Carcass is recognized as pioneers in the grindcore genre. Their early work was also associated with tags like "splatter death metal" and "hardgore," owing to their macabre lyrics and gruesome album covers. Moreover, their 1993 album Heartwork contributed to their status as pioneers of melodic death metal.
The band frequently explores animal rights issues in their lyrics, and some members follow vegetarian or vegan lifestyles.
Studio albums
Reek of Putrefaction (1988)
Symphonies of Sickness (1989)
Necroticism - Descanting the Insalubrious (1991)
Heartwork (1993)
Swansong (1996)
Surgical Steel (2013)
Torn Arteries (2021)
Carnal Forge
Carcass Lyrics
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Meretriciously internecine
Sublime enmangling steelbath
Of escheated atrocities
Enigmatic longanimity of ruminent mass graves
Meritorious victory, into body-bags now scraped...
The dead regorged
Osculatory majestic wrath
This carnal forge
Desensitized - to perspicuous horror
Dehumanized - fresh cannon fodder...
[Lead - Steer]
Meritorious horror
Perspicuous onslaught
Dehumanized - cannon fodder
Killing sanitized
Slaughter sanctified
Desensitized - to genocide
Reigning corpsepiles
Death regorged
Sousing bloodbath
Carnage forged...
In the cold, callous dignity of the mass grave...
[Lead - Amott]
Multiferocious carnage
Cruel, mendacious creed
Sublime, murderous bloodbath
Of fiscal atrocities
Inexorable mettle in redolent consomme
An opprobious crucible of molten human waste...
Priapismic deathpiles
Infinitely regorged
The smelting butchery
Of the carnal forge
Desensitized - to pragmatic murder
Dehumanized - into cannon fodder...
The lyrics to Carcass's "Carnal Forge" are a vivid and disturbing description of war and the atrocities committed in conflicts. The opening lines of the song denote the horrific nature of the violence, describing it as "Multifarious carnage" and "Meretriciously internecine." The subsequent lines paint a picture of a gruesome scene, including a "steelbath" of violence and "mass graves" filled with dead bodies.
The chorus of the song highlights the emotions that come from this kind of violence. The lyrics refer to the dead as "fleshpiles" and describe the violence as a "carnal forge" that desensitizes those who participate in it. The idea of being "dehumanized" and turned into mere "cannon fodder" perfectly encapsulates the loss of identity and dignity that comes from war.
Overall, "Carnal Forge" is a powerful and gut-wrenching song that exposes the horrors of violence and war. It is a stark reminder of the inhumanity that exists in the world and the need for peace.
Line by Line Meaning
Multifarious carnage
Diverse and widespread violence
Meretriciously internecine
Violent and destructive in a deceptive or false way
Sublime enmangling steelbath
An awe-inspiring, deadly mixing of steel
Of escheated atrocities
Of confiscated and criminal acts
Enigmatic longanimity of ruminent mass graves
The mysterious patience of large graves filled with decomposing bodies
Meritorious victory, into body-bags now scraped...
A successful achievement, but at the price of collecting dead bodies
Regnant fleshpiles
Dominant heaps of human flesh
The dead regorged
The corpses were exhumed or vomited
Osculatory majestic wrath
A powerful and violent aggression
This carnal forge
This place of brutal and bloody creation
Desensitized - to perspicuous horror
Numb to clear and distinct horror
Dehumanized - fresh cannon fodder...
Reduced to nothing more than material to be used and destroyed in war
Meritorious horror
An admirable yet horrific display
Perspicuous onslaught
A clear and overwhelming attack
Dehumanized - cannon fodder
Stripped of humanity and fit only to be killed
Killing sanitized
Violence carried out in a sterile and clean manner
Slaughter sanctified
Mass murder justified or considered holy
Desensitized - to genocide
Unresponsive to the systematic, deliberate extermination of a group or race of people
Reigning corpsepiles
Dominant and pervasive heaps of dead bodies
Death regorged
The corpses surged back up
Sousing bloodbath
An overwhelming drenching of blood
Carnage forged...
The creation of a massive slaughter
In the cold, callous dignity of the mass grave...
In the emotionless and unfeeling respect of the communal burial site
Multiferocious carnage
A multiple, ferocious killing spree
Cruel, mendacious creed
A dishonest and cruel set of beliefs
Sublime, murderous bloodbath
A superb and deadly onslaught of blood
Of fiscal atrocities
Of financial or economic-based criminal acts
Inexorable mettle in redolent consomme
Unstoppable strength in a fragrant soup of decay
An opprobious crucible of molten human waste...
A shameful and disgraceful container of melted human refuse
Priapismic deathpiles
Aroused and monumental piles of dead bodies
Infinitely regorged
Continuously spewed back up
The smelting butchery
The brutal and violent process of forging and melting
Of the carnal forge
Of the brutal and bloody place of creation
Desensitized - to pragmatic murder
Numb to practical, opportunistic killing
Dehumanized - into cannon fodder...
Reduced to nothing more than material to be used and destroyed in war
Lyrics © O/B/O APRA AMCOS
Written by: J. WALKER, M. AMOTT, W. STEER
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