“Carbonized Eyesockets” by Carcass

​Every once and a while, a musician or band records something that bends genres, pushing the stylistic and sonic limits.
In 1988, three secondary school friends from Liverpool England walked into a studio and four days later produced Reek of Putrefaction. It was the first Goregrind album ever recorded, fusing explicit medical imagery with detuned guttural guitars and vocals.  

Nothing had ever sounded this grotesque or dangerous. Legendary BBC Radio 1 DJ John Peel declared it his favorite album of 1988, and it would go on to influence a generation of extreme metal musicians.
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“Carbonized Eyesockets” is the fifth song on the record and a prime example of the aural punishment throughout the nearly 40 minute recording.

This is not a song or an album for everyone, but for those of us seeking something new, something that challenges your senses, this was a landmark recording. I would also like to point out that buried underneath the harshness, at around the 30 second mark, hides what could be considered a chorus and maybe even an old English harmony...