Heartwork - Carcass

'Heartwork' has always been a significant album for me, as it was the first death metal album I ever bought, but over time my increased familiarity with the genre has only led me to respect and enjoy it a lot less. The primary reason this album isn't as good as its predecessor is that it effectively represents the point at which Carcass sold out; not in the way Metallica's bland "black" album or Judas Priest's disco abomination 'Turbo' sold out by seeking a mainstream radio audience outside of heavy metal, but taken proportionally within the band's own context, they lose all their uncompromising, underground credibility here by giving in to that ...  Read the complete review