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He went on to say that the band did not intend the muddy sound present throughout the album: "The first one obviously is a crazy accident. It’s got a small following but we did not intend to make that record the thing that people hear now. We had different ideas and we just couldn’t execute them. We
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LP had to be pressed at lower volumes, because the bass frequencies were so low (sometimes reaching 25 Hz) that they were in danger of rendering higher frequencies inaudible.
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was re-released in 1994 with a "clean" cover. In 2002, the album was reissued with a censored outer cover proclaiming "Original artwork contained inside".
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The album was re-released in 2008 as part of an ongoing series of Carcass reissues to tie in with their reunion. The main album, along with the demo
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Guitarist/vocalist Bill Steer retrospectively said that "The first album wasn’t very focused, it was just about being fast and heavy…".
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declared it his favourite album of 1988, in an interview for British newspaper
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Choosing Death: The Improbable History of Death Metal & Grindcore
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was first released in 1988. The original album cover consisted of a
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Gratuitously Brutal Asphyxiator of Ulcerated Pyoaxanthous Goitres
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Frenzied Fornicator of Fetid Fetishes and Sickening Grisly Fetes
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with full lyrics and artwork and is sealed in a white
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were too young, too naïve, and inexperienced. From '
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Carcass 1304:Surgical Remission/Surplus Steel 1054:"The Glammer, Bill, is Speaking" 419:Side One: Faecal Disarticulation 412: 393:, is presented as one side of a 256: 251: 246: 241: 236: 18:1988 studio album by Carcass 1068:– via goddamnbastard.org. 1041:– via goddamnbastard.org. 985:– via goddamnbastard.org. 1081: 1072: 1045: 1017: 962: 936: 714: 605:"Feast on Dismembered Carnage" 567: 424: 272:is the debut album by British 1: 929: 332: 287: 1025:"Carcass – Perverted Sickos" 872: 7: 1143: 818:"Necro-Cannibal Bloodfeast" 707:Flesh Ripping Sonic Torment 671:"Oxidised Razor Masticator" 594:"Microwaved Uterogestation" 562:Side Two: Anal Disgorgement 391:Flesh Ripping Sonic Torment 378:photographs collected from 362: 196:"Clean" 2002 re-issue cover 10: 1430: 741:"Regurgitation of Giblets" 451:"Regurgitation of Giblets" 1383:Welcome to Carcass Cuntry 1345: 1320: 1274: 1214: 1151: 910: 907: 900: 730:"Genital Grinder (Intro)" 721: 718: 713: 574: 571: 566: 431: 428: 423: 344:. 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Studio album
Carcass
Genre
Goregrind
Label
Earache
Combat (US)
Producer
Carcass
Carcass
Symphonies of Sickness

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UK Indie Chart
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