Carcass

England's Carcass are an extreme metal band credited as pioneers of grindcore and melodic death metal. With their 1987 demo Flesh Ripping Sonic Torment and their 22-song debut full-length Reek of Putrefaction a year later, they showcased a brutal, physically punishing, technically demanding playing style with gory, violent, and, more often than not, repulsive lyrics drawn from industrial manuals, medical textbooks, societal aberrations, and politics. By the time they issued 1991's Necroticism: Descanting the Insalubrious, their sound had evolved into a raw, unruly blueprint fo...