BIRMINGHAM'S BEST RETAILER FOR METAL AND HARDCORE
CANNIBAL CORPSE
"If vomit
were a movie, this would be the soundtrack," wrote one
critic of Cannibal Corpse's music, some of the most extreme,
violent death-metal sounds and subject matter ever committed to
tape. Reveling in splatter-horror imagery in their often
indecipherable lyrics, the group's graphic album artwork and song
titles like "Meat Hook Sodomy," "Entrails Ripped
from a Virgin's Cunt," "Fucked With a Knife," and
so on, have -- not surprisingly -- have attracted a fair amount
of controversy and sometimes resulted in their albums being
banned. However, their over-the-top extremity has won them a
rabid cult following and made them one of the '90s' most popular
death metal bands; sticking with what works, the band hasn't
altered or developed its style much over the decade, although
fans don't seem to mind.
Cannibal Corpse was formed in Buffalo, New York in 1988, their
lineup composed mostly of musically active scenesters: vocalist
Chris Barnes, guitarists Bob Rusay and Jack Owen, bassist Alex
Webster, and drummer Paul Mazurkiewicz. Musically, they were
closest to Slayer, although more extreme metal bands like Death
also played a role in their sound. A 1989 demo helped the band
secure a contract with Metal Blade Records, which released their
debut album, Eaten Back to Life, in 1990. A cult following began
to build behind the group with albums like 1991's Butchered at
Birth and 1992's Tomb of the Mutilated. Bob Rusay was fired in
1993 and replaced with ex-Malevolent Creation guitarist Rob
Barrett, who joined the group in time to appear as a club band in
the Jim Carrey film Ace Ventura: Pet Detective. Barrett debuted
on record with 1994's (relatively) more accessible The Bleeding,
which proved to be Barnes' final album; 1996's Vile featured ex-Monstrosity
vocalist George "Corpsegrinder" Fisher. Cannibal Corpse
soldiered on through the decade, returning in 1998 with Gallery
of Suicide. Bloodthirst followed a year later.
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