"Torn Arteries" is a simple reassertion that for every clone and wannabe that came along in the years following the band's initial hiatus — and have continued to poke their heads out of the mud following their return — CARCASS remains better than almost everyone else at generating a sense of sinister brutality with every riff and every lyric." - Blabbermouth.net

"...they continue to push the genre forward and put out music that rivals their most classic work" - BrooklynVegan.com

"Carcass spew forth a career-defining record in Torn Arteries. It's one of their finest moments since Heartwork, and an easy contender for album of the year." - MetalInjection.net

"If I thought I could get away with just posting a GIF of Beavis and Butthead thrashing around in their living room for this review, I would... This really has it all: insanely complex riffs, growl-along choruses, wryly funny lyrics, and even a nine minute song that doesn’t feel it." - MetalSucks.net

"...there are more riffs than most bands come up with in a lifetime..." - PunkNews.org

"Torn Arteries is ready-made for the band's hardcore fans — and splattered with traces from Carcass' fabulously fetid legacy." - RevolverMag.com

"Torn Arteries is a dynamic record that revels in every style the band has ever explored, from melodic death metal to breakneck grind-thrash." - WeAreThePit.com

After a year of pandemic delays, English extreme metal legends CARCASS have finally released their grotesque masterpiece and one of 2021's most anticipated albums, "Torn Arteries," that's out today from Nuclear Blast Records. Featuring 10 blood-soaked tracks like "Kelly's Meat Emporium," "Dance of Ixtab" and "Under The Scalpel Blade," the band's 7th record is a fusion of "the best elements of virtually every era of the extremely varied Carcass back catalog and simultaneously raise the resulting amalgam to another, higher level of deftly rendered melodic brutality" (Decibel, Oct 2021).

Today, CARCASS has revealed a new music video for their latest gory single, "The Scythe's Remorseless Swing," which can be viewed below.

Feast upon the CARCASS!

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"THE SCYTHE'S REMORSELESS SWING" OFFICIAL VIDEo

More from "Torn Arteries":

"Dance of Ixtab (Psychopomp & Circumstances March No. 1 in B)" - Music Video: https://youtu.be/34uxC0cfQc4
"Kelly's Meat Emporium" - Visualizer: https://youtu.be/hdcfhccjk78
"Kelly's Meat Emporium" - Drum Playthrough: https://youtu.be/bYnJpfL4DW4
"Under the Scalpel Blade" - Audio Track: https://youtu.be/fT24YUVzI5I
"Torn Arteries" Episode 1: "Kelly's Meat Emporium": https://youtu.be/q2WaI-a_Chc
"Torn Arteries" Episode 2: Artwork: https://youtu.be/MeXbHn2UKe0
"Torn Arteries" Episode 3: "Dance of Ixtab": https://youtu.be/ncqqWc2_dd0
"Torn Arteries" Episode 4: Evolution of the Carcass Sound: https://youtu.be/7vqDmOK8Ri8
"Torn Arteries" Episode 5: Songwriting: https://youtu.be/hTF-WL0K8IE

Ferocious and uncompromising in their execution, CARCASS’s ability to intricately dissect the innards of death metal, and display them for us to sonically understand has been their point of excellence for over three decades. In 2019 the band released their first single in over 5 years “Under The Scalpel Blade,” followed by a 4 song EP entitled Despicable (October 2020), setting a potent precedent for the full length album coming in September: "Torn Arteries." With the album title itself referencing an old demo created by original drummer Ken Owen back in the 80’s, "Torn Arteries" sits as a bookend on the modern side of the CARCASS discography, connecting directly back to where everything began over 30 years ago.

The album artwork also rings reminiscent of the grotesque photography that appears on classic CARCASS album covers like "Reek Of Putrefaction" of "Symphonies of Sickness." Artist Zbigniew Bielak traveled outside his normal wheelhouse to bring forth a time lapsed set of photos showing vegetables shaped like a heart, rotting over time upon a white plate. This form of artwork was influenced by Japanese Kusôzu, meaning: ‘painting of the nine stages of a decaying corpse.’

“It’s very clean, white, which we’ve never done before,” explains vocalist and bassist Jeff Walker, “it doesn’t look evil, or typically death metal, but I like how clean it is; almost like a coffee table book.” This new album presents images, lyrics, and sounds that so distinctly scream CARCASS, but ferry us into a new era of production, songwriting, and art all together.

“I think as our 7th album, it does stand out from the others both sonically and stylistically,” says Walker. “You can definitely tell that it’s CARCASS; when you drop that needle on the vinyl, when you hear that guitar tone, you can tell it’s Bill Steer, but each album is always a product of its time.”

With "Torn Arteries," each track stands unique from the rest in its approach to guitar, bass, vocals and drumming, along with all the finer details. Filthy and dominating guitar work creates thick layers of tone and melody, piling on top of each other like the weight of dead flesh in tracks like “Kelly’s Meat Emporium.”

“The working title for Kelly’s was originally ‘Stock Carcass,’” laughs Walker. “We knew that one was a real meat and potatoes track for the album.” Meanwhile the relaxed tempo and catchy beat in “Dance of Ixtab” tell a robust and airier story, one that is certain to get a reaction from live crowds. “We built this song around the beat. We had an approach to each song that was a definite idea. It’s all about ‘what haven’t we done before?’”

Recording and Production for "Torn Arteries" wasn’t as simple as sitting down for a few weeks and knocking it all out, but rather spread out over the course of approximately 1 year bouncing back and forth between England and Sweden. Drummer Daniel Wilding recorded the drums in Sweden at Studio Gröndahl with David Castillo and afterwards Steer's guitars were recorded at The Stationhouse with James Atkinson in Leeds, England. Eventually needing some form of residential location to finalize vocals, bass, and other guitarwork, the band headed back to studio Gröndahl in Sweden to continue work in a very relaxed atmosphere with Castillo. “There was no real big plan to do it this way, the process just organically grew on its own,” says Walker.

Most will find that the only real struggle when indulging in "Torn Arteries" is fighting the desire to start it over the second it finishes. It covers substantial new ground for a band with such a reputation, while still retaining that addictive, time honored CARCASS sound that has come to represent the face of true death metal.

CARCASS is:
Bill Steer - Guitars
Jeff Walker - Bass/Vocals
Daniel Wilding - Drums