Carcass Albums Ranked

[@steelerfreak1977]

Swansong is underrated. If any other band had released it it would be much more lauded.

[@Shikigamifuneral758]

Listen to xysma-first and magical

[@fourseasons4105]

1. Surgical steel 2. Heartwork 3. Necroticism 4. Torn arteries 5. Swansong 6. Symphonies of sickness 7. Reek of putrefaction

[@Patrick-sheen]

Swansong massively underrated, great to see a reviewer who can cut through the pose

[@Faze390]

1) Symphonies Of Sickness 2) Necroticism 3) Heartwork 4) Reek Of Putrefaction 5) Surgical Steel 6) Swansong I think it’s worth mentioning that I genuinely love all of Carcass’ stuff, and my top 3 are also all so close to one another that it’s hard to rank them. Pretty much anytime I throw on Symphonies/Necroticism/Heartwork, I’m convinced whichever one I’m listening to at the time is my favorite.

[@sethklosowski]

1.Necroticisim 2.Heartwork 3.surgical steel 4.swansong 5. Torn Arteries 6. Symphonies of sickness 7. Reek of putrefaction Looking forward to your review of torn arteries! Love your channel! 🤘🏻👊🏻

[@metal_concerts]

👍

[@hvitekristesdod]

1. Necroticism 2. Heartwork 3. Torn Arteries 4. Symphonies of Sickness 5. Surgical Steel 6. Reek of Putrifaction 7. Swansong

[@FaustianSpirit1997]

*Carcass jumping from Grindcore to Death-Grind to Death Metal to Melodeath:* Parkour Anyways: 6) Reek Of Putrefaction 5) Symphonies of Sickness 4) Swan Song 3) Necroticism 2) Surgical Steel 1) Heartwork

[@AssfaceOmega]

Similar to QFM’s list.

[@AS-Stardust]

1. Necroticism 2. Symphonies of Sickess 3. Reek of Putrefaction 4. Heartwork 5. Surgical Steel (haven't heard swansong yet)

[@NavarroSkyrim]

Imo: 6 - Reek Of Putrefaction 5 - Swansong 4 - Symphonies Of Sickness 3 - Surgical Steel 2 - Heartwork 1 - Necroticism

[@gsolis928]

1. Symphonies of sickness 2. Necroticism 3. Reek of putrefaction 4. Heartwork 5. Surgical steel 6. Torn arteries 7. Swansong

[@Morbidous]

Is not easy to compare some of their albums because they are so different, like Reek of Putrefaction and Swansong..they seem like from a different band almost. Anyway my fave one is *Necroticism* ...but *Symphonies of Sickness* will always have a special place for me, at that time I was listening mainly to thrash bands and that album was so raw and brutal in comparison, even the artwork was insane... it totally blew out my head and eyes.

[@pedromelolouzada2003]

My Ranking: 7. Swansong 6. Reek of Putrefaction 5. Torn Arteris 4. Surgical Steel 3. Symphonies of Sickness 2. Necroticism 1. Heartwork

[@coreydinardo5525]

The only Carcass album I've ever really listened to was SYMPHONIES OF SICKNESS and I enjoyed it well enough but it was never a favorite of mine. But thanks to this video, I'm currently listening to SURGICAL STEEL and holy fuck! Thank you, man! This is a phenomenal album all around!

[@erikberg5363]

I’m slightly ashamed to admit that I’ve never listened to Surgical Steel. I better blast that right now. 1. Necroticism 2. Heartwork 3. Symphonies 4. Swansong 5. Reek Keep up the great content! 🤘🤘

[@romaincassignol]

Hi, i TOTALLY agree your ranking ! And yes, Swansong is really underrated.

[@Sarhamnjo]

1 - Necroticism 2 - Symphonies 3 - Torn Arteries 4 - Reek of Putrefection 5 - Heartwork 6 - Swansong 7 - Surgical Steel

[@Transilvanian90]

Good ranking overall, I have a different top album but solid stuff. And I heartily agree that Swansong is a fun and underrated album. My ranking would probably be... 1) Heartwork - the masterwork 2) Necroticism - a pure death metal masterpiece 3) Surgical Steel - follows solidly in Heartwork's footsteps. 4) Torn Arteries - also solid 5) Swansong - criminally underrated and a lot of fun. 6) Symphonies of Sickness - excellent DM/grind hybrid album, the musicianship is amazing. I had to put it here because I listen to the others more, but this is great. 7) Reek of Putrefaction - I'm not a fan of pure grind, especially not with potato-quality recording production. Simply not my cup of tea, but I understand how grind fans adore this.

[@wtc5198]

here's mine, with the disclaimer that i enjoy every single one of these, all are amazing. (haven't listened to the debut tbh but it'd prob rank last) 1 - Heartwork 2 - Necroticism 3 - Swansong 4 - Surgical Steel 5 - Symphonies

[@Intermentor]

Necroticism is their best album as it has the grinding parts, as well as the melodic parts.

[@blensaa_mowsaa]

Do you wait for their new album? I DO!!!!!

[@gregorschimanek780]

I pressed the like button when you compared Swansong to the beautiful Wolverine Blues

[@Faerie_Kim]

Necroticism is my favourite carcas album but I love heartwork and surgical steel too.

[@joeyuzwa891]

1) Surgical Steel 2) Heartwork 3) Reek of Putrefaction 4) Symphonies of Sickness 5) Necroticism 6) Swansong all these albums are great. flawless discography. the top 3 are 10s, the rest are 8s. Also, we have the same favorite carcass song! Granulating Dark Satanic Mills is so fucking catchy

[@70gabino]

Carcass should have been much bigger than bands like Cannibal Corpse and Obituary in my opinion. They have always had a knack for really bringing out the sounds of each individual instrument. Amott/Steer were a creative, potent combination.

[@blindsandwich3099]

Thank you! It feels so perfect when you listen to carcass but you wonder why they arent more popular. They do so much so well

[@dmphax]

1. Necroticism. 2. Heartwork 3. SoS 4. SS 5. Swansong 6. RoP for me. Edit: I agree about RoP, I don't care for it either, but Necroticism blew my mind and was my 1st exposure to Carcass. C.J.Q. hooked me instantly.

[@alfie.6652]

I have tickets for Carcass supporting Arch Enemy and Behemoth in London - its in October so hopefully lockdown is over

[@Savoy1984]

Love love Swan song… heard 1 song on a free tape on Kerrang! and brought the album straight away and wasn’t disappointed.

[@tehcarey]

I love Swansong and probably listen to it more than the others, just because I can listen to it when I'm not in the mood for anything aggressive. Heartwork is my favorite by far but I'm a bit burned out on it. Surgical steel is so close to heartwork but has a few tracks I never listen to

[@Jamie16611]

I've only listened to Heartwork, i always come to these videos to see which album is the best for getting into a band and I hope surgical steel doesn't disappoint, because Heartwork was insane

[@richardroberson2564]

Listen to reek

[@RichardCranium.]

If someone gets into Carcass they should probably listen to Necroticism or Heartwork, then Symphonies and then the rest. Most normal metal fans would probably hate Reek. Its production is really shit. I still like it but it is their weakest album apart from maybe Swansong.

[@aleszol]

Didn't listen to all of them, but I've been playing Swansong almost every day and I love it. Just Black Star and Generation Hexed are way better than 90% of the songs I listened in my life.

[@ni_n__ho.oh__n_in]

My favorite for many years used to be Necroticism, and arguably their best songs are in it, but as a whole I don't enjoy it as much as others. Nowadays I prefer the newer stuff, for instance, I can´t stop jamming Torn Arteries since it came out! 1 - Surgical Steel 2 - Heartwork 3 - Torn Arteries 4 - Necroticism 5 - Symphonies (I love it more than I used to; some of it sound like Necroticism demos though) 6 - Swansong (I love it more than I used to) 7 - Reek of Putrefaction

[@thrashmaniac99]

My ranking: 1. Surgical Steel 2. Necroticism 3. Heartwork 4. Symphonies of Sickness 5. Reek of Putrefaction 6. Swansong

[@okthisisepic6273]

top favorite carcass records 1. Wake up and smell the carcass 2. Heartwork 3. Swansong 4. Surgical steel 5. Despicable (EP) sick vid bro!

[@joeyuzwa891]

Questy I have a band for you that replicates the polished yet brutal and not at all cheesy melodeath sound of heartwork: Intestine Baalism They’re a melodeath band from Japan and are one of the my all time favorites now. I would highly recommend them

[@hvitekristesdod]

An Anatomy of the Beast is a classic

[@ArdensSedVirens1]

I'm of the same mind that Heartwork does a fantastic job blending melody and brutality, I would definitely like more melodic death in that style. One of the cooler aspects of Heartwork that I think often goes unnoticed is that while a lot of Swedish melodic death metal bands especially would just decide, "hey, let's take NWOBHM melodies and put them in a death metal framework", some of the melodies in Heartwork sound very reminiscent of 70s hard rock rather than just NWOBHM. And don't get me wrong, there's definitely NWOBHM inspired guitar harmonies, but I think that clear love of 70s hard rock that starts to show up on Heartwork ought to give someone more context for why Swansong is the way it is, they essentially just go even further into incorporating rock melodies and rhythms.

[@shizzazle165]

I am way more of a fan of their more melodic stuff than their more gorey/grindy stuff. all is good though, but I love melodic death metal.

[@pennypacker77]

I saw Carcass in patchogue NY in 2015 and I fukin loved the show. Ive been a fan since Heartwork back when i heard it in 95. They're still tearing away. Surgical Steel is like Heartwork, part two. One of the last remaining relevant 90's death metal bands

[@HopefulNihilist]

Having Swangsong over Symphonies of Sickness really hurts to see.

[@alexchavarria2582]

Carcass were always one step ahead, the two albums in a row that resemble are the last two, surgical and torn arteries 1-grindcore 2-deathgrind 3- death metal 4-melodic death metal 5- death n' roll 6- melodic death metal 7- melodic death metal

[@doom-mantia]

Hell yeah - Swansong deserves more love

[@Superhiknapada]

1,Necroticism2.Symphonies3.Heartwork 4.Surgical 5.Reek 6.Swansong

[@Kriszg667]

Symphonies first

[@ShapeshifteR-TheAnomalyGameCat]

Mine: Heart, Necro, Torn, Surgical, Symphonies, Swansong, Reek.

[@ilves6664]

Carcass is top death/grind metal band. All albums are top for me. Heartwork is my favorite albums by them...

[@benng4376]

I enjoy "Reek" the least as well. I love "Symphonies" though. "Swansong" is highly underrated.

[@michaelmcfarland3576]

1. Necroticism 2. Swansong 3. Heartwork 5. Surgical Steel 6. Symphonies of Sickness 7. Reek of Putrefaction

[@markpalavosvrahotes5575]

Necroticism is my favorite as you said because of the balance. The others Id have to think long and hard. But the first album is definitely their weakest. I agree with that.

[@blackwaterrust476]

Yay one of my favorite bands ever. 6 Necroticism 3/5 5 Reek of Putrefaction 4/5 4 Swan Song 4.5/5 3 Surgical Steel 5/5 2 Symphonies of Sickness 5/5 1 Heartwork 5/5

[@AssfaceOmega]

I pretty much agree with the ranking (Although swap Symphonies and Heartwork and I’ll fully agree with you.)

[@maximbutorin8067]

The EP and Swansong are my favourite

[@sefisyara5961]

Finaly someone who likes Swansong as well

[@buktismuktis2473]

I have to say man, I have the same taste in metal as you do. But can you maybe do a Primal Fear ranking? Great band with a great discography!

[@themetalmeltdownofficial]

The only album of theirs I genuinely dislike is "Swansong". Thats it. Everything else is a certified fucking B A N G E R.

[@AssfaceOmega]

I thought you liked Swansong... oh well.

[@themetalmeltdownofficial]

@@AssfaceOmega Its got its bright spots here and there, but nowhere NEAR the level of "Surgical Steel" or "Heartwork".

[@AssfaceOmega]

@@themetalmeltdownofficial Agreed, but I still prefer Symphonies to Heartwork and Surgical Steel and I prefer Swansong to Reek and Necroticism

[@blackwaterrust476]

Honestly Swansong Kicks Necroticism’s and Reek of Putrefaction’s ass.

[@AssfaceOmega]

@@blackwaterrust476 Exactly!

[@craigcoady3219]

Clean melodeath done well I raise you At The Gates

[@robv60]

I can agree with a lot said here, but Surgical Steel was a HUGE disappointment- It was trying too hard. 1. Heartwork 2. Swansong 3. Necro 4. S. Steel 5. That one with the vegetables. I could swap 2 & 3 depending on my mood.

[@Bitch6667-q1w]

1. Reek of Putrefaction (easily top 10 albums of all time, for me 10/10) 2. Symphonies of sickness (absolutely excellent death metal with insane grind elements 9.5/10) 3. Surgical Steel (extremely great modern death metal record. Mixes all the great elements of the band into one. 8.5/10) 4. Necrotisism (extremely solid death metal record, fun listen all the way through 8/10) 5. Heartwork (Great Melodeath. Produced well and great riffs throughout. 7.5/10) 6. Swan song (Decent. Fun Death-n-roll type album, a bit soft for my taste. 6/10)

[@michaeluy6824]

I really like Swansong but its more like a hard rock album

[@GhostSound2]

Gotta agree with you about Surgical Steel being above Heartwork. It has all of the melody of Heartwork,but also has aggression of their old stuff, perfect mix. 1.Necroticism (masterpiece,no one can change my mind on that) 2.Surgical Steel 3.Heartwork 4.Symphonies Of Sickness 5.Reek Of Putrefaction 6.Swansong (has great songs on it,but overall a bit boring for me)

[@Slayereyez]

I feel like drummers dislike swansong most. Just pay attention next listen and you'll understand. I really enjoy it but i understand the gripes with it.

[@joeyuzwa891]

OK, unpopular opinion: Heartwork DID NOT create melodic death metal. In my opinion, the first melodic death metal album is Like An Everflowing Stream by Dismember.

[@ArdensSedVirens1]

Maybe it's unpopular, but it's the objectively correct opinion. Cyanotic, Eucharist, and Dark Tranqullity each released demos that were firmly melodeath in '92. Eucharist, Dark Tranquillity, Desultory and Sentenced released albums the same year Heartwork came out (the last three a few months prior to Heartwork, whereas the date Eucharist released their first album is now lost to history). If we're including melodic black/death, and I'm not sure why we wouldn't, Dissection and Unanimated also dropped their debuts in '93 as well. And of course, there are arguments to be made that Dismember's "Like An Everflowing Stream" and Edge of Sanity's "Unorthodox" should be included here. I wouldn't mind anyone saying Carcass popularized melodic death metal, as at that time Carcass were probably more well established than many of those other bands, but certainly they did not create the genre.

[@ShapeshifteR-TheAnomalyGameCat]

That is one brutal as fuck slab of Swedish Death. It reminds me of punk more than once too. I wouldn't call it melodeath personally, but it has similarities for sure. I'll stick with Heartwork, but it isn't the first i guess. Maybe Sentenced's North From Here or Dark Tranquillity's Skydancer? Too lazy to look it up lol

[@pauliewalnuts2072]

6. Reek of Putrefaction 5. Necroticism 4. Symphonies of Sickness 3. Surgical Steel 2. Heartwork 1. Swansong (4-1 are all pretty even for me Carcass have a great discography)

[@AssfaceOmega]

Damn Swansong that high, didn’t expect that.

[@pauliewalnuts2072]

@@AssfaceOmega yeah I love a lot of the songs on the album. I will say it does feel a bit long at some parts but songs like Blackstar are easily my favorite by the band

[@mr11maiden43]

Hey whats your discord?

[@Questformetal]

discord.gg/FBGB2D3b

[@mirrorreaper3545]

Symphonies > Heartwork > Necrotisism > Reek > Surgical > Swansong I love all albums btw.

[@little_world_of_laura3623]

Melodic shit 😂 Love your interpretations! 😊👍

[@little_world_of_laura3623]

Remember me 😊 Hows life and You tubing in Lockdown 3? 👌

[@Questformetal]

Well youtube is great. Lockdown isn’t as great 🤪

[@little_world_of_laura3623]

Well I'm sure your videos help to keep a lot of people busy 😊

[@ritualdeathmetal]

Torn Arteries is out! Spoiler Alert: IT'S FUCKING AMAZING! It gets second place for me after Surgical Steel.

[@jlobiafra]

The disrespect for Reek of putrefaction is mind boggling to me. When that album came out it was the sickest and heaviest music around. I know its not as mature as their later stuff but i still prefer it to the melodic stuff like Heartwork. I know im in the minority but its just my opinion

[@mrmanju6989]

the first 2 albums are awful imo lol Just not my style at all at all. Everything else is amazing by them though. Fucking love their discog. Quality through and through

[@marksmith1428]

Symphonies. That is ALL...

[@kaptaink1897]

1. Heartwork That is all.

[@Jack-pp2ng]

Mine 1 symphonies 2 necroticism 3 reek 4 heartwork 5 swansong 6 surgical steel

[@somethingelse04]

First😉🤟🏻

[@AssfaceOmega]

Third

[@craigroaring]

Necroticism No1

[@Jack-pp2ng]

You really put reek in last. Blind guardian shirt says it all haha

[@mattpaulpalm4013]

Never liked that band or much power metal i take the fast albums anyday over the powermetal stuff.

[@under-one-flag]

Swansong is fucking shit. The only bad apple. Necroctism is the best