Wretched Spawn - Cannibal Corpse > Reviews > one of the best

Author's product rating:   

Originality	Definitely a cut above the rest
Lyrics	Thought-provoking
Quality and consistency of tracks	A couple of weak links
How does it compare to the artist's other releases	Outstanding
Value for Money	Excellent

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

Recommend to potential buyers:

yes

Full review

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 merchandise was (temporarily) prohibited in Australia, Korea and New Zealand (in fact, the sale of Butchered At Birth and the performance of those three records is still forbidden in Germany). But dissuaded they were not.

Band line up for this album is:

Alex Webster - bass

Paul Mazurkiewicz - drums

Pat O'Brien - guitar

George "Corpsegrinder" Fisher - vocals

Jack Owen - Guitars

This album by Cannibal Corpse is one of the best they've brought out and was released in 2004. It's got great lyrics and awesome riffs, I'd recommend it for any hardcore metal fan because it's a good band to mosh and headbang to. Some people may find the lyrics a little over the top and grotesque but all I can say is they rock big time.

Total album length: 44 minutes

The first track on the album is called Severed Head Stoning which runs for 1:45. It has an awesome riff to start with but it took a bit of time to understand the lyrics because as a death metal band it's pretty damn fast. 8/10

Track two is Psychotic Precision and it runs for 2:56. the riff for this song is a little slower than some of the other tracks but it is a nice change inbetween tracks one and three. The vocals are awesome and George Fisher has the perfect voice for this genre of metal. 8.5/10

The third track is my personal favourite but be warned it's not for the faint hearted and it's called Decency defied and it runs for 2:59 , the beat is wicked and the lyrics are pretty gruesome talking about self harming and skinning someone alive. 9/10