General Surgery (band)
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General Surgery is a Swedish goregrind
group, known as one of the earliest Carcass
clones. Their 1991 debut, Necrology
, was released by Relapse Records
and would be General Surgery's only material released until 2001, when the group recorded one track for the Carcass tribute album
, Requiems of Revulsion
. However, in 2003, General Surgery reformed and released a split album
with The County Medical Examiners
, and have since released a collection of demos, two split 7"s, a 2005 demo, a split album with Butcher ABC, and two full-length albums.
Goregrind
-History:Despite the early impact of albums such as Repulsion's Horrified and Impetigo's Ultimo Mondo Cannibale, the origins of the genre really lie with the British band Carcass, who began their career in the late 1980s...
group, known as one of the earliest Carcass
Carcass (band)
Carcass are an extreme metal band from England, who formed in 1985 and disbanded in 1995. A reunion was enacted in 2008 without one of its original members, drummer Ken Owen, due to health reasons....
clones. Their 1991 debut, Necrology
Necrology (album)
Necrology is General Surgery's first official recording two years after forming. Originally released on Relapse Records on vinyl two years later re-released on CD, Cassette and a Limited Edition Poster CD...
, was released by Relapse Records
Relapse Records
Relapse Records is an independent record label based in Upper Darby, Pennsylvania. It was founded by Matthew F. Jacobson in 1990.-History:The label was started by Matthew F. Jacobson in August, 1990 in his parents' basement in Aurora, Colorado...
and would be General Surgery's only material released until 2001, when the group recorded one track for the Carcass tribute album
Tribute album
A tribute album is a recorded collection of cover versions of songs or instrumental compositions. Its concept may be either various artists making a tribute to a single artist, a single artist making a tribute to various artists, or a single artist making a tribute to another single artist.There...
, Requiems of Revulsion
Requiems of Revulsion
Requiems of Revulsion is a tribute album of goregrind, death metal, grindcore and deathgrind bands covering Carcass tracks.-Track listing:All songs originally by Carcass.# Regurgitate – "Genital Grinder" – 1:48...
. However, in 2003, General Surgery reformed and released a split album
Split album
A split album is a music album which includes tracks by two or more separate artists. There have been singles and EPs released in the same nature, which can be referred to as split singles and split EPs respectively...
with The County Medical Examiners
The County Medical Examiners
The County Medical Examiners are an American goregrind and death metal band who, in their own words, exist for the sole purpose of recreating the sound of early Carcass albums. The band is also known to do no live shows at all....
, and have since released a collection of demos, two split 7"s, a 2005 demo, a split album with Butcher ABC, and two full-length albums.
Discography
- 1990 - Errosive Offals demo
- 1990 - Pestisferous Anthropophagia demo
- 1990 - Internecine Prurience demo
- 1991 - Necrology (EPExtended playAn EP is a musical recording which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify as a full album or LP. The term EP originally referred only to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play records and LP records, but it is now applied to mid-length Compact...
) (Relapse RecordsRelapse RecordsRelapse Records is an independent record label based in Upper Darby, Pennsylvania. It was founded by Matthew F. Jacobson in 1990.-History:The label was started by Matthew F. Jacobson in August, 1990 in his parents' basement in Aurora, Colorado...
) - 2001 - Requiems of RevulsionRequiems of RevulsionRequiems of Revulsion is a tribute album of goregrind, death metal, grindcore and deathgrind bands covering Carcass tracks.-Track listing:All songs originally by Carcass.# Regurgitate – "Genital Grinder" – 1:48...
: A Tribute to CarcassCarcass (band)Carcass are an extreme metal band from England, who formed in 1985 and disbanded in 1995. A reunion was enacted in 2008 without one of its original members, drummer Ken Owen, due to health reasons....
(Necropolis RecordsNecropolis RecordsNecropolis Records was a record label founded in 1993, mainly providing an American home for extreme black metal to start. The label's roster included artists such as Archgoat, The Black, Incantation, Satanic Slaughter, Witchery, Rotten Sound, Babylon Whores, Dissection, Dawn,, Vondur, Impaled and...
) - 2003 - Split album with The County Medical ExaminersThe County Medical ExaminersThe County Medical Examiners are an American goregrind and death metal band who, in their own words, exist for the sole purpose of recreating the sound of early Carcass albums. The band is also known to do no live shows at all....
(Razorback Records) - 2004 - Split 7" EP with Filth (Bones Brigade Records)
- 2004 - double 7" collection Demos (Nuclear Abominations Records)
- 2004 - Split 7" EP with MachetazoMachetazoMachetazo is a grindcore/goregrind band from La Coruña, Spain formed in 1994. They are one of the few surviving bands in the Spanish underground extreme music scene of the nineties.-History:...
(Escorbuto Recordings/Goryfied Productions) - 2005 - Demo 2005 demo
- 2006 - Left Hand PathologyLeft Hand PathologyLeft Hand Pathology is General Surgery's debut full length album seventeen years after forming. The title is a reference to the Entombed classic Left Hand Path...
(Listenable Records) - 2009 - Split album with Butcher ABC (Obliteration Records/Living Dead Society)
- 2009 - Corpus In Extremis: Analysing Necrocriticism (Listenable Records)
External links
- Official General Surgery website
- General Surgery at MySpaceMySpaceMyspace is a social networking service owned by Specific Media LLC and pop star Justin Timberlake. Myspace launched in August 2003 and is headquartered in Beverly Hills, California. In August 2011, Myspace had 33.1 million unique U.S. visitors....