Surgical Remission/Surplus Steel

Surgical Remission/Surplus Steel is an EP by British extreme metal band Carcass. The EP consists of songs recorded during the sessions for previous album Surgical Steel and was released on 11 November 2014 through Nuclear Blast.

Release and promotion
The band announced Surgical Remission/Surplus Steel with an entry on their official Facebook web presence on 15 September 2014. The song "Livestock Marketplace" was presented to the public as video clip shortly before the EP came out. The EP was released on 11 November 2014 in North America, 14 November in Europe and 17 November in the United Kingdom. Nuclear Blast issued Surgical Remission/Surplus Steel in different physical formats and as digital version. The CD edition came as regular jewelcase and digipak while the 10" vinyl was made available in different colours.

Carcass went on North American tour titled "Inked in Steel" in October and November 2014 to promote Surgical Remission/Surplus Steel. They were accompanied by supporting bands Obituary, Macabre, Exhumed and Noisem.

Carcass

 * Jeff Walker – lead vocals, bass guitar, additional art
 * Bill Steer – guitar, vocals
 * Dan Wilding – drums
 * Ben Ash – guitar

Technical personnel

 * Colin Richardson – production
 * Andy Sneap – mixing, mastering
 * Carl Bown – engineering, mixing
 * Rob Kimura – album art, layout
 * Ian T. Tilton – original photography
 * Mircea Gabriel Eftemie – additional art
 * Martin Nesbitt – original "tools" concept