Symphonies of Sickness
Studio album by Carcass
Released	1989
Recorded	July 1989, August 1989
Genre	Goregrind
Length	43:10
Label	Earache Records
Producer	Colin Richardson
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link
Carcass chronology
Reek of Putrefaction (1988) Symphonies of Sickness (1989) 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. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... A studio album is a collection of previously unreleased, studio-recorded tracks by a recording artist. ... Carcass were a British goregrind/death metal band formed by Napalm Death guitarist Bill Steer together with drummer Ken Owen in 1985. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Goregrind, also known as grindgore, is a subgenre of grindcore, which is related to music styles such as death metal, thrash metal, and crust punk. ... This does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Earache Records is a heavy metal-orientated record label based in Nottingham, UK and New York, USA. It helped to pioneer extreme music by releasing many of the earliest grindcore and death metal records, in the period 1988-1992. ... In the music industry, a record producer (or music producer) has many roles, among them controlling the recording sessions, coaching and guiding the musicians, organizing and scheduling production budget and resources, and supervising the recording, mixing and mastering processes. ... Colin Richardson is a record producer and recording engineer. ... The All Music Guide (AMG) is a metadata database about music, owned by All Media Guide. ... Image File history File links 4_stars. ... Carcass were a British goregrind/death metal band formed by Napalm Death guitarist Bill Steer together with drummer Ken Owen in 1985. ... Carcass - Reek Of Putrefaction Full-length, Earache Records, 1988 Track list: 1. ... Necroticism - Descanting the Insalubrious is the third album from the band Carcass, released in 1991 through Earache Records. ... Carcass were a British goregrind/death metal band formed by Napalm Death guitarist Bill Steer together with drummer Ken Owen in 1985. ...

The progression of the band's style since Reek of Putrefaction is evident, with Bill Steer's guitar technique improving, Jeffrey Walker's bass and lyrics becoming much more prominent in the mix and Ken Owen managing to change his style of drumming completely, implementing a new style of double-bass drumming absent from the band's earlier offerings. Bill Steer (William Geoffrey Steer) (born December 3, 1969 in Stockton-on-Tees, England) is an English guitar player. ... Jeffrey Walker is a bass guitarist and singer from St Helens, UK. He is best known for his work with the death metal/grindcore band Carcass for which he was also the main lyricist. ... Ken Owen is a drummer, from Liverpool, UK. He is best known as one of the founding members of Carcass, for which he also handles some of the vocals in the beginning. ...

The original CD released contained 16 bonus tracks taken from the Reek of Putrefaction album.

The album was reissued in 1996 with a censored outer cover proclaiming "Original album artwork inside".

Track listing

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

Credits

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