Hammer Smashed Face

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Hammer Smashed Face is Cannibal Corpse's first EP. It was released in 1993 through Metal Blade Records. There is also a "Hammer Smashed Face" single containing only the first three songs. "Hammer Smashed Face" is one of the band's most popular songs, mainly due to a shortened version appearing in the film Ace Ventura: Pet Detective. Since it is listed on Tomb of the Mutilated, it was banned from Germany until June 2006, when it was played at a 2006 performance at Essen. Two different covers were made, one is the single version shown to the lower-right, which is a close up of a skull candle which is in the right corner of the Tomb of the Mutilated album cover, and an EP version shown at the upper-right, depicting a man who has been repeatedy pulverized with a hammer, and then had the hammer thrust into his temple.

The lyrics tell the story of a man who has a second personality which drives him insane, so he goes on a killing spree with a hammer.

Trivia

• "Hammer Smashed Face" also contains a cover of "Zero the Hero" by Black Sabbath.
• The title "Hammer Smashed Face" is referenced frequently, among other Cannibal Corpse titles and lyrics, in Metalocalypse by Nathan Explosion. A one time character also refers to it, and in the same episode, a character is killed literally by being smashed in the face with a hammer identical to the one on the cover of the EP.
• Bassist Alex Webster has stated that "Hammer Smashed Face" is definitely the band's most popular song.

Track listing

EP Version:

1. "Hammer Smashed Face" – 4:04
2. "The Exorcist" (Possessed cover) – 4:37
3. "Zero the Hero" (Black Sabbath cover) – 6:35
4. "Meat Hook Sodomy" – 5:47
5. "Shredded Humans" – 5:12

Single Version:

1. "Hammer Smashed Face" – 4:04
2. "The Exorcist" (Possessed cover) – 4:37
3. "Zero the Hero" (Black Sabbath cover) – 6:35