When we were young, we once saw an advertisement for a concert featuring Slayer, Venom and Exodus at the disco club Studio 54 in New York City. At the time we thought this was the heaviest, most insane metal bill ever conceived. Of course, that was 1985, and since then band after band have redefined the very definition of heavy, Since then, we've seen Possessed rip it up with Dark Angel, and we've watched Napalm Death, Carcass and Morbid Angel tear it up together on an Earache showcase, not to mention Deicide sharing a bill with, Obituary, Malevolent Creation and Cannibal Corpse. Read more...
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Last week, we posted a guest blog by Cattle Decapitation vocalist Travis Ryan, in which the grindcore growler discussed espoused the virtues of Carcass and explained how his faith in metal was restored when he attended the group's reunion show in Hollywood at the House of Blues.
Even if you weren't there or at any of the other Carcass shows, you can see what Ryan was talking about 'cause, thanks to the magic of bootlegging, a dude who goes by the moniker Sickvideo, has posted a really decent sounding clip of the band. This is about about as you're gonna get with a one camera shoot. Click "more" to watch footage of Carcass' "Jigsore Quandary" and "Carnal Forge." Read more...
Cattle Decapitation vocalist Travis Ryan with Carcass bassist and vocalist Jeff Walker
Pessimism -- Recanting the Saudadeous: My Carcass Reunion Show Experience
by Travis Ryan
I wasn’t going to do it. I honestly can't remember the last time I paid for a show, let alone fifty f--kin' dollars for one. It was actually no surprise to me to hear that Carcass was going to play the States. My band Cattle Decapitation had been talking to various booking agents and managers for the last year or so trying our hardest to land a slot on the tour. Didn't happen. So, I knew there was no way I was going to pay all that to get in. Perhaps we would know one of the support bands and get a hook up that way? At the last minute possible, my buddy Sal hit me up saying they had an extra spot in the car and an extra ticket. I wasn’t going to miss this, especially after the adrenaline and rush of nostalgia that hit me while watching the videos of their performances on the European festivals on the Internet. Read more...
