Tools of the Trade

This article is about the Carcass EP. For the Superman: The Animated Series episode, see Tools of the Trade (Superman: The Animated Series).

Tools of the Trade is an EP by British extreme metal band Carcass. It was released through Earache Records on 23 June 1992.

Tools of the Trade
EP by Carcass
Released	23 June 1992 (1992-06-23)
Genre	Death metal
Length	17:39
Label	Earache Relativity
Producer	Colin Richardson
Carcass chronology
Necroticism – Descanting the Insalubrious (1991) Tools of the Trade (1992) Heartwork (1993)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

It contains re-recordings of two previously released Carcass songs; "Pyosisified (Rotten to the Gore)" from Reek of Putrefaction and "Hepatic Tissue Fermentation", which was originally released on a compilation titled Pathological.

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Tools of the Trade"	3:07
2.	"Incarnated Solvent Abuse"	4:45
3.	"Pyosisified (Still Rotten to the Gore)"	3:10
4.	"Hepatic Tissue Fermentation II"	6:37
Total length:		17:39

Other appearances

The EP is wholly contained on the compilation album Gods of Grind and the limited edition 2008 dualdisc reissue of Necroticism – Descanting the Insalubrious. It also appears on Wake up and Smell the... Carcass, but without the track "Incarnated Solvent Abuse".^{[citation needed]}

Personnel

• Michael Amott – guitar
• Ken Owen – drums
• Bill Steer – guitar, vocals
• Jeff Walker – bass, vocals
• Colin Richardson – production