CARCASS — Reek of Putrefaction (review)

CARCASS — Reek of Putrefaction album cover Album · 1988 · Goregrind Buy this album from MMA partners
1.5/5 ·
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Reek of postmodernism...

Genre: Grindcore

This album is not a very good one, but it's an important one and, in an intellectually artistic perspective an interesting one.

In terms of production, "Reek of Putrefaction" is catastrophic, and the band members themselves have expressed dissatisfaction with the production result and described it a sounding like a washing machine. It really is impossible to hear what is going on, which is a shame, because the breakdowns and those other elements that are audible do suggest that there are a lot of musically interesting things going on. But it all just drowns in noise.

What makes this album important is, of course, that it is a seminal release within the genre of grindcore, serving to more or less create the genre of goregrind. And this is also where "Reek of Putrefaction" is interesting in an artistic perspective, because with its gory lyrics which make use of diction taken from the jargon of clinical anatomy and other medeical disciplines "Reek of Putrefaction" because a sort of a parody on itself (the band members have expressed this, stating that their clinically gory lyrics were merely meant to be humorous). This is a trait of postmodern art, as is the way that Carcass challenge musicality itself with their insane and noisy grindcore songs. Even the cover art (the uncensored version) which is a collage of images of dead and mutilated people, taken from various medical journals and medical textbooks reeks of postmodernism.

This album, while not a good one, is an interesting one, and I think that people with more than just a perceptive interest in art and the postmodernist movement will appreciate this album. Of course, fans of extreme and noisi music will love it.
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