YMMV / Carcass

• Awesome Music: While most of Carcass' discography falls under this trope, special mention goes to Necroticism and especially Heartwork. The dual lead guitar play of Michael Amott and Bill Steer are highly acclaimed and are pretty much what made those two albums landmarks in death metal. As such, one hear the band's love for Iron Maiden and Judas Priest in those two records and they are often seen as influential towards the development of Melodic Death Metal.
• Broken Base:
  • One part of the fanbase is split towards the band's grindcore-era (Reek of Putrefaction and Symphonies of Sickness) while the other prefers their melodic death metal output (Heartwork and Surgical Steel). Since Necroticism is the band's transitional album, it is often the album both sides will appreciate. Then again, there are fans who like both their grindcore and their death metal output.
  • Swansong caused this due to its lighter and softer Death 'n' Roll sound compared to the melodeath sound Carcass established with the album's predecessor Heartwork.
• Contested Sequel: Again, Swansong is this. The album's genre change to Death 'n' Roll did not sit well with the fans and Carcass wound up disbanding shortly after its release.
• Follow the Leader - Every death metal band who opted for ultra-eloquent, medically accurate lyrics, especially in the more grind-infused subgenres, were influenced by Carcass' approach.
  • Also, the entire genre of goregrind, a genre which has been summarised as unabashed Carcass revivalism (though there were other purveyors of it out and about at the same time, particularly Impetigo and General Surgery).
    • The use of growls of multiple pitches in death metal is also something pioneered by Carcass.
  • Since Heartwork is often seen as the first Melodic Death Metal album, many bands would form with the album's sound in mind. In addition some OSDM bands would notably switch to the style with the most prominent examples being At the Gates and Hypocrisy.
• Nightmare Fuel/Nausea Fuel: Just go look at the cover arts for their first two albums (Reek of Putrefaction and Symphonies of Sickness), you will see...
• Spiritual Successor: Arch Enemy (featuring former Carcass guitarist Michael Amott). Thematically, Exhumed is probably the closest candidate, as they're easily the most successful Carcass-worship act at this point, with Aborted being a strong contender for second place.
• Vindicated by History: Heartwork wasn't appreciated by metalheads upon release. Nowadays, it's considered to be one of the best metal albums of all time and a landmark album in heavy music, as well as the earliest recorded example of melodic death metal.
• Win Back the Crowd: Surgical Steel was definitely this. After 17 years of dormancy, Carcass promised to deliver an album that blended the sound of their two unimpeachable classics^note Necroticism and Heartwork while maintaining their signature Melodic Death Metal sound. The end result was satisfactory for both sides of the camp and Surgical Steel wound up being cited by both critics and fans as one of the best metal albums of 2013, if not the best. Years later, Surgical Steel would continue to receive strong praise being on Loudwire's 21st Century hard rock + metal albums list and Decibel naming it their favorite metal reunion album.

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