Every album leads to evolution of music with Carcass, each album matures and the progression of music changes with it. It happened with Symphonies of Sickness, it happened with Necrotism and with Heartwork.

People think an album could only tarnish their legacy? Please. For every new band that comes out, you can still hear their legacy in those bands. Carcass is to Metal what Emperor is to Black Metal. If they released an album “it would have to come out and destroy everything out in the scene”; It would. This isn’t your screamo, piss-poor, greasy cock, death rock…this is CARCASS. The GODS of Grind and Metal.

As for the asshat with the “no sleeve tats = bad music” mentality; go back to Down and throw your horns…someone has to support the poster boy of “look at me, Darrel died and I can’t go to the funeral; buy my music” Phil Anslemo.

A new Carcass album would do nothing but ensure yet another generation of kids would know what real music should sound like. Not that retrograde radio metal; but real metal. Even a piss poor album from Walker and Co. would decimate everything on the metal scene right now.

let them do it… it won´t hurt. if you don´t like the new album, just don´t listen to it again. what if it´s just killer? who knows what this guys could do??

OF COURSE THEY SHOULD DO IT.

ROT!

yes….I’m kidding

I liked Swansong. I had some great hooks and rhythms in it that Heartwork didn’t. Yet Heartwork had such a ferocity to it that I doubt if they could match again. So Swansong was a good end to the Carcass era and Heartwork was a good end to the Amott Carcass era. I think it would probably be a good record, but seeing that when they were at their peak, they were still a unique band and these days there are so many others that try to emulate them that a new record might fall short.

DBR has a great point about Monothiest. Maybe a new Carcass album might sound nothing like Heartwork, but in a divine way that sets them apart from the thousands of death-metal-nu-core bands out there right now. Then again it could flop like so many others do.

ATG’s tour has already been mentioned. That was epic and so responsible in terms of legacy: it gave the fans what they wanted, which is to hear classics like “Blinded By Fear” and “Slaughter Of The Soul” performed live. And the band nailed their shows, too, gave really spot-on performances. Putting out a CD in addition to this would have only tarnished their rep, whereas now it’s like yet another visitation by the Holy Spirit, and then poof, it’s gone again.

Am I in trouble for using that analogy in a metal context?

At the same time, I was waiting with bated breath to hear In Flames’s A Sense Of Purpose. I knew in my head it was going to suck balls but in my heart I wanted it to be another Jester Race. Wanted it so bad I almost believed that it would be! So a big part of the joy of being a fan of music is this foreplay tingle of anticipation before the ejaculation of release day.

Alright, I’m stopping with that analogy, I promise.

Celtic Frost came back and made one of the best albums of the decade. I could only hope Carcass would have the balls to try the same.

I think Carcass could do it if only because the last three albums they did all sounded very different. That’s the keyword though: different. However there shouldn’t be a follow-up tour. Let’s keep the reunion tour special.