Genre = Death metal, Goregrind
Length = 43:10
Label = Earache Records
Producer = Colin Richardson Carcass
Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|4|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:3x65mpb39f7o link] |
Last album = "Reek of Putrefaction" (1988)
This album = "Symphonies of Sickness" (1989)
Next album = "Necroticism - Descanting the Insalubrious" (1991)

"Symphonies of Sickness" is the second album by the British metal band Carcass. It is released on Earache Records, in 1989.

The progression of the band's style since "Reek of Putrefaction" is immediately evident. The sound becomes more characterisic of death metal with Bill Steer's guitar technique improving, Jeffrey Walker's bass and lyrics become much more prominent in the mix and Ken Owen changing his style of drumming completely, implementing a new style of double-bass drumming absent from the band's earlier offerings.

The original CD released contained 16 bonus tracks taken from the "Reek of Putrefaction" album. Some editions also contain Genital Grinder II and Hepatic Tissue Fermentation from the Pathological Compilation. The album was reissued in 1996 with a censored outer cover proclaiming "Original album artwork inside".

Track listing

# "Reek of Putrefaction" – 4:11
# "Exhume to Consume" – 3:51
# "Excoriating Abdominal Emanation" – 4:32
# "Ruptured in Purulence" – 4:11
# "Empathological Necroticism" – 5:46
# "Embryonic Necropsy and Devourment" – 5:14
# "Swarming Vulgar Mass of Infected Virulency" – 3:11
# "Cadaveric Incubator of Endoparasites" – 3:24
# "Slash Dementia" – 3:23
# "Crepitating Bowel Erosion" – 5:30

Credits

* Ken Owen - Vocals, Drums
* Jeffrey Walker - Vocals, Bass
* Bill Steer - Vocals, Guitar