CARCASS Guitarist Issues North American Tour Recap

British extreme metal pioneers CARCASS have completed their first North American tour since first reuniting early this year. Guitarist Michael Amott (also in ARCH ENEMY) commented: "What a tour! So many sold-out shows and fantastic, bordering on fanatical response from the fans everywhere we went!

"I'd like to thank the fans in the U.S./Canada/Mexico for waiting patiently and remaining fans all these years — and for coming out in such big numbers on the tour.

"For me personally, it's been quite emotional playing THOSE songs with THOSE guys again — really cool and almost too much fun. Playing the festivals in Europe over the summer was amazing, but I have to admit that I prefer being on tour playing every night in clubs — that's when you get tight as a band and become a solid unit.

"Highlights? Without lying, I'd have say that every night was special, it was just that kind of tour for me — but the New York City show at the sold-out Nokia Theatre was exceptionally killer, and Ken Owen (ex-CARCASS drummer) flew out for that one so the vibe was just incredible! That was the kind of night when you wish that the cameras were rolling."

Quality fan-filmed video footage of the September 19, 2008 concert by the CARCASS at The Grand Ballroom in San Francisco, California can be viewed below.

In a recent interview with Voices From The Darkside, guitarist Bill Steer was asked if there is a possibility of a "real" CARCASS tour taking place later on if the current reunion shows go well. "It's a possibility," he replied. "But to be honest, I have serious doubts that this will really happen. There are many reasons for that, especially on the practical side. We all have our own lives, our own bands, and all kinds of things which we have to take care of. This playing at festivals is already a very big step for me. We can still have a look at all that once we have done all these festivals. I think that after those gigs, everybody will probably like to have some time off anyway. In the beginning of our career, we played so many gigs. We're not going to plan such a hectic tour schedule like we had in the past, that would ruin everything. We're going to have a look at everything and then we'll see. Somebody already proposed a tour of two weeks through the States to us. Something like that is somehow realistic."

Asked if he thinks there is a chance that a new CARCASS album will be recorded at some point, Steer said, "I would be very surprised if that would really happen. But never say never, I'm always the last one who needs to be convinced. Michael [Amott, guitar] and Jeff [Walker, bass/vocals] are much more busy with those things than I am. I'm also not very much involved in the planning of all the festivals which are scheduled. At this moment, I barely know in which countries we're all going to play (laughs)."

For a complete list of upcoming CARCASS shows, go to this location.

CARCASS' reunion lineup:

Bill Steer (FIREBIRD) - Vocals, Guitar
Jeff Walker (BRUJERIA) - Vocals, Bass
Michael Amott (ARCH ENEMY) - Guitar
Daniel Erlandsson (ARCH ENEMY) - Drums