Tools of the Trade

Tools of the Trade
EP by Carcass
Released	23 June 1992
Genre	Death metal, goregrind
Length	17:39
Label	Earache, Relativity
Producer	Colin Richardson
Carcass chronology
Necroticism – Descanting the Insalubrious (1991) Tools of the Trade (1992) Heartwork (1993)

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Allmusic	[1]

Tools of the Trade is an EP by British extreme metal band Carcass. It was released through Earache Records on 23 June 1992.

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Tools of the Trade"	3:07
2.	"Incarnated Solvent Abuse" (taken from Necroticism – Descanting the Insalubrious)	4:45
3.	"Pyosified (Still Rotten to the Gore)" (re-recording of "Pyosisified (Rotten to the Gore)" from Reek of Putrefaction)	3:10
4.	"Hepatic Tissue Fermentation II" (re-recording of "Hepatic Tissue Fermentation" from the compilation Pathological)	6:37

Other appearances

The EP is wholly contained on the compilation album Gods of Grind and the limited edition 2008 dualdisc reissue of Necroticism – Descanting the Insalubrious. It also appears on Wake up and Smell the... Carcass, but without the track "Incarnated Solvent Abuse".

Personnel

• Michael Amott – guitar
• Ken Owen – drums
• Bill Steer – guitar, vocals
• Jeff Walker – bass, vocals
• Colin Richardson – production

References

1. Birchmeier, Jason. "Tools of the Trade - Carcass". Allmusic. Retrieved 16 October 2011.