The Wretched Spawn

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The Wretched Spawn
Studio album by Cannibal Corpse
Released	February 24, 2004
Recorded	2003 at Sonic Ranch Studios in El Paso, Texas
Genre	Death metal
Length	44:27
Label	Metal Blade
Producer	Neil Kernon & Cannibal Corpse
Professional reviews
Allmusic link
Cannibal Corpse chronology
15 Year Killing Spree (2003) The Wretched Spawn (2004) Kill (2006)
Alternate cover

The Wretched Spawn is the ninth studio album by American death metal band Cannibal Corpse. The cover art is by Vincent Locke. There is no alternative cover for the album as stated in the Centuries of Torment dvd. This is the last studio album to feature Jack Owen, one of the band's founding members. The album was distributed with a making-of DVD produced by Nick Sahakian. The Wretched Spawn is Cannibal Corpse's fourth album to be named after one of the tracks on the album.

Contents 1 Song meaning(s) 2 Track listing 3 Line-up 4 Chart positions 5 References 6 External links

[edit] Song meaning(s)

"For songs like "Nothing Left to Mutilate", and "Decency Defied", I looked to friends for ideas they had. "Decency" was based on a friend who had a nightmare that her tattoos were being torn off while she was still alive. "Nothing left" was based on ideas from a friend who was studying pheromones in college, and told me all about how a woman's scent drives men crazy. So if my imagination doesn't kick in, I draw from other things. "Slain" was based on the Eastwood film High Plains Drifter. And "Festering in the Crypt" is my own idea of dealing with the finality of death."- Jack Owen^[1]

According to an interview with George Fisher, the song "They Deserve to Die" is based on the movie I Spit on Your Grave.^[2]

[edit] Track listing

1. "Severed Head Stoning" (Pat O'Brien, Alex Webster) – 1:45
2. "Psychotic Precision" (Paul Mazurkiewicz, O'Brien) – 2:56
3. "Decency Defied" (Jack Owen) – 2:59
4. "Frantic Disembowelment" (Mazurkiewicz, O'Brien) – 2:50
5. "The Wretched Spawn" (Webster) – 4:09
6. "Cyanide Assassin" (Webster) – 3:11
7. "Festering in the Crypt" (Owen) – 4:38
8. "Nothing Left to Mutilate" (Owen) – 3:49
9. "Blunt Force Castration" (Mazurkiewicz, O'Brien) – 3:27
10. "Rotted Body Landslide" (Webster) – 3:24
11. "Slain" (Owen) – 3:32
12. "Bent Backwards and Broken" (Webster) – 2:58
13. "They Deserve to Die" (Webster) – 4:43
14. The Making of The Wretched Spawn [Bonus DVD]

[edit] Line-up

• George "Corpsegrinder" Fisher - vocals
• Jack Owen - guitar
• Pat O'Brien - guitar
• Alex Webster - bass
• Paul Mazurkiewicz - drums

[edit] Chart positions

Billboard Top Heatseekers: #27
Billboard Top Independent Albums: #20

[edit] References

1. ^ "Interview with Jack Owen". The Metal Web. http://www.themetalweb.com/cannibalcorpseinterview.html. Retrieved April 25, 2009. 
2. ^ HM - So and So Says

[edit] External links

• Fabryka Industrial Rock webzine Interview with Neil Kernon, the album producer (2006)

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