Metal band Carcass return to Australia for the first time in 15 years, and will perform in Perth at Capitol on Thursday 9 October 2008.

Along with originators Napalm Death, Carcass pioneered the heavy metal subgenre of grindcore, a style that in its purest form consisted of extremely short, chaotic blasts of guitar/bass/drums noise overlaid with guttural, bleeding-throat vocals. Carcass eventually shifted towards more traditional song structures, and then into a more accessible yet still highly intense thrash/grindcore hybrid. Where Napalm Death concerned itself with social protest in its often barely comprehensible lyrics, Carcass’ early vocabulary was taken straight from medical textbooks and glossaries, achieving a bizarrely humorous gore factor most metal bands could only dream of.

Tickets on sale through Moshtix for $55 + booking fee.

Carcass myspace

Tags: australia, capitol, perth, wa

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