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Cannibal Corpse

Cannibal Corpse is an American death metal band founded in 1988. The band has since released ten studio albums, one boxed set, and one live album. Although Cannibal Corpse has had virtually no radio or television exposure, a cult following began to build behind the group with albums like 1991's Butchered at Birth and 1992's Tomb of the Mutilated. Cannibal Corpse has sold over 1 million records worldwide,[3] including 558,929 in the United States,[4] making them one of the best selling death metal bands of all time.

Cannibal Corpse mostly draws influence from thrash metal bands, such as Slayer;[5] other death metal bands, such as Death, have also played a major role in establishing their sound,[5] along with Kreator.[6] Cannibal Corpse has gained some infamy for their horror fiction-themed album covers and lyrics, including gore, mutilation, murder, torture, rape, and death as well as their gory album art.

Biography

Cannibal Corpse formed from the ashes of three Buffalo-area death metal bands, Beyond Death (Webster, Owen), Leviathan (Barnes), and Tirant Sin (Barnes, Rusay, Mazurkiewicz). The band played their first show at Buffalo's River Rock Cafe in April 1989, shortly after recording a five-song demo tape Cannibal Corpse. Within a year of that first gig, the band was signed to Metal Blade Records and their full-length, debut album, Eaten Back to Life, was released in August 1990. It is also known for its song and album titles. Like other death metal groups who have songs about rape, murder, and necrophilia, the band's lyrics and the imagery on their album covers (drawn by Vincent Locke) are often explicitly sexual and violent, to an extremity that is far beyond many. Their albums were censored and banned in several countries; in Germany, they were not allowed to play any song of their first three albums in concert (this ban has since been lifted, and they played their first un-banned gig at Wacken 2007), not allowed to play at all in the state of Bavaria, not allowed to display the original cover images, nor to print the lyrics in their CD booklets.[citation needed] They were banned in Australia but were allowed to perform there for a 2006 tour.[citation needed] Template:Sound sample box align right Template:Sample box end Much like directors who helm zombie horror films, Cannibal Corpse prides itself on its graphic imagery as nothing more than an extreme form of over-the-top entertainment. As vocalist George "Corpsegrinder" Fisher comments in the music documentary Metal: A Headbanger's Journey, "it's art, just look at it as art. Yeah, it's disgusting...but go to the Vatican and look at some of the art there. That's real, that's representing something that's real, that could happen. This [artwork], you know, that's never going to happen...monsters aren't going to rip out of people's bodies anytime soon."

Fisher also stated his frustration in an interview regarding the censorship of live performances of certain songs, saying "we can play 'Dismembered and Molested' in Germany but we cannot play 'Born in a Casket'. Which one sounds worse?" Song titles include "Entrails Ripped from a Virgin's Cunt", "Fucked with a Knife", "Meat-Hook Sodomy", and "Necropedophile". In May 1995, then-Senator Bob Dole mentioned the band by name and accused them of violating human decency.[citation needed] Cannibal Corpse also enjoyed a brief cameo in the 1994 Jim Carrey film Ace Ventura: Pet Detective, performing their song "Hammer Smashed Face." (Carrey actually insisted that they perform in the movie because they were his favorite band.)[7]

Cannibal Corpse has had many line-up changes over the years. In 1993, founding member and guitarist Bob Rusay left the group (he is now a golf instructor) and was ultimately replaced by Malevolent Creation guitarist Rob Barrett. In 1995, vocalist Chris Barnes was dismissed from the band for musical differences (he is now the vocalist of Six Feet Under and Torture Killer) and was replaced with Monstrosity's vocalist George "Corpsegrinder" Fisher, who is known for his record-long screams in songs such as "Devoured by Vermin" and "They Deserve to Die." In 1997, Barrett, who originally replaced Rusay on guitar, left Cannibal Corpse to rejoin his previous band Malevolent Creation. After Barrett left, he was replaced by Nevermore guitarist Pat O’Brien who first appeared on their 1998 release Gallery of Suicide. Founding member and guitarist Jack Owen left Cannibal Corpse in 2004 to spend more time on his second band, Adrift. He joined the band Deicide in late 2005 and is featured on their latest album, The Stench of Redemption. Jeremy Turner of Origin briefly replaced him as second guitarist on 2004's Tour of the Wretched. Barrett rejoined the band in 2005 and is featured on their latest album, Kill, which was released March 21, 2006 on Metal Blade Records.

Bassist Alex Webster mentioned in his recent interview that Cannibal Corpse will begin writing a new album sometime in November 2007.[8]

Members

Current


Past

  • Chris Barnes - vocals (1988-1995)
  • Bob Rusay - guitar (1988-1993)
  • Jack Owen - guitar (1988-2004)
  • Jeremy Turner - guitar (2004-2005)

Trivia

  • Ex-vocalist Chris Barnes has an ongoing feud with Anal Cunt vocalist Seth Putnam. Its said that Seth was punched by Barnes, because of Seth's constant confrontational threats. Though no one is sure what happened, and the two men have completely different stories. Putnam and Anal Cunt wrote a song about this, called "Chris Barnes is a Pussy", where Seth clearly states his side. Barnes has been interviewed by Blabbermouth about the song, where he's also tried to voice his side on the matter.[9]
  • Cannibal Corpse appeared in the film Ace Ventura: Pet Detective starring Jim Carrey, a fan of the group. They are incorrectly listed in the credits of the film as "Cannibal Corpses."
  • Cannabis Corpse, featuring Municipal Waste's LandPhil, play a parody of Cannibal Corpse's songs centering on the theme of Marijuana.
  • In the movie School of Rock, a Cannibal Corpse sticker is shown on the window.
  • In a survey made by a magazine in 2007, Cannibal Corpse was named as one of the biggest heavy metal bands of all time along with Metallica, Iron Maiden and others.

Discography

Main article: Cannibal Corpse discography

References

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  3. ^ "Cannibal Corpse: 134 Records Sold". blabbermouth.net. Retrieved 2007-02-25.
  4. ^ "It's Official: Cannibal Corpse are the Top-Selling death metal Band of the Soundscan Era". blabbermouth.net. Retrieved 2007-02-25.
  5. ^ a b Steve Huey. "Cannibal Corpse biography". allmusic.com. Retrieved 2006-12-13.
  6. ^ Cosmo Lee. "Interview with Cannibal Corpse". invisibleoranges.com/Hails & Horns. Retrieved 2006-08-01.
  7. ^ IMDb.com Carrey's Biography, Trivia section. Retrieved on 20 June 2006.
  8. ^ "Cannibal Corpse to begin writing new album in November". blabbermouth.net. Retrieved 2007-03-08.
  9. ^ "Story on blabbermouth". 08-06-2007. Retrieved 2007-06-08. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)


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