Anyone concerned that the veggie-centric artwork for Carcass’ seventh album might be a reflection of some sort of bloodlessness within should rest easy. Across its 10 tracks, Torn Arteries finds the Liverpool legends on ravenously brutalist form, delighting in the sheer relentlessness of their sonic rip and tear, cutting deep with the ruthless efficiency of an abattoir killing floor. Hell, there’s a song on here knowingly titled Flesh Ripping Sonic Torment Limited, and it packs every one of its mammoth nine minutes and 42 seconds with gnashing menace and unhinged bludgeon. Arriving almost exactly eight years after 2013’s mighty comeback album Surgical Steel, it’s easy to wonder whether there might be some lack of urgency or inspiration. From the moment the ferocious tit...
