--- title: "General Surgery" type: "MusicGroup" url: "https://themetalnet.com/band/general-surgery" genre: "Deathgrind" country: "Sweden" formed: 1988 --- # General Surgery **General Surgery** is a deathgrind band, from Sweden, active 1988 to present. General Surgery is a Swedish goregrind group and one of the earliest Carcass clones. Their 1991 debut Necrology was released by Relapse Records and was General Surgery's only material released until 2001, when the group recorded one track for the Carcass tribute album, Requiems of Revulsion. However, in 2003, General Surgery reformed and released a split album with The County Medical Examiners and have since released a collection of demos, two split 7-inches, a 2005 demo, a split album with Butcher ABC, and two full-length albums. Biography source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Surgery_(band) ## Facts | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Name | General Surgery | | Genre | Deathgrind | | Parent genre | Grindcore | | Origin | Stockholm, Sweden | | Formed | 1988 | | Releases in catalog | 11 | ## Genres [Death Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/death-metal) · [Deathgrind](https://themetalnet.com/genre/deathgrind) · [Goregrind](https://themetalnet.com/genre/goregrind) · [Grindcore](https://themetalnet.com/genre/grindcore-classic) ## Line-up | Musician | Instruments | Years | Status | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [Joacim Carlsson](https://themetalnet.com/musician/joacim-carlsson) | Electric guitar | 1988 to present | Current | | [Urban Skytt](https://themetalnet.com/musician/urban-skytt) | Electric guitar | 2015 to present | Current | | [Erik Sahlström](https://themetalnet.com/musician/erik-sahlstrom) | Lead vocals | 2007 to present | Current | | [Adde Mitroulis](https://themetalnet.com/musician/adde-mitroulis) | Drums (drum set) | 2003 to present | Current | | [Andreas Eriksson](https://themetalnet.com/musician/andreas-eriksson) | Lead vocals, Electric bass guitar | 2002 to present | Current | | [Matti Kärki](https://themetalnet.com/musician/matti-karki) | Drums (drum set), Lead vocals, Electric bass guitar | 1988 to 1990 | Former | | [Richard Cabeza](https://themetalnet.com/musician/richard-cabeza) | Lead vocals | 1988 to 2002 | Former | | [Anders Jakobson](https://themetalnet.com/musician/anders-jakobson) | Drums (drum set) | 1999 to 2000 | Former | | [Christofer Barkensjö](https://themetalnet.com/musician/christofer-barkensjo) | Drums (drum set) | 2001 to 2002 | Former | | [Glenn Sykes](https://themetalnet.com/musician/glenn-sykes) | Electric bass guitar | 2004 to 2006 | Former | | [Mats Nordrup](https://themetalnet.com/musician/mats-nordrup) | Drums (drum set) | 1989 to 1990 | Former | | [Erik Thyselius](https://themetalnet.com/musician/erik-thyselius) | Drums (drum set) | 2000 to 2001 | Former | | [Grant McWilliams](https://themetalnet.com/musician/grant-mcwilliams) | Electric bass guitar, Lead vocals | 1988 to 2007 | Former | | [Johan Wallin](https://themetalnet.com/musician/johan-wallin) | Electric guitar | 2003 to 2011 | Former | | [Jonas Deroueche](https://themetalnet.com/musician/jonas-deroueche) | Electric guitar | 1988 to 1989 | Former | ## Discography | Year | Release | Type | | --- | --- | --- | | 1991 | [Necrology](https://themetalnet.com/album/9b17b4bf-9a16-3e4f-af1e-632788c1f836) | EP | | 2003 | [General Surgery / The County Medical Examiners](https://themetalnet.com/album/3ac97ea6-5907-35dc-ab60-e3b88f8cb926) | Album | | 2004 | [Filth / General Surgery](https://themetalnet.com/album/14d75513-a5ca-4405-bc89-d715531b79c4) | EP | | 2004 | [General Surgery / Machetazo](https://themetalnet.com/album/6fd36619-b265-4e04-bdb2-f4f762c34480) | EP | | 2006 | [Left Hand Pathology](https://themetalnet.com/album/7231915a-dc0f-36e9-8cfc-5e86e5809a34) | Album | | 2009 | [Corpus in Extremis: Analysing Necrocriticism](https://themetalnet.com/album/3a285818-10e9-3996-b67f-f402d1fd2447) | Album | | 2009 | [General Surgery / Butcher ABC](https://themetalnet.com/album/464e35df-1e12-3af3-8641-e6012810f83c) | Album | | 2012 | [Like an Ever Flying Limb](https://themetalnet.com/album/41b87935-6bf4-4dae-aa59-fd66b51f2442) | EP | | 2017 | [General Surgery / Bodybag](https://themetalnet.com/album/e7adb74f-c7ba-4b1e-8b9b-c2087b8c8c8f) | EP | | 2021 | [A Legendary Death](https://themetalnet.com/album/8e986e31-9535-4140-937f-f943e16fbd20) | EP | | 2021 | [Lay Down and Be Counted](https://themetalnet.com/album/f6d07014-ca0c-47c2-ad02-afedb3828f02) | EP | ## Related bands - [Haemorrhage](https://themetalnet.com/band/haemorrhage-31f91503) (listened together) - [Regurgitate](https://themetalnet.com/band/regurgitate) (listened together) - [Carcass](https://themetalnet.com/band/carcass) (listened together) - [Exhumed](https://themetalnet.com/band/exhumed-157fa1d2) (listened together) - [Cannibal Corpse](https://themetalnet.com/band/cannibal-corpse) (listened together) - [Napalm Death](https://themetalnet.com/band/napalm-death) (listened together) - [Impaled](https://themetalnet.com/band/impaled) (listened together) - [Dying Fetus](https://themetalnet.com/band/dying-fetus) (listened together) - [Terrorizer](https://themetalnet.com/band/terrorizer) (listened together) - [Nasum](https://themetalnet.com/band/nasum) (listened together) - [Mortician](https://themetalnet.com/band/mortician) (listened together) - [Rotten Sound](https://themetalnet.com/band/rotten-sound) (listened together) ## Official and external links - metal archives: https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/General_Surgery/3162 - bandcamp: https://generalsurgery.bandcamp.com/ - deezer: https://www.deezer.com/artist/57493 - facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GeneralSurgeryOfficial - instagram: https://www.instagram.com/generalsurgery_official/ - spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/7uqRm8hzY1AGigP9Qd6j4U - youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCaP2XBPMBWqC0d7hkypz3fg - apple music: https://music.apple.com/se/artist/128688510 --- Source: [TheMetalNet https://themetalnet.com/band/general-surgery](https://themetalnet.com/band/general-surgery). 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