3.25.2012

Carcass - Swansong

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#85) Carcass - Swansong (1996/2008)

 1. Keep On Rotting In the Free World
 2. Tomorrow Belongs To Nobody
 3. Black Star
 4. Cross My Heart
 5. Childs Play
 6. Room 101
 7. Polarized
 8. Generation Hexed
 9. Firm Hand
 10. R**k the Vote
 11. Don't Believe a Word
 12. Go To Hell
 13. Death Rider Da




Carcass' 5th and final album is basically the Carcass equivalent of Metallica's Black album. there are still a lot of great riffs but the songs are pretty straight ahead verse/chorus/verse affairs. it's not really a "mainstream" album  but it's definitely not as, i don't know, challenging maybe, as some of their other stuff.  even the band has stated that this is more of a straight forward "rock" record.  like i said before, there a some great riffs here, and Keep On Rotting In the Free World still remains one of my favorite songs, but having heard their back catalogue i just feel like the record is missing something. i'm not knocking the album, i actually really like it and it holds a special place for me as it was the first Carcass album i heard (the 2nd was Heartwork, which i listened to like once and i recall not being into it, apparently i was an idiot) back in like '98. i listened to it a ton until it was stolen out of my friend's car a couple years later and i haven't heard the album since. it's still a solid album and it was great to hear it again.


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