This is a comprehensive discography of Carcass, an extreme metal band from England, who formed in 1985 and disbanded in 1996. The band reformed in 2007 without one of its original members, drummer Ken Owen, for health reasons. To date, the band have released seven studio albums, two compilation albums, five EPs, two demo albums, one video album, and seven music videos.
Studio albums Title Album details Peak chart positions Sales UK AUT FIN FRA GER JPN NLD SWE SWI US Reek of Putrefaction Released: 7 July 1988 Label: Earache Formats: CD, CS, LP, DL — — — — — — — — — — Symphonies of Sickness Released: 4 December 1989 Label: Earache Formats: CD, CS, LP, DL — — — — — — — — — — Necroticism – Descanting the Insalubrious Released: 30 October 1991 Label: Earache Formats: CD, CS, LP, DL — — — — — — — — — — Heartwork Released: 18 October 1993 Label: Earache Formats: CD, CS, LP, DL 67 — — — — 222 — — — — UK: 10,000 US: 64,366 Swansong Released: 10 June 1996 Label: Earache Formats: CD, CS, LP, DL 68 — 33 — — 72 — — — — US: 22,868 Surgical Steel Released: 13 September 2013 Label: Nuclear Blast Formats: CD, LP, DL 47 24 6 82 10 36 73 42 44 41 US: 8,500 Torn Arteries Released: 17 September 2021 Label: Nuclear Blast Formats: CD, LP, DL 62 12 7 — 9 29 — — 19 —.
Compilation albums Title Album detailsWake Up and Smell the... Carcass Released: 12 November 1996 Label: Earache Formats: CD, CS, DLChoice Cuts Released: 24 May 2004 Label: Earache Formats: CD, DL
EPs Title Album details The Peel Sessions Released: 2 December 1989 Label: Strange Fruit Formats: CD, CS, LPTools of the Trade Released: 23 June 1992 Label: Earache Formats: CD, CS, LP, DLThe Heartwork EP Released: September 1993 Label: Earache Formats: CD, LP, DLSurgical Remission/Surplus Steel Released: 11 November 2014 Label: Nuclear Blast Formats: CD, LP, DLDespicable Released: 30 October 2020 Label: Nuclear Blast Formats: CD, LP
Demo albums Title Album details Flesh Ripping Sonic Torment Released: 4 April 1987 Label: Self-released Formats: CS Symphonies of Sickness Released: December 1988 Label: Earache Formats: CS
Video albums Title Album detailsWake Up and Smell the... Carcass Released: 26 November 1996 Label: Earache Formats: VHS, DVD
Music videos Year Title Directed Album 1991"Corporal Jigsore Quandary" Howard GarfieldNecroticism: Descanting the Insalubrious"Incarnated Solvent Abuse" Steve Mallet1993"Heartwork" Tony KunewalderHeartwork"No Love Lost" John Moule1995"Keep on Rotting in the Free World" Jan RussellSwansong2013"Unfit for Human Consumption"Surgical Steel2014"The Granulating Dark Satanic Mills" Kazuaki Kimura & Glenn Maguire2020"The Living Dead At The Manchester Morgue"Despicable2021"Dance of Ixtab (Psychopomp & Circumstance March No. 1)"Chioreanu CostinTorn Arteries"The Scythe's Remorseless Swing" Chris Marley
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