Carcass ‎– Necroticism – Descanting The Insalubrious (1991)

June 24, 2021

Necroticism is a weird one. It has a strange feeling for me, that despite being a death metal record with plenty of pacy moments or even blasts, the whole thing just feels like it’s trundling along at a snails pace. I’m not sure exactly what it is that causes it to feel like this, but it is what it is.

Traditionally, my listening of this band would end here, as the group transitioned away from the gory sickness of earlier albums into a cleaner and more melodic death metal sound. Necroticism is the perfect balance of both of these worlds, and despite the previously mentioned pacing issues, is a solid and now timeless underground metal record. Tracks like “Incarnate Solvent Abuse” put Carcass up there with the all-time metal greats.