Symphonies of Sickness

Symphonies of Sickness
Studio album by Carcass
Released	December 4, 1989
Recorded	July – August 1989 at the Slaughterhouse Studios
Genre	Death metal, goregrind
Length	43:10
Label	Earache, Combat (US)
Producer	Colin Richardson, Carcass
Carcass album chronology
Reek of Putrefaction (1988) Symphonies of Sickness (1989) The Peel Sessions (1989)

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Symphonies of Sickness is the second album by British extreme metal band Carcass.

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Reek of Putrefaction"	4:11
2.	"Exhume to Consume"	3:51
3.	"Excoriating Abdominal Emanation"	4:32
4.	"Ruptured in Purulence"	4:11
5.	"Empathological Necroticism"	5:46
6.	"Embryonic Necropsy and Devourment"	5:14
7.	"Swarming Vulgar Mass of Infected Virulency"	3:11
8.	"Cadaveric Incubator of Endoparasites"	3:24
9.	"Slash Dementia"	3:23
10.	"Crepitating Bowel Erosion"	5:30

2008 reissue bonus tracks (taken from the Symphonies of Sickness demo)
No.	Title	Length
11.	"Reek of Putrefaction"	3:42
12.	"Slash Dementia"	3:11
13.	"Embryonic Necropsy and Devourment"	4:51
14.	"Cadaveric Incubator of Endoparasites"	3:19
15.	"Ruptured in Purulence"	3:48
16.	"Crepitating Bowel Erosion"	5:15

Credits

Band members

• Jeff Walker – vocals, bass
• Bill Steer – vocals, lead guitar
• Ken Owen – drums, vocals

Production

• Colin Richardson - ngineering, producer
• Digby Pearson - executive producer
• Martin Toher - assistant engineering