Butchered At Birth - Cannibal Corpse

Advantages: One of the most hardcore Cannibal Corpse albums to date
Disadvantages: Might put off new listeners due to vocal style.

This is Cannibal Corpse's second album, and possibly most contreversial. For example the album was banned in Germany until 2006 due to the gorey cover art that includes zombies, disemboweled mother and hundreds of hanging fetuses The guitar and general sound of the album is less heavy than that of later albums, due to drop tuning of the guitars later in their career. Howver the vocals are more uncomprehensible on thsi album, giving the album a more ... Read review

Advantages: briliant tracks and lyrics
Disadvantages: may freak some people out

...Formed in 1988, Buffalo born/Tampa raised Cannibal Corpse helped found, manipulate and transcend the very boundaries of death metal beginning with the scandalously controversial debut, Eaten Back To Life. Raising the eyebrows of inquisitive metal-heads and incensed parents and politicians, the record - produced by Scott Burns at the now renowned Morrisound Studios - was more extreme and confrontational than anything the metal genre had ever known. As a result of the band's brilliantly gruesome cover art, grisly lyrics and song titles like "Hammer Smashed Face," "Meat Hook Sodomy" and "Addicted To Vaginal Skin," follow-up records Butchered At Birth (1991) and Tomb Of The Mutilated (1992) were met with further contempt by the likes of such organized censorship leagues as the PMRC. In just three years, the sale of Cannibal Corpse... Read review

Ciao members have rated this review on average somewhat helpful

Advantages: Extremely loyal fanbase / awesome riffs / heavy as hell / talented musicians / pioneers of death metal
Disadvantages: Departure of Jack Owen / I missed their last tour :( / media controversy

...seen many live videos. Despite the absence of stage props, fancy lighting and bizarre costumes, they are immensely celebrated when it comes to playing live. There is an air of personal interaction, as though they are playing for YOU and not just for the pay check. Head banging is naturally a big part of gigs. Cannibal Corpse seem to get down to what the people have paid good money for and cut out all the in-between crap ("Corpsegrinder" may say a few words to the crowd or introduce the next song but that's about it). Either way when you attend a Cannibal Corpse gig you get exactly what you paid for: a brutal, barrage of intense death metal amidst like-minded individuals. DISCOGRAPHY Cannibal Corpse (demo) - 1989 Eaten Back To Life - 1990 Butchered At Birth - 1991 Tomb Of The Mutilated - 1992 Hammer Smashed Face (EP) - 1993... Read review

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