Carcass
Copenhell - 2025
Text: Tobias Nilsson Photo: Lunah Lauridsen
Carcass was definitely a band I was looking forward to seeing at this year’s Copenhell, one of the bands I was looking the most forward to even, as they’ve had a great track record of delivering entertaining shows in the past.
With that in mind, we were of high spirits as we took our place in front of Hades on this fine Friday afternoon.
With the Surgical Steel backdrop up and weird medical videos running on their video screens, Carcass took the stage, and started playing pretty much right away, something that would show to be an indication of the style of show they would deliver this day - no frills, straight on with the music, and almost no talking. Jeff Walker did throw a lot of water bottles into the crowd throughout however, and I find it nicely fitting that the band with the most anatomically correct lyrics would also be the band looking the most out for our health and well-being.
The music was tight and well played, but I did mourn the distinct lack of communication or even a bit of emotion from the band. Yes, they played well, very well in fact, but it didn’t register on them that they were in fact enjoying themselves, which was a pity.
The crowd on the other hand, now they were enjoying themselves profoundly! From the start of the show, with the enthusiastic greeting of the band, to the quick rise of the crowd surfers, and the wild hunt of the moshpit, Copenhell very much came alive for Carcass, and hopefully made them feel welcome.
For their efforts, they did get a lot of souvenirs, mainly in the form of plectres from Walker, through the show, a nice farewell greeting towards the end with an additional info that the band was set to make a secret appearance in Malmö a few days later, and finally memorabilia from all the band members after the last song, as an odd disco tune played them out.
“We’re Carcass, you’ve been a great crowd, and we’ve had a great fucking time!”
- Jeff Walker (vocals/bass)
So, Carcass came through musically, giving us several songs from start to current place in their career, all well played with a nice intensity, but performance ways they were keeping it internal on the stage, making this one of their less interesting shows in a long time, sadly.
Setlist:
Unfit For Human Consumption
Buried Dreams
Incarnated Solvent Abuse
No Love Lost
Tomorrow Belongs To Nobody / Death Certificate
Dance Of Ixtab (Psychopomp & Circumstance March No. 1 in B)
Genital Grinder
Pyosified (Rotten To The Gore)
Tools Of The Trade
316L Grade Surgical Steel
This Mortal Coil
Corporal Jigsore Quandary
Heartwork
With that in mind, we were of high spirits as we took our place in front of Hades on this fine Friday afternoon.
With the Surgical Steel backdrop up and weird medical videos running on their video screens, Carcass took the stage, and started playing pretty much right away, something that would show to be an indication of the style of show they would deliver this day - no frills, straight on with the music, and almost no talking. Jeff Walker did throw a lot of water bottles into the crowd throughout however, and I find it nicely fitting that the band with the most anatomically correct lyrics would also be the band looking the most out for our health and well-being.
The music was tight and well played, but I did mourn the distinct lack of communication or even a bit of emotion from the band. Yes, they played well, very well in fact, but it didn’t register on them that they were in fact enjoying themselves, which was a pity.
The crowd on the other hand, now they were enjoying themselves profoundly! From the start of the show, with the enthusiastic greeting of the band, to the quick rise of the crowd surfers, and the wild hunt of the moshpit, Copenhell very much came alive for Carcass, and hopefully made them feel welcome.
For their efforts, they did get a lot of souvenirs, mainly in the form of plectres from Walker, through the show, a nice farewell greeting towards the end with an additional info that the band was set to make a secret appearance in Malmö a few days later, and finally memorabilia from all the band members after the last song, as an odd disco tune played them out.
“We’re Carcass, you’ve been a great crowd, and we’ve had a great fucking time!”
- Jeff Walker (vocals/bass)
So, Carcass came through musically, giving us several songs from start to current place in their career, all well played with a nice intensity, but performance ways they were keeping it internal on the stage, making this one of their less interesting shows in a long time, sadly.
Setlist:
Unfit For Human Consumption
Buried Dreams
Incarnated Solvent Abuse
No Love Lost
Tomorrow Belongs To Nobody / Death Certificate
Dance Of Ixtab (Psychopomp & Circumstance March No. 1 in B)
Genital Grinder
Pyosified (Rotten To The Gore)
Tools Of The Trade
316L Grade Surgical Steel
This Mortal Coil
Corporal Jigsore Quandary
Heartwork
Carcass
