Cannibal Corpse - A Skeletal Domain (2014)

Back in Buffalo, NY in 1989 the breaking up of two bands, Tirant Sin and Beyond Death, resulted in the creation of a monster called Cannibal Corpse. The group recorded a demo in Niagara Falls, NY entitled "Cannibal Corpse", not "Suffocation" like many of you think.

The demo caught the eye of Metal Blade Records and the band was signed right away. The birth of "Eaten' Back To Life" was the first step to being the gods of death metal.

There have been several changes in the line-up throughout the bands's history, First the departure of Bob Rusay. Listen to the first album & you will understand why. Without Jack Owen, the guitar-playing on the album would sound like mud. The acquisition of fellow Buffalonian Rob Barrett, who had also played in Dark Deception, Solstice and Malevolent Creation was a welcomed change. Rob left Cannibal Corpse in late 97' to persue other areas.

Next came the departure of Chris Barnes who later formed his own band, Six Feet Under. This occured during the recording of "Vile" which was, at the time, tentatively entitled "Created to Kill". Thats where George "Corpsegrinder" Fisher came into play. He has been a change for the better and has done a great job in filling the shoes of a great singer for his time.

The newest member is Pat O'Brien, formerly of Nevermore and Monstrosity . He is by far the best replacement they could have found.

Cannibal Corpse is without question one of the most infamous bands in music history. Banned in Australia, New Zealand and Korea and forbidden to perform material live from their first 3 albums in Germany (where sale of "Butchered at Birth" is outlawed completely), the band's mad odyssey of gore, guts and brutality has made them constant fodder for the national mainstream media. Both loved and reviled, Jim Carrey requested their appearance in Ace Ventura: Pet Detective and one time presidential candidate Bob Dole affectionately held them responsible for the lack of morality in society. And due to the general public's uneasiness with the sight of blood, all album covers require a watered down censored version. All this and they were the first death metal band to debut on the Billboard 200 with the release of band's now legendary "Vile". Cannibal Corpse's legacy as the most extreme, sick metal band on Earth continues...

For the recording of "Bloodthirst", Cannibal Corpse recruited producer Colin Richardson, the man responsible for some of the most ground breaking metal recordings from Carcass, Napalm Death and Fear Factory, all world-renowned purveyors of extreme metal. The result is band's the thickest, heaviest, tightest record in the band's career. Recorded at Village Studios in the border town of El Paso TX, away from the band's home base of Tampa FL, the change of scenery provided the backdrop these genre defining sickos needed to create the very last true metal record of this century.

Bronze colour

-Tracklist:

 1. High Velocity Impact Spatter   04:06
2. Sadistic Embodiment     03:17     
3. Kill or Become     03:50   
4. A Skeletal Domain     03:38
5. Headlong into Carnage   03:01
6. The Murderer's Pact     05:05
7. Funeral Cremation     03:41   
8. Icepick Lobotomy     03:16     
9. Vector of Cruelty     03:25     
10. Bloodstained Cement   03:41     
11. Asphyxiate to Resuscitate     03:47     
12. Hollowed Bodies     03:05

-Line up: 

- Alex Webster: Bass, Lyrics
- Paul Mazurkiewicz: Drums
- Rob Barrett: Guitars
- George "Corpsegrinder" Fisher: Vocals
- Pat O'Brien: Guitars. 

 Label: Metal Blade Records.

 Bronze "Tour Edition" LP in gatefold jacket limited to 500 copies.
Sold exclusively by Metal Blade Europe Ebay (?!)

 Recorded, produced, engineered and mixed at Audiohammer Studios in Sanford, Florida between February 2014 and May 2014.
The album peaked at #32 on the Billboard 200.
This album is dedicated to the memory of Michael Trengert.

 

      

 

Cannibal Corpse - Hammer Smashed Face [EP] (1993)

Also of note, Bob Rusay originally recorded his solos for the cover songs but the band was not happy with the results and had Jack re-record them. Thus, since the song "Hammer Smashed Face" contained no solos from Bob, this would mark the first Cannibal Corpse recording without an original member, as well as the first recording session with Cannibal Corpse as a 4-piece.

As with most Cannibal Corpse records, a censored version of the album artwork exists.

1993 - Metal Blade Records - 3 tracks, censored artwork, single case.

-Tracklist:

1. Hammer Smashed Face     04:04      
2. The Exorcist (Possessed cover)     04:38    
3. Zero the Hero (Black Sabbath cover)     06:36

-Line up:

• Chris Barnes: vocals
• Jack Owen: guitars
• Alex Webster: bass
• Paul Mazurkiewicz: drums

Recorded at Morrisound Studio (Tampa, Florida).

Tracks 2 and 3 were recorded and mixed at Border City Recording (Niagara Falls, New York).
Mastered at Fullersound (Miami, Florida).

Tracks 2 and 3 produced by Cannibal Corpse.

Cannibal Corpse - 15 Year Killing Spree (box set) [2003]

The cover art contains demons and skeletons placed in windows in a castle surrounded by a moat of blood, drawn by the usual artist Vincent Locke that draws from the themes and features characters from previous Cannibal Corpse albums.

In addition to the three CDs and DVD, this boxed set also contains a poster of the band and a booklet with history and commentary by the band members as well as pictures from the band's history.

15 Year Killing Spree also contains a comic book depicting the story behind one of Cannibal Corpse's most famous songs "Unleashing The Bloodthirsty" from their album Bloodthirst.

 

 

- Tracklist:

 CD 1

                                                                           

CD1.1     Shredded Humans          5:11
CD1.2     Put Them To Death         1:48
CD1.3     Born In A Casket          3:19
CD1.4     A Skull Full Of Maggots      2:06
CD1.5     Gutted                    3:15
CD1.6     Covered With Sores       3:17
CD1.7     Vomit The Soul              4:30
CD1.8     Hammer Smashed Face        4:04
CD1.9     Addicted To Vaginal Skin       3:32
CD1.10    The Cryptic Stench          3:58
CD1.11    Staring Through The Eyes Of  The Dead   3:03
CD1.12     Stripped, Raped And Strangled    3:27
CD1.13     The Pick-Axe Murders          3:03
CD1.14     The Bleeding         4:20
CD1.15     Zero The Hero      6:35

 

 CD 2

                                                                                     

CD2.1     Devoured By Vermin         3:12
CD2.2     Disfigured    3:49
CD2.3     Monolith    4:25
CD2.4     I Will Kill You    2:48
CD2.5     Sentenced To Burn     3:07
CD2.6     Gallery Of Suicide    3:56
CD2.7     Dead Human Collection    2:30
CD2.8     The Spine Splitter      3:10
CD2.9     Pounded Into Dust     2:17
CD2.10     I Cum Blood (Live)      4:06
CD2.11     Fucked With A Knife (Live)       2:27
CD2.12     Unleashing The Bloodthirsty (Live)  4:15
CD2.13     Meathook Sodomy (Live)          5:16
CD2.14     Savage Butchery          1:51
CD2.15     Pit Of Zombies        3:59
CD2.16     Sanded Faceless      3:52
CD2.17     Systematic Elimination      2:52

 

CD 3

'89 Demo

CD3.1     A Skull Full Of Maggots      2:25
CD3.2     The Undead Will Feast        3:01
CD3.3     Scattered Remains, Splattered Brains 2:41
CD3.4     Put Them To Death        1:53
CD3.5     Bloody Chunks              2:26

  Created To Kill Sessions

CD3.6     Unburied Horror                            3:28
CD3.7     Mummfied In Barbed Wire           3:07
CD3.8     Gallery Of The Obscene                3:37
CD3.9     To Kill Myself                               3:41
CD3.10     Bloodlands                                   4:29
CD3.11     Puncture Wound Massacre           1:43
CD3.12     Devoured By Vermin                   3:11

                                                                                                                           

 Gallery Of Suicide Demo

CD3.13     Chambers Of Blood             4:10
CD3.14     Dismembered And Molested      1:57
CD3.15     Gallery Of Suicide                3:58
CD3.16     Unite The Dead                     3:04
CD3.17     Crushing The Despised         1:50
CD3.18     Headless                                2:26

 Cover Songs

CD3.19     Bethany Home (A Place To Die)   3:19
CD3.20     Endless Pain            3:10
CD3.21     Behind Bars             2:19

 

 

  

 

DVD:

    1st Live Cannibal Corpse Show 1989

DVD.1     Scattered Remains, Splattered Brains    
DVD.2     The Undead Will Feast    
DVD.3     Escape The Torment    
DVD.4     Bloody Chunks    
DVD.5     Enter At Your Own Risk                                               

DVD.6     Put Them To Death                                           

DVD.7     A Skull Full Of Maggots                                                           

     Butchered At Birth Studio Footage 1991

 

DVD.8     Drum Sessions & Bass Guitar Overdub

    Cannibal Corpse Eats Moscow Alive 1993  

DVD.9       Shredded Humans
DVD.10     The Cryptic Stench    
DVD.11     Meathook Sodomy    
DVD.12     Edible Autopsy    
DVD.13     I Cum Blood    
DVD.14     Gutted    
DVD.15     Entrails Ripped From A Virgin's Cunt    
DVD.16     Beyond The Cemetery
                                                                                                        

    Live At The Palace In Hollywood, CA 2002

DVD.17    A Skull Full Of Maggots                                                   

DVD.18    From Skin To Liquid                                                                
DVD.19    Savage Butchery                                                                       

DVD.20    Devoured By Vermin    

DVD.21    Stripped, Raped And Strangled

DVD.22    Disposal OfThe Body    
DVD.23    Pounded Into Dust    
DVD.24    Addicted To Vaginal Skin    
DVD.25    Meathook Sodomy    
DVD.26    Pit Of Zombies    
DVD.27    Hammer Smashed Face

Contains:
-Two best of CDs (CD1 and 2).
-Previously unreleased songs (CD3).

-The DVD contains 'Behind the Scenes' footage of the band when they were recording "Eaten Back To  Life" and "Butchered At Birth".
-A3 poster.
-Comic book based on the Cannibal Corpse song Unleashing The Bloodthirsty.
-28 page extra booklet.

Tracks CD1.1 to CD1.4 taken from the album Eaten Back To Life.
Tracks CD1.5 to CD1.7 taken from the album Butchered At Birth.
Tracks CD1.8 to CD1.10 taken from the album Tomb Of The Mutilated.
Tracks CD1.11 to CD1.14 taken from the album The Bleeding.
Track CD1.15 taken from the EP Hammer Smashed Face.
Tracks CD2.1 to CD2.3 taken from the album Vile.
Tracks CD2.4 to CD2.6 taken from the album Gallery Of Suicide.
Tracks CD2.7 to CD2.9 taken from the album Bloodthirst.
Tracks CD2.10 to CD2.13 taken from the album Live Cannibalism.
Tracks CD2.14 to CD2.16 taken from the album Gore Obsessed.
Track CD2.17 taken from the EP Worm Infested.
Tracks CD3.1 to CD3.5 taken from the '89 demo.
Tracks CD3.6 to CD3.12 taken from the Created To Kill Sessions.
Tracks CD3.13 to CD3.18 taken from the Gallery Of Suicide demo (instrumental).
Tracks CD3.19 to CD3.21 are cover songs.
DVD tracks 1 to 7 filmed in 1989 at the first Cannibal Corpse show.
DVD track 8 filmed in the studio during the recording of Butchered At Birth.
DVD tracks 9 to 17 filmed in 1993 at the Cannibal Corpse eats Moscow show.

DVD tracks 18 to 27 filmed in 2002 live at The Palace in Hollywood, CA.

 

- Line up:

- Alex Webster: Bass.

- Paul Mazurkiewicz: Drums.

- Chris Barnes: vocals (tracks: CD1.1 to CD1.15, CD3.1 to CD3.12, DVD.1 to DVD.7, DVD.9 to DVD.17)

- George "Corpsegrinder" Fisher (tracks: CD2.1 to CD2.17, CD3.19 to CD3.21, DVD.18 to DVD.27).

- Bob Rusay: guitar (tracks: CD1.1 to CD1.10, CD3.1 to CD3.5, DVD.1 to DVD.8).

- Jack Owen & Pat O'Brien: guitars (tracks: CD2.4 to CD2.17,CD3.13 to CD3.21, DVD.18 to DVD.27)

 

Cannibal Corpse ‎- Eaten Back To Life (1990)

 

Eaten Back to Life is Cannibal Corpse's debut studio album. It was released on August 17, 1990, through Metal Blade Records. The album was banned in Germany—censored versions of the album were not available, but the ban was revoked in June 2006—and other countries because of the violent cover and the extreme nature of the lyrics. Glen Benton of Deicide and Francis H. Howard of Opprobrium (then known as Incubus) perform back-up vocals on "Mangled" and "A Skull Full of Maggots".

The following statement can be found in the inlay of this album: "This album is dedicated to the memory of Alferd Packer, the first American cannibal (R.I.P.)".

The remastered version includes a video of "Born in a Casket (Live)" as well as a less saturated cover color, a new text scheme for the title, and the Fisher-era Cannibal Corpse text logo.  

 

  2009 Back On Black ‎- BOBV140LP Limited Edition, Reissue, Clear, Gatefold.

 

 

2002 Metal Blade Records - 3984-14425-2 CD Reissue, Enhanced, Digipak.

 

 

 

-Tracklist:

1. Shredded Humans                   5:12

2. Edible Autopsy                        4:30

3. Put Them To Death                  1:48

4. Mangled                                  4:29

5. Scattered Remains, Splattered Brains        2:33

6. Born In A Casket                     3:19

7. Rotting Head                           2:24

8. The Undead Will Feast             2:48

9. Bloody Chunks                        1:51

10. A Skull Full Of Maggots            2:06

11. Buried In The Backyard             5:16

 

Bonus 

 

12. Born In A Casket (Live)     3:36
Video - Born In A Casket (Live)

 

 

  -Line up:

- Alex Webster:    Bass, lyrics (track 8)

- Paul Mazurkiewicz:    Drums, lyrics (track 4)

- Jack Owen: Guitars, lyrics (tracks 1, 5, 7, 8)
- Bob Rusay: Guitars

- Chris Barnes:   Vocals, lyrics (tracks 1-11) 

 

 

 

Recorded at Morrisound Recording, Tampa, Florida.

Born in a Casket (Live) recorded on the Death Metal Massacre 2000 Tour, Hollywood, CA.

Digitally remastered at DNA Mastering, Studio City, CA.