Masters of surgically-inspired grind, Liverpool’s very own Carcass are back with their seventh studio album which, despite a nod back to the old days in the form of the title, Torn Arteries, is ten more tracks of splatter-soaked death n’ grind from the Merseyside goregods who, incredibly, are about to head into their 35th year as a unit. With mainstays of the band, vocalist/bassist Jeff Walker and guitarist and longtime friend Bill Steer, at the helm, Torn Arteries shows how Carcass in 2021 has lost none of the cutting edge that is so often the result of such a lengthy career. A mixture of thrashy death metal and rock n’ roll with a splash of classic metal for good measure, the title track is a ripper of a start to the album, hurtling along at a lethal pace with Walker’s familiar gravely g...
