Album Review: Carcass - Surgical Steel

With Surgical Steel Carcass have finally removed the stain of having the lacklustre Swansong LP as their final musical offering. This is the album that should have been released after the magisterial Necroticism... Tracks such as The Master Butcher's Apron keep that album's clinically cold death metal assault while the likes of A Congealed Clot Of Blood embrace the gorgeous melodies of 1993's Heartwork LP. This album isn't perfect – later tracks like Mount Of Execution drag a little – but it is far better than anyone thought it would be.