Reactivated British extreme legends CARCASS have been confirmed for
next year's installment of the Wacken Open Air festival, set to take
place July 31 - August 2, 2008 in Wacken, Germany. Also scheduled to
appear are IRON MAIDEN (headliners), CHILDREN OF BODOM, AVANTASIA,
KREATOR and SONATA ARCTICA.
Commented CARCASS bassist/vocalist Jeff Walker: "Well, they said it
would never happen. In fact I said it would never happen. Then I
noticed no one pays attention to what I say anyway and I sounded like
an idiot...
"Summer 2008 will be the twentieth anniversary since the release of
CARCASS' first studio album. It will be fourteen years since we last
played live.
"We've decided to exhume the old corpse next summer at Wacken. The
timing is purely coincidental — it's been a long journey to get to
this point where myself, Bill Steer [guitar] and Mike Amott [guitar;
also of ARCH ENEMY] have enough common desire again to make it
possible. We're finally conceding to the demand that seems to be at an
all time high and doesn't appear to be going away any time soon. Any
past reasons we may have had for not wanting to do it, or thinking it
was impossible, have simply dissipated in the face of overwhelming
interest in us performing THOSE riffs for a generation of believers
who never had the opportunity back in the day. We could say we're
doing it for 'the kids' — but fuck that ! We're doing it 'cos it will
be fun again to play the classic CARCASS tunes!!
"Of course, it would seem inappropriate for us to contemplate to do
this without Ken Owen [drums], but I assure you he'll be there, and
we'll push some sticks in his hands and make him play, plus we'll have
a killer drummer to sit in and play HIS parts.
"Myself, Jeff Walker on bass and vocals, 'the semi-legendary' Bill
Steer and Mike Amott on lead guitar and Daniel Erlandsson [ARCH
ENEMY], filling in for Ken on drums look forwards to mutilating your
hearing.
"And if we don't do it? Who else will overshadow the LED ZEPPELIN reunion?
"Ha!
"Prepare to rot and roll."
