General Surgery

Artist: General Surgery

Country of origin: Sweden
Location: Stockholm
Status: Active
Formed in: 1988
Years active: 1988-1991, 1999-present
Genre: Death Metal/Gore Grind
Lyrical themes: Pathology, Surgery, Medical malpractice, Gore
Current label: Relapse Records


Members:
Joacim Carlsson: Guitars (1988-1991, 1999-present)
Andreas Eriksson: Bass, Vocals (backing) (2003-present)
Adde Mitroulis: Drums, Vocals (backing) (2003-present)
Erik Sahlström: Vocals (lead) (2007-present)
Urban Skytt: Guitars (2015-present)



Grant McWilliams has spent time in and out of the band due to various reasons and most recently quit for alcohol related reasons. On this issue, the band has stated "he's too busy getting intoxicated to be of any use."

Compilation appearances:
 -Covered "Maggots in your Coffin" on Tribute to Repulsion, F.D.A. Records 2009.

Discography:

  Pestisferous Anthropophagia (1990)

Artist: General Surgery
Album: Pestisferous Anthropophagia
Type: Demo
Release date: April 29th, 1990
Catalog ID: N/A
Label: Independent
Format: Cassette
MP3 | 128Kbps | 05:45 | 5,30Mb

Tracklist:
1. Slithering Maceration of Ulcerous Facial Tissue  01:17
2. The Succulent Aftermath of a Subdural Haemmorhage  02:51
3. Grotesque Laceration of Mortified Flesh  01:36

 

Recorded by Thomas Skogsberg at studio Sunlight.

 

Only available as tape, 100 copies made.

Included as bonus tracks on the 2011 Relapse Records re-release of "Necrology".

 

 

  Internecine Prurience (1990)

 Artist: General Surgery
Album: Internecine Prurience
Type: Demo
Release date: September 28th, 1990
Catalog ID: N/A
Label: Independent
Format: Cassette; Limited (50 Copies)
MP3 | 128Kbps | 13:00 | 11,9Mb

Tracklist:
1. Ominous Lamentation  02:56   
2. Slithering Maceration of Ulcerous Facial Tissue  01:19   Show lyrics 
3. Severe Catatonia in Pathology  03:10   Show lyrics 
4. Crimson Concerto  03:16   Show lyrics 
5. An Orgy of Flying Limbs and Gore  00:32   Show lyrics 
6. Grotesque Laceration of Mortified Flesh  01:47

Recorded in the Rehearsal room 90.09.28.

  Necrology (1991)

Artist: General Surgery

Album: Necrology

Type: EP

Release date: November 4th, 1991

Catalog ID: RR-006

Label: Relapse Records

Format: 7" vinyl (33⅓ RPM)

MP3 | 320Kbps | 12:21 | 45,8Mb
 

Tracklist:

1. Ominous Lamentation  03:11  Instrumental

2. Slithering Maceration of Ulcerous Facial Tissue  01:12

3. Grotesque Laceration of Mortified Flesh  01:30

4. Severe Catatonia in Pathology  02:59

5. Crimson Concerto  03:29

The song "The Succulent Aftermath of a Subdural Hemorrhage" appears on the compilation 5 Years Nuclear Blast, 1993.

Recorded at Sunlight Studios, November 1990.

  General Surgery / The County Medical Examiners (2003)

Artist: The County Medical Examiners | General Surgery
Type: Split
Release date: 2003
Catalog ID: RR17
Label: Razorback Recordings
Format: CD
MP3 | 128Kbps | 37:03 | 21,8Mb

Tracklist:

General Surgery:

1. Pre-Bisectal Corrosive Immersion  01:50

2. Lab Rat  01:07

3. Mortuary Wars  02:56

4. Cauterization Frenzy  02:18

5. Reception of Cadavers  02:12

6. Decomposer  02:10

7. Convivial Corpse Disposal Methodology / Severe Catatonic Intersection of Pathological Activities  06:22

 

The County Medical Examiners:

8. Bloatation (Repugnant Refloatation)  03:57

9. Cruentous Mess  01:10

10. Forensic Photography  02:52

11. A Brief Discourse on Wound Ballistics  00:52

12. Cooperative Cadaveric Custody  03:44

13. Prosector's Bane: Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease  05:33

General Surgery:
Recorded at Bacup Studios, February - April 2003.
Drums recorded at Offbeat Studio.

The County Medical Examiners:
Recorded January-February 2003 at Tillinghast Workshop.

 

 

  Filth / General Surgery (2004)

Artists: Filth | General Surgery

Type: Split

Release date: 2004

Catalog ID: BB 020

Label: Bones Brigade Records

Format: 7" vinyl (33⅓ RPM), Limited edition, Red/black splatter vinyl(500 copies)

MP3 | 128Kbps | 11:12 | 8,45Mb
 

Tracklist:

Filth:

1. Klismaphiliac  00:49

2. Dodi-Di-Die  01:17

3. Linkin Shminkin'  00:43

4. When Gerbils Cry  01:30

5. Reek of Cootiefaction  01:08

 

General Surgery:

6. Unruly Dissection Marathon  01:18

7. Scalpel Infestation  01:52

8. Fully Mechanized Corpse Thresher  00:26

Hand-numbered copies.

Filth: Drums recorded 10 September 2003 at Tribal Studios, Hallam.
Guitar, bass, vocals, noise, theremin and samples recorded September-October 2003 at In-House Studios.
Mastered 25 October 2003 at In-House Studios.

General Surgery:
Recorded, mixed and mastered October-November 2003 at Bacup Studio by Andreas Eriksson.
Drums recorded at Offbeat Studio by Linus Nirbrant.

 

 

  General Surgery / Machetazo (2004)

Artists: General Surgery | Machetazo

Type: Split

Release date: September 2004

Catalog ID: symptom 04

Label: Escorbuto

Format: 7" vinyl (33⅓ RPM), Limited edition (1500 copies)

MP3 | 320Kbps | 10:29 | 14,8Mb

 

Tracklist:

General Surgery:

1. Necrodecontamination  01:21

2. Forensic Farce  01:28

3. Viva! Blunt Force Trauma/Cold Storage Fever  02:36

  

Machetazo:

4. Caverna De Antropógafos  01:06

5. Luto  02:18

6. El Que Susurra En La Oscuridad  01:37

 *7" vinyl, comes with insert. Limited edition of 1500 copies.

*General Surgery recorded Oct-Nov. 2003 at Bacup Studio. Drums recorded at Offbeat studio. 

 *Machetazo recorded in Estudio Treboada 22, 28, 29 November 2003.

 

  Left Hand Pathology (2006)

Artist: General Surgery
Album: Left Hand Pathology

Type: Full-length

Release date: May 29th, 2006

Catalog ID: POSH082

Label: Listenable Records

Format: CD

Mp3 | 256Kbps | 33:53 | 62,6Mb

 

Tracklist:

1. If These Walls Could Talk  02:51

2. Ambulance Chaser  03:03

3. Fulguration  01:32

4. Arterial Spray Obsession  02:39

5. Necrodecontamination  01:20

6. The League of Extraordinary Grave Robbers  02:30

7. The Admirable Teachings of Burke & Hare  02:26

8. Capricious Provisional Cadaver Grater  01:33

9. Decomposer  02:15

10. Viva! Blunt Force Trauma  01:02

11. Cold Storage Fever  01:36

12. Mucopurulent Mayhem  00:59

13. Mortuary Wars  03:30

14. Convivial Corpse Disposal Methodology

Illustrations taken from "De Humani Corporis Fabrica" by Andreas Vesalius (Brussels, 1514-1564).

Recorded at Offbeat Studio, Stockholm, in December 2005. Mastered at Tailor Maid.
Produced by General Surgery.

 

 

 

  General Surgery / Butcher ABC (2009)

Artists: General Surgery | Butcher ABC

Type: Split

Release date: January 11th, 2009

Catalog ID: ORCD 083

Label: Obliteration Records

Format: CD

MP3 | 256Kbps | 28:34 | 45,8Mb

 

Tracklist:

General Surgery:

1. Antemortem Symphony #9  01:58  instrumental

2. Enforced Acceleration Disintegration Constant  02:10

3. Anthropological Abattoir  01:26

4. Cadaverine Treatment Regimen  03:04

5. Visceral Asphyxiation  01:18

6. Recreational Decerebration  00:37

7. Untimely Embalment  03:17

 

Butcher ABC:

8. Apocalyptic Bestial Congregation  03:23

9. Fall from Grave  04:36

10. Docenas de Torsos Descuartizado  01:28

11. Dismembered Mama  03:30

12. Crime Against Humanity (Carnage cover)

 

General Surgery Recorded mostly live and mixed at Offbeat Studio, May 2007.
Mastered at Bacup Studio, July 2008.

Butcher ABC
Recorded at Studio Revole, May 2008. 

 

 

  Corpus in Extremis: Analysing Necrocriticism (2009)

Artist: General Surgery

Album: Corpus In Extremis: Analysing Necrocriticism

Type: Full-length

Release date: March 12th, 2009

Catalog ID: POSH115

Label: Listenable Records

Format: CD

MP3 | 192Kbps | 36:22 | 50,2Mb

 

Tracklist:

1. Necronomics  00:46

2. Decedent Scarification Aesthetics  01:47

3. Restrained Remains  03:05

4. Final Excarnation  01:43

5. Necrocriticism  02:54

6. Exotoxic Septicity  02:22

7. Adnexal Mass  00:36

8. Virulent Corpus Dispersement  05:17

9. Ichor  03:06

10. Idle Teratoma Core  02:11

11. Perfunctory Fleshless Precipitate  01:54

12. Plexus Necrosis  01:48

13. Unwitting Donor / Cadaver Exchange  01:27

14. Mortsafe Rupture  03:24

15. Deadhouse  04:02

 

Recorded in October / December 2008 at Off Beat Studio, Stockholm.
Mastered at Tailor Maid, Stockholm.

 

 

  Like an Ever Flying Limb (2012)

Artist: General Surgery
Album: Like an Ever Flying Limb
Type: EP
Release date: November 6th, 2012
Catalog ID: RR1095-1
Label: Relapse Records
Format: Digital
MP3 | 320Kbps | 10:49 | 27,5Mb

Tracklist:
1. Like an Ever Flying Limb  02:29   
2. Ejected Viscous Mucus  02:49   
3. Seizures  00:42   
4. Rhythmic Epidermal Clamor  01:25   
5. Dark Cyanotic Hypostasis  03:42

*Recorded at Audiogrind Studio (Stockholm, Sweden), October 2011.

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