Pillaging the Carcass archives, Earache releases, while perhaps not a best of, at least an overview of Carcass’ nearly decade-long career of extremity.
Blending sludge and swamp grooves with death and noise, Acid Bath usually stay within the boundaries of melodic, ploddingly heavy, almost spiritual ugly rock.
Overkill was the album that showed their potential to be one of the loudest, nastiest bands of all time. The follow up, Bomber, was somewhat weak in comparison.
The hyperdrive insanity of Ace of Spades was preserved, with a melodic element brought in by guitarist Fast Eddie’s replacement, Thin Lizzy’s Brian Robertson.
Motorhead bounced back with what is still considered their definitive album, 1980’s Ace of Spades, whose title track is an unparalleled thrash masterpiece.