DISCLAIMER: Please be aware, the following review may not be suitable for people of a young age or who are squeamish. The subject matter on this album is of a very controversial nature. "Necroticism - Descanting the Insalubrious" is the 3rd studio album by British death metal band, Carcass. It was released in 1991 on Earache Records and produced by Colin Richardson. The line-up for the album was Jeff Walker (vocals/bass), Bill Steer (guitar), Michael Amott (guitar) and Ken Owen (drums). Following up 1989's "Symphonies of Sickness", Carcass decided it was time for a change with "Necroticism - Descanting the ...  Read the complete review

With a constantly evolving band like Carcass, fans will always have differing views on which period was the band's peak, specifically the frenetic gore-grind of their early days or the more contemplative and melodic death metal of their twilight phase, but most tend to agree that the band's third album is a successful meeting between the two styles, and also their finest. 'Necroticism' retains the extreme heaviness and surgical subject matter of the previous two albums, but the introduction of second guitarist Michael Amott (later of Arch Enemy) starts to take the band's music in a melodic direction that was only hinted at in brief passages of 'Symphonies of ...  Read the complete review