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{{Infobox album
| name         = Necroticism – Descanting the Insalubrious
| type         = studio
| artist       = [[Carcass (band)|Carcass]]
| cover        = Carcass-Necroticism.jpg
| alt          = 
| released     = {{Start date|1991|10|30|df=y}} (Europe)<br>{{Start date|1992|02|11|df=y}} (North America)
| recorded     = 1991
| venue        = 
| studio       = Amazon Studios, Simonswood, Lancashire, UK
| genre        = *[[Death metal]]
*[[technical death metal]]<ref name="worshipMetal">{{cite web |url=http://www.worshipmetal.com/features/the-10-greatest-old-school-uk-death-metal-albums/9/|title=The 10 Greatest Old School UK Death Metal Albums|author=Jennings, Chris|date=21 January 2017|accessdate=3 March 2018|publisher=Worship Metal}}</ref>
| length       = {{Duration |m=48 |s=03}}
| label        = {{Hlist|[[Earache Records|Earache]]|[[Relativity Records|Relativity]]}}
| producer     = [[Colin Richardson]]
| prev_title   = [[Symphonies of Sickness]]
| prev_year    = 1989
| next_title   = [[Tools of the Trade]]
| next_year    = 1992
}}

'''''Necroticism – Descanting the Insalubrious''''' is the third album by British [[extreme metal]] band [[Carcass (band)|Carcass]]. It was released on 30 October 1991 through [[Earache Records]]. This album is the first to feature guitarist [[Michael Amott]] and marked the first time Carcass had recorded as a four-piece. Many of the tracks describe economical ways to dispose of dead bodies.<ref name="metalStorm">{{cite web |url=http://www.metalstorm.net/bands/lyrics.php?album_id=1410&band_id=200&bandname=|title=Carcass - Necroticism: Descanting The Insalubrious lyrics|author=Metal Storm staff|date=|accessdate=28 January 2019|publisher=[[Metal Storm (webzine)|Metal Storm]]}}</ref> ''Necroticism'' continues the move towards a predominant [[death metal]] sound which was started in ''[[Symphonies of Sickness]]'', featuring songs with longer sections and complex structures, more akin to the then-burgeoning [[technical death metal]] subgenre.<ref name="worshipMetal"/>

== Release ==
''Necroticism'' was originally released on 21 October 1991 through [[Earache Records]]. The album was re-released in 2008 as part of an ongoing series of Carcass reissues, to tie in with their reunion. The main album is presented as one side of a [[dualdisc]], while the DVD side features the third part of an extended documentary titled ''The Pathologist's Report Part III: Mass Infection'', and a 23-minute interview with Walker and Amott from 1993, recorded on the Gods of Grind tour. Later editions of the reissue contain the album on a CD and the documentary on a separate DVD. Also included in the reissue is a set of four art cards. The reissue is presented in a 12-panel [[digipak]] with full lyrics and artwork.

== Musical style ==
[[Ken Owen]] and [[Jeff Walker (musician)|Jeff Walker]] said during ''The Pathologist's Report Part III: Mass Infection'' that they rejected the descriptions of Carcass's music on this album being [[grindcore]]. While Owen acknowledges its [[death metal]] characteristics, both he and Walker expressed that they are more inclined towards calling their music on this album "[[progressive death metal|progressive]]".<ref>{{Cite AV media |date=28 January 2013 |title=Carcass - The Pathologist's Report Part 3: Mass Infection |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3LztlhMpaos |access-date=8 April 2016 |format=video |time=9:42-10:01 |publisher=[[Earache Records]] via [[YouTube]]}}</ref> Music journalist T Coles described the album as having "a more straightforward death metal sound".<ref>{{cite book |last1=Coles |first1=T |title=Death Metal |publisher=Bloomsbury Academic |year=2022 |edition=1st |publication-date=17 November 2022 |page=73 |access-date=}}</ref>

== Reception ==
{{Music ratings
| rev1       = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1Score  = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name="am rev">{{AllMusic |class=album |id=mw0000280433 |label=''Necroticism: Descanting the Insalubrious'' - Carcass |last=Birchmeier |first=Jason}}</ref>
| rev2 = ''[[Martin Popoff|Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal]]''
| rev2score = 6/10<ref>{{cite book |last1=Popoff |first1=Martin |author-link1=Martin Popoff |title=The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 3: The Nineties |publisher=[[Collector's Guide Publishing]] |year=2007 |location=[[Burlington, Ontario]], [[Canada]] |isbn=978-1-894959-62-9 |page=72}}</ref>
| rev3       = ''[[Kerrang!]]''
| rev3Score  = {{Rating|5|5}}<ref name="kerrang rev">{{cite book |last1=Russell |first1=Xavier |title=[[Kerrang!]] |chapter=Carcass 'Necroticism – Descanting the Insalubrious' |volume=364 |publisher=Spotlight Publications |date=26 October 1991 |location=London, UK |pages=26}}</ref>
| rev4 = ''[[Metal Rules]]''
| rev4score = 5/5<ref>{{Cite web |last=The Punishment Due |first= |date=July 2002 |title=Carcass - Necroticism: Descanting The Insalubrious |url=https://www.metal-rules.com/2002/07/01/carcass-necroticism-descanting-the-insalubrious/ |access-date=2024-06-04 |website=[[Metal Rules]] |language=en-US}}</ref>
| rev6       = ''[[Rock Hard (magazine)|Rock Hard]]''
| rev6Score  = 8.5/10<ref name="rockhard rev">{{cite magazine |last=Kühnemund |first=Götz |date=December 1991 |title=Review Dynamit |trans-title=Review dynamite |url=http://www.rockhard.de/megazine/reviewarchiv/review-anzeigen.html?tx_rxsearch_pi1%5Breview%5D=11404 |language=de |magazine=Rock Hard |location=Germany |publisher=Rock Hard |issue=RH #56 |access-date=8 April 2016}}</ref>
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| noprose    = yes
}}

[[AllMusic]] gave ''Necroticism'' four out of five stars, stating that the worthy addition of [[Michael Amott]] made the record an excellent guitarist's album.<ref name="am rev"/> [[Kerrang!]] notably gave the album a perfect score in their 364th magazine issue.<ref name="kerrang rev"/> [[Metal Storm (webzine)|Metal Storm]] gave ''Necroticism'' a 9.6/10 calling it a masterpiece and a transitional album that every metalhead should own (melodic or extreme) and suggested that people should buy the album immediately.<ref name="ms rev">{{cite web |url=http://www.metalstorm.net/pub/review.php?review_id=3796 |title=Carcass - Necroticism: Descanting The Insalubrious review |author=Herzebeth |date=17 January 2007 |website=www.metalstorm.net |publisher=[[Metal Storm (webzine)|Metal Storm]] |access-date=8 April 2016}}</ref>

=== Accolades ===
In 2005, ''Necroticism'' was ranked number 294 in ''[[Rock Hard (magazine)|Rock Hard]]'' magazine's book of ''The 500 Greatest Rock & Metal Albums of All Time''.<ref>{{cite book|title=Best of Rock & Metal - Die 500 stärksten Scheiben aller Zeiten|year=2005|publisher=[[Rock Hard (magazine)|Rock Hard]]|language=de|isbn=3-89880-517-4|page=95}}</ref> In September 2005, ''Necroticism'' was inducted into the [[Decibel (magazine)|Decibel Magazine]] Hall of Fame, being the eighth album overall to be featured in the Decibel Hall of Fame.<ref name="dB HoF">{{cite web|last1=Chase|first1=Jesse|title=Carcass – "Necrotocism"|url=https://www.decibelmagazine.com/2005/09/01/carcass-necrotocism/|website=[[Decibel (magazine)|Decibel]]|date=September 2005 |accessdate=11 May 2018}}</ref>

== Track listing ==
{{Track listing
| total_length = 48:03
| all_lyrics = Jeffrey Walker
| title1 = Inpropagation
| music1 = [[Bill Steer]], [[Ken Owen]]
| length1 = 7:07
| title2 = Corporal Jigsore Quandary
| music2 = Steer, Owen, [[Michael Amott]]
| length2 = 5:48
| title3 = Symposium of Sickness
| music3 = Owen
| length3 = 6:56
| title4 = Pedigree Butchery
| music4 = Steer
| length4 = 5:17
| title5 = Incarnated Solvent Abuse
| music5 = Steer, Amott
| length5 = 5:00
| title6 = Carneous Cacoffiny
| music6 = Steer
| length6 = 6:43
| title7 = Lavaging Expectorate of Lysergide Composition
| music7 = Steer
| length7 = 4:03
| title8 = Forensic Clinicism / The Sanguine Article
| music8 = Steer
| length8 = 7:16
| all_writing = 
}}
{{Track listing
| headline        = 2008 limited edition dualdisc bonus tracks
| total_length    = 60:53

| title9          = Tools of the Trade
| note9           = bonus tracks
| music9          = Steer, Amott
| length9         = 3:05

| title10         = Pyosisified (Still Rotten to the Gore)
| note10          = bonus tracks
| music10         = Steer, Walker
| length10        = 3:08

| title11         = Hepatic Tissue Fermentation II
| note11          = bonus tracks
| music11         = Steer
| length11        = 6:38
}}
{{Track listing
| headline        = ''The Pathologist's Report: Part III-Mass Infection'' DVD
| total_length    = 27:17

| title1          = Mike's Musical Input
| length1         = 1:55

| title2          = A Label for Release
| length2         = 3:25

| title3          = Corporal Jigsore Quandary
| length3         = 4:41

| title4          = Achieving the Sound
| length4         = 0:37

| title5          = The Album Imagery
| length5         = 3:11

| title6          = Classic Carcass
| length6         = 2:07

| title7          = Meaning of the Album Title
| length7         = 3:27

| title8          = Back to the Rehearsal Rooms
| length8         = 3:31

| title9          = Red Dwarf "Smeg & the Heads"
| length9         = 2:20

| title10         = Death Threats
| length10        = 2:03
}}

== Credits ==
Writing, performance and production credits are adapted from the album liner notes.<ref>{{Cite AV media notes |title=Necroticism – Descanting the Insalubrious |others=[[Carcass (band)|Carcass]] |year=2008 |url=https://www.discogs.com/de/release/1430869-Necroticism-Descanting-The-Insalubrious/images |access-date=8 April 2016 |type=booklet |publisher=[[Earache Records]] |id=MOSH 4202}}</ref>

=== Personnel ===
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==== Carcass ====
* [[Jeff Walker (musician)|Jeffrey Walker]] – bass, vocals
* [[Bill Steer]] – guitars, vocals
* [[Ken Owen]] – drums, additional vocals
* [[Michael Amott]] – guitars, additional vocals

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==== Production ====
* [[Colin Richardson]] – production, mixing
* Carcass – mixing
* Keith Hartley – engineering
* Ian McFarlane – assistance
* Dave Buchmann – assistance
* John Paul – remastering

==== Visual art ====
* Carcass – cover art
* Tom Warner – layout
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=== Studios ===
* Amazon Studios, [[Simonswood]], UK – recording
* Mine Music – remastering

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* {{AllMusic |class=album |id=mw0000280433 |label=''Necroticism: Descanting the Insalubrious''}}
* [http://www.earache.com/catalogue/mosh042.php ''Necroticism: Descanting the Insalubrious''] at [[Earache Records]]
* {{YouTube |id=3LztlhMpaos |title=''The Pathologist's Report: Part III-Mass Infection''}}

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