Carcass (band)

Carcass
Carcass in 2016
Background information
Also known as	Disattack (1985–1986)
Origin	Liverpool, England
Genres	Death metal melodic death metal grindcore (early) goregrind (early)[1]
Discography	Carcass discography
Years active	1985–1996 2007–present
Labels	Earache Nuclear Blast Columbia/Sony Combat Relativity
Spinoff of	Napalm Death
Members	Bill Steer Jeff Walker Daniel Wilding James Blackford
Past members	Ken Owen Sanjiv Michael Amott Mike Hickey Carlo Regadas Daniel Erlandsson Ben Ash Tom Draper

Carcass are an English extreme metal band from Liverpool, formed in 1985. The band have gone through several line-up changes, leaving guitarist Bill Steer and bassist-vocalist Jeff Walker as the only constant members. They broke up in 1996,^[2][3][4] but reformed in 2007 without original drummer Ken Owen, for health reasons.^[5] To date, the band have released seven studio albums, two compilation albums, four EPs, two demo albums, one video album, and six music videos.

Carcass are regarded as pioneers of the grindcore and melodic death metal genre.^[6][7] They are also described as one of the earliest and most important of the new generation of grindcore and death metal bands.^[8] Their early work was also tagged as "splatter death metal",^[9] and "hardgore"^[10] on account of their morbid lyrics and gruesome album covers. Their fourth album, Heartwork (1993), is considered a landmark in the melodic death metal genre.^[6] Carcass were also one of the few death metal acts to sign to a major label, with Columbia Records handling North American distribution for Heartwork, while the album was distributed worldwide by Earache who released all of the band's albums up to and including Swansong (1996).