History Music / Carcass

* AntiLoveSong - "No Love Lost" and "316L Grade Surgical Steel".

* DeathMetal - The bulk of their material, but ''Necroticism'' is their best example.
* EpicRocking - The Necroticism album has their longest tracks like "Inpropagation", "Symposium of Sickness", "Carneous Cacoffiny", and "Forensic Clinicism/The Sanguine Article".

* {{Gorn}} - Their lyrics, of course.

* {{Grindcore}} - Their first two albums.

* ImAHumanitarian - This trope shows up a lot in their early work.
* LaterInstallmentWeirdness: It was initially a {{Grindcore}}/DeathMetal act for their first three of their five studio releases. 1993's ''Heartwork'' took a shift towards a more conventional style that became one of the biggest influences on MelodicDeathMetal and other subgenres (such as {{Metalcore}} and ProgressiveMetal), and ''[[MeaningfulName Swansong]]'' was a complete departure, being comprised of {{Blues}}-influenced HeavyMetal with discrete Death Metal aesthetics.
* LeadBassist: Jeff Walker is a Type B.
* LighterAndSofter - ''Heartwork'' and ''Swansong'', which toned down the aggression considerably and traded in the gore-filled lyrics for socio-political and personal subject matter.
* MelodicDeathMetal - Their last two albums, as well as ''Surgical Steel''.

* {{Sampling}}: used on ''Necroticism - Descanting the Insalubrious''.

* SesquipedalianLoquaciousness - Their early lyrics actually use accurate medical terminology; you'd have to use a medical dictionary to understand a lot of it.

* SpiritualSuccessor - Music/ArchEnemy (featuring former Carcass guitarist Michael Amott). Thematically, Music/{{Exhumed}} is probably the closest candidate, as they're easily the most successful Carcass-worship act at this point.

* LongTitle: "Noncompliance to ASTM F 899-12 Standard." Good luck yelling ''that'' out during a show.

* Tom Draper - guitars (2018–present)

* Ben Ash - guitars (2013–present)

* MinisculeRocking: The entirety of ''Reek of Putrefaction'', which packs 22 songs in just 40 minutes. That's an average of less than 2 minutes per song. The shortest song? "Festerday", which clocks in at just 22 seconds.

** ''Surgical Steel'' was a return to the band's sound from ''Heartwork'' with a small hint of tech-death.

* ContemptibleCover - the first two albums, featuring collages of autopsy photos.

* MohsScaleOfRockAndMetalHardness - 10/11 for their first two albums, 10 for their ''Necroticism'', 9 for ''Heartwork'', and 8 (occasionally 7) for ''Swansong''. ''Surgical Steel'' goes back up to 9.

* OverlyLongName: "Noncompliance to ASTM F 899-12 Standard." Good luck yelling ''that'' out during a show.

* [[ImAHumanitarian I'm A Humanitarian]] - "Exhume to Consume" is about digging up corpses to do...well, guess.

* MetalScream: Bill extensively used Type 2 in the first two albums while Jeff Walker uses Type 3.

** ''Reek of Putrefaction'' was a Main/TropeMaker for goregrind
** ''Symphonies of Sickness'' showcased more of a Music/DeathMetal sound while also having hints of goregrind.
** ''Necroticism'' was a full departure from goregrind with Carcass fully embracing Music/DeathMetal while also showcasing a [[Music/TechnicalDeathMetal tech-death]] sound.
** ''Heartwork'' was another Main/TropeMaker, in this case for Music/MelodicDeathMetal.

* ''Torn Arteries'' (2020)

* Ben Ash - guitars (2013-present)

* Dan Wilding - drums (2012-present)
* Tom Draper - guitars (2018-present)

* Tom Draper - guitars (2018–present)

* Michael Amott - lead guitar (1990–1993; 2007–2012)

* Jeff Walker - vocals, bass guitar (1987–1995; 2007–present)
* Bill Steer - guitar, backing vocals (1985–1995; 2007–present)
* Ben Ash - guitar (2013-present)

Carcass is a highly influential metal band from England, formed in 1985 and disbanded in 1995. Originally formed by guitarist Bill Steer together with drummer Ken Owen in 1985 as a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D-beat D-beat]] band under the name Disattack; after releasing their demo ''A Bomb Drops...'' in 1986, Paul (bassist) and Andrew Pek (vocalist) left the band and were replaced by vocalist Sanjiv and bassist Jeff Walker, formerly guitarist and vocalist of the Electro Hippies. About that same time Bill Steer joined Napalm Death (replacing Justin Broadrick) and recorded the second side of what became ND's first album, ''Scum'' (1987), which Walker designed the cover art of. Eventually, Disattack changed its name to Carcass.

* MinisculeRocking: The entirety of ''Reek of Putrefaction'', which packs 22 songs in just 40 minutes. That's an average of less than 2 minutes per song.

* MinisculeRocking: The entirety of their first album. 22 songs in 40 minutes. Yeah.
* MohsScaleOfRockAndMetalHardness - 10/11 for their grindcore, 10 for their death metal, 9 for ''Heartwork'', and 8 (occasionally 7) for ''Swansong''. ''Surgical Steel'' goes back up to 9.

* LaterInstallmentWeirdness: It was initially a {{Grindcore}}/DeathMetal act for their first three of their five studio releases. 1994's ''Heartwork'' took a shift towards a more conventional style that became one of the biggest influences on MelodicDeathMetal and other subgenres (such as {{Metalcore}} and ProgressiveMetal), and ''[[MeaningfulName Swansong]]'' was a complete departure, being comprised of {{Blues}}-influenced HeavyMetal with discrete Death Metal aesthetics.

* FollowTheLeader - Every death metal band who opted for [[SesquipedalianLoquaciousness ultra-eloquent, medically accurate lyrics]], especially in the more grind-infused subgenres, were influenced by Carcass' approach.
** Also, the entire genre of goregrind, a genre which has been summarised as unabashed Carcass revivalism (though there were other purveyors of it out and about at the same time, particularly Impetigo and General Surgery).
*** The use of growls of multiple pitches in death metal is also something pioneered by Carcass.