Swansong (album)

Swansong
Studio album by
Released10 June 1996 (1996-06-10)[1]
RecordedFebruary–April 1995
StudioRockfield Studios, Battery Studios
GenreDeath 'n' roll
Length49:45
LabelEarache
ProducerColin Richardson
Carcass chronology
Heartwork
(1993)
Swansong
(1996)
Wake Up and Smell the... Carcass
(1996)
Singles from Swansong
  1. "Go to Hell"
    Released: 1996
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal10/10[3]
DecibelFavorable[4]
Kerrang![5]
Metal Rules4/5[6]
MetalSucksUnfavorable[7]
NME4/10[8]

Swansong is the fifth studio album by English extreme metal band Carcass. It was released on 10 June 1996 in the UK by Earache Records.[1] It is the only Carcass album to feature guitarist Carlo Regadas. This album was intended to be their major label debut, having been signed by Columbia Records following the success of Heartwork, but disputes with that record company caused them to return to Earache. The album was re-released on 21 July 2008, as a dualdisc including the fifth part of The Pathologist's Report. It was the band's last studio release for over 17 years, until the release of Surgical Steel in 2013, and the last to feature founding member Ken Owen on drums, although he contributed backing vocals to Surgical Steel.

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  2. ^ Rivadavia, Eduardo. Carcass: Swansong > Overview at AllMusic. Retrieved 16 October 2011.
  3. ^ Popoff, Martin (2007). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 3: The Nineties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 72. ISBN 978-1-894959-62-9.
  4. ^ Bennett, J. (16 March 2011). "Justify Your Shitty Taste – Carcass's 'Swansong'". Decibel. Philadelphia: Red Flag Media. Archived from the original on 5 April 2015. Retrieved 30 January 2015.
  5. ^ Dome, Malcolm (8 June 1996). "Albums". Kerrang!. No. 600. EMAP. p. 43.
  6. ^ The Punishment Due (July 2002). "Carcass - Swansong". Metal Rules. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
  7. ^ Rhombus, Emperor (22 August 2013). "Carcass' Swansong: A Newbie's Retrospective Review". MetalSucks. New York. Retrieved 30 January 2015.
  8. ^ Fortman, Ian (25 May 1996). "NME.COM - CARCASS - Swansong - 25/5/1996". NME. Archived from the original on 10 October 2000. Retrieved 12 January 2024.