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Carcass
Wacken - 2008
Text: Tobias Nilsson Photo: Lunah Lauridsen
"I know you didn't come here to see us. You came for At The Gates and Nightwish."
- Jef Walker (vocals/bass)
These were the words of bassist and leadsinger Jeff Walker, but I'm sorry to say that I have to prove him wrong. We saw neither At The Gates nor Nightwish. We did however see Carcass, and we were pretty glad to do so as well.
Having already surprised myself with enjoying their show at Metalcamp a few weeks earlier, I was setting myself up for another pleasant ride through extreme metal land, guided by these Brits and Swedes.
And so had a lot of other people here at Wacken; just as had been the case at Metalcamp, Carcass had managed to gather an impressively big crowd before them. A difference was still to be seen though, as there was clearly a lot more action going on here, with people crowd-surfing and a lot of mosh-pits all over the place.
The band was also in a very good place, it would seem, as they appeared to much more positive this time around. Maybe they were just more drunk, I don't know, but whatever it was it worked. The alcohol theory was of course strengthened by Mr. Walker asking if there was anyone from Liverpool in the audience, and then telling them to buy him a drink next time they ran into each other.
The drums were once again handled by Michael Amott's band mate from Arch Enemy, Daniel Erlandsson, but original drummer Ken Owen was present at the show, and also did a short guest appearance. The reason as to why he wasn't playing full time was that he had suffered a stroke some time ago, and was now unable to carry out his drumming duties. Still, I think it's cool of both him and the rest of the band to still come to the shows.
Daniel wasn't the only guest from Arch Enemy this night, as Carcass was further energized by the vocal strength of Angela Gossow from said band for a song. Can't say which one, since I'm terribly bad at remembering titles.
Even though the band was mostly just standing still on stage, this was still the better of the two shows in my opinion. The sheer positivity of the band really burnt through, and it was pretty contagious.
- Jef Walker (vocals/bass)
These were the words of bassist and leadsinger Jeff Walker, but I'm sorry to say that I have to prove him wrong. We saw neither At The Gates nor Nightwish. We did however see Carcass, and we were pretty glad to do so as well.
Having already surprised myself with enjoying their show at Metalcamp a few weeks earlier, I was setting myself up for another pleasant ride through extreme metal land, guided by these Brits and Swedes.
And so had a lot of other people here at Wacken; just as had been the case at Metalcamp, Carcass had managed to gather an impressively big crowd before them. A difference was still to be seen though, as there was clearly a lot more action going on here, with people crowd-surfing and a lot of mosh-pits all over the place.
The band was also in a very good place, it would seem, as they appeared to much more positive this time around. Maybe they were just more drunk, I don't know, but whatever it was it worked. The alcohol theory was of course strengthened by Mr. Walker asking if there was anyone from Liverpool in the audience, and then telling them to buy him a drink next time they ran into each other.
The drums were once again handled by Michael Amott's band mate from Arch Enemy, Daniel Erlandsson, but original drummer Ken Owen was present at the show, and also did a short guest appearance. The reason as to why he wasn't playing full time was that he had suffered a stroke some time ago, and was now unable to carry out his drumming duties. Still, I think it's cool of both him and the rest of the band to still come to the shows.
Daniel wasn't the only guest from Arch Enemy this night, as Carcass was further energized by the vocal strength of Angela Gossow from said band for a song. Can't say which one, since I'm terribly bad at remembering titles.
Even though the band was mostly just standing still on stage, this was still the better of the two shows in my opinion. The sheer positivity of the band really burnt through, and it was pretty contagious.
