Heartwork

Artist: Carcass
Label: Earache Records
Category: Music

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Format: Enhanced
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1

UPC: 745316970127
EAN: 0745316970127
ASIN: B0002IQDVU

Release Date: 2004-09-07

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Death metal albums with melodic guitar solos
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Tracks:

Buried Dreams
Carnal Forge
No Love Lost
Heartwork
Embodiment
This Mortal Coil
Arbeit Macht Fleisch
Blind Bleeding the Blind
Doctrinal Expletives
Death Certificate

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Symbolic
Symphonies of Sickness

Customer Reviews:

Heartwork, it's more like Headwork........2007-02-03

One will need some headwork after listening to this album. It's that good. Carcass were one of those bands that helped make death metal a little more widely known and is one of the genre's leaders. This is due to the fact of their release of "Heartwork". This was their first release on a major label Columbia records. Carcass being on major label definitely influenced them. But in my opinion it was still a head banging release, unlike most times when an extreme band moves to a major label it turns them soft. Not the case with "Heartwork". Granted it is more polished, the vocals are cleaner and the band definitely sounds less raw. But Carcass pulls it off extremely well.

This record is still extremely heavy, filled with rip roaring riffs and pounding drums. Some people might consider this Carcass's sell out album; by no means this is a sellout record. Tracks like " Carnal Forge", "Heartwork", and "This Mortal Coil" shred with some really heavy and brutal grooves. One of the better-known tracks from the album is "No Love Lost" which was a bit of odd song for Carcass at the time. It took me a few listens to get use to it but the raspy vocals still give the track that Carcass signature sound.

Carcass was one of top influential death metal bands in the early 90s. They defiantly were one of the leaders on the European side of things. While there were bands such as Morbid Angel, Death, Obituary, and Suffocation on the American side, there were bands such as Carcass, Napalm Death, Entombed, and Dismember on the European side. Although "Necroticism: Descanting the Insalubrious" is considered one Carcass' best and most influential one can not over look "Heartwork" and it's brutal aggressiveness in the world of death metal.

DEATH METAL TURNING POINT!!!.......2006-06-28

I owned this cd few months later its release back in 1993 when I was deep into classic death metal (Entombed, Morbid Angel, Dismember, Sepultura, Death etc...). I consider "Heartwork" the turning point of my "career" as guitarist and, most of all, as death metal listener. I love "Necroticism" too as it's another great pice of death metal art, but I hate Carcass previous releases ("Simphony" and "Reek" are to death/grind oriented and they sound chaos to my ears!). Amott forcing his way through the song writing of the band is the real point that makes Heartwork their best album ever in my opinion. The swedish guitar player is a great artist with amazing musical/compositive tastes and amazing ideas! I'd describe his style as a cool mixture of classical and death metal riffs, just listen to "Death Certificate" (WHAT A SONG!!!) and "Embodiment", tracks where his influence is stronger, and you'll get my point of view. No weak episodes inside "Heartwork" mates, 10 intense songs...unforgettable moments listening to "This Mortal Coil", "Arbeit Macht Fleisch" and the title-track itself! Walker vocals are unique in the genre, they catch you by the balls...There's only one thing that don't allow Carcass to reach perfection: lyrics! I've read in other costumers reviews you often need a vocabulary...well, as I wasn't born english mother tongue it's difficult to me to understand and memorize their songs at once...That's not too serious, I mean I'd rate the band 4.9 out of 5 for that...eheheh...yet at the same time I must admit is something intriguing..."A grim myriad, a grey kaleidoscope, sterile, contrasting...cross index, cross dissected, cross referenced, contabescence..." YEAH!!! BUY IT AND DO NOT MISS AMOTT'S ARCH ENEMY!!!

Carcass on a major label.......2006-06-16

Necroticism was the last great Carcass album. Heartwork is not something I would recommend. Gone are the low vocals, so we only have the higher pitches vocals done by Jeff Walker (I believe). Im sorry, but the dual vocal style is what helped make Carcass so unique. Plain and simple, this album can not compare to Necroticism or Symphonies of Sickness. While this album might be hailed by many as the best Carcass album ever, I must disagree. This album is over-produced and it has Carcass traits, but it is not close to their best.

Your Death Certificate.......2006-04-02

Heart Work...is, simply put, probably the greatest death metal album ever recorded. In my opinion, these guys have achieved a genius combination of brutality, finesse, complexity, sophistication, technicality and emotionalism unmatched by any other band. They leave the rest in the dust and make them seem like children playing on Sesame Street. Don't waste your time, this album and Necroticism: Descanting the Insalubrious, is all you need really...toss the rest out. Death Certificate is all you need to know...and it's over. Literally.

Technical Death Metal Supreme.......2006-03-17

Heartwork by Carcass was an album that I owned many years ago. For one reason or another we were separated, but recently reunited. What a fantastic album! The performance is excellently produced. The song's theme's and lyrical content are thought provoking. And, you'll need a dictionary to figure out some of the lyrics (common of Carcass lyrics) so you'll be smarter after listening!

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