CARNAGE - Dark Recollections (CD)

Carnage's one and only album Dark Recollections is an
essential slab of Swedish death metal; released in the
same year as Entombed's Left Hand Path, it wouldn't
be an exaggeration to say that this is one of the records
that created the blueprint for the thick, detuned HM-2
driven Swe-death sound that has become so iconic
today. Whilst often imitated, few bands have even come
close to the raw, unruly darkness that emanates from
this album.
As a band, Carnage were shortlived, but left the kind of
legacy most acts can only dream of. They may not have
made it to a second album, but vocalist Matti Karki,
guitarist David Blomqvist and drummer Fred Estby
would go on to form Dismember, releasing their classic
debut Like An Ever Flowing Stream just a year later,
whilst young guitar virtuoso Michael Amott would join
Carcass for their seminal Necroticism and Heartwork
records before forming the hugely successful Arch
Enemy. Even without taking into account these later
achievements however, Dark Recollections remains a
vital part of extreme metal history and one of the main
pillars of the Swedish death metal sound.