Carcass
This Liverpool, England, hardcore/death metal group was formed in 1987. The band, all vegetarians, comprised Jeff Walker (vocals/bass; ex- Electro Hippies), Bill Steer (vocals/guitar; ex- Napalm Death) and Ken Owen (drums). The line-up was later enlarged with the addition of a second guitarist, Michael Amott (ex- Carnage). Their approach is characterized by morbid death-grunts over a barrage of chaotic, bass-dominated music. Carcass's lyrical content primarily concerns itself with mutilation, vomiting, putrefaction, intestinal rupturing and steaming entrails—all dealt with in strict medical and anatomical terminology—‘Intenacious, intersecting/Reaving fats from corporal griskin...Skeletal groats triturated, desinently exsiccated’. Amazingly, Carcass signed to a major label, Columbia, following HEARTWORK, and also introduced ex-Devoid guitarist Carlo Regedas (the third such addition since 1990). They appear likely to remain of cult interest, appreciated by an army of loyal followers in Europe and the USA.