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Cannibal Corpse
Cannibal Corpse live in 2007(l-r) Rob Barrett, Alex Webster, Paul Mazurkiewicz, George "Corpsegrinder" Fisher and Pat O'Brien
Background information
OriginBuffalo, NY, USA[1][2]
Genre(s)Death metal
Brutal death metal
Years active1988–present
Label(s)Metal Blade, Sony BMG
Associated actsBlotted Science
Ceremony
Deicide
Hate Eternal
Malevolent Creation
Monstrosity
Paths of Possession
Six Feet Under
Obituary
Dethklok
Websitewww.cannibalcorpse.net
Members
George "Corpsegrinder" Fisher
Pat O'Brien
Rob Barrett
Alex Webster
Paul Mazurkiewicz
Former members
Jeremy Turner
Jack Owen
Bob Rusay
Chris Barnes

Cannibal Corpse is an American death metal band founded in 1988. Rob Barrett is the Guitarist for the Death metal band Cannibal Corpse and currently resides in Tampa FL Alex Webster (born 25 October 1969, Akron New York) is the Bassist for Cannibal Corpse and Hate Eternal. Paul Mazurkiewicz is the Drummer of Cannibal Corpse, and one of two remaining original members the other being Bassist Alex Webster. George "CorpseGrinder" Fisher (born December 29, 1969) is the Vocalist for the American Death metal band Cannibal Corpse Pat O'Brien is the Guitarist for the Death metal band Cannibal Corpse and live guitarist for Black metal band Trelldom. Buffalo (ˈbʌfəloʊ is the second largest city in New York State. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the A music genre is a categorical and typological construct that identifies musical sounds as belonging to a particular category and type of music that can be distinguished from other Death metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal. It typically employs fast tempos heavily distorted guitars deep growling vocals morbid lyrics Brutal death metal is a musical genre focusing on pushing the envelope on heaviness speed advanced playing technique and aggressive delivery in the genre of Death metal. In the Music industry, a record label can be a Brand and a Trademark associated with the Marketing of music recordings and Music Artists Current artists 3 The Absence Aeon A Love Ends Suicide(Now Let's Fighting Sony BMG Music Entertainment is a diverse music and entertainment group Blotted Science is an Instrumental Extreme metal band headed by Ron Jarzombek ( Watchtower, Spastic Ink) bassist Alex Webster Deicide is an American Death metal band formed in 1987 The band has sold close to 500000 releases in the USA since the SoundScan era making them Hate Eternal is a Death metal band from St Petersburg Florida. Malevolent Creation is a Death metal band originally hailing from Buffalo, New York. Monstrosity is a Technical death metal band originating from Fort Lauderdale, Florida during the Death metal scene of the late 1980s Paths of Possession is a Melodic Death Metal band featuring George "Corpsegrinder" Fisher in a more melodic environment with song structures that have Six Feet Under (often abbreviated SFU) is an American Death metal band formed as a Side project in 1993 by Cannibal Corpse Obituary is one of the pioneering bands of the Death metal genre Dethklok is both a virtual Death metal band and originally a band featured in the Adult Swim animated program Metalocalypse, created George "CorpseGrinder" Fisher (born December 29, 1969) is the Vocalist for the American Death metal band Cannibal Corpse Pat O'Brien is the Guitarist for the Death metal band Cannibal Corpse and live guitarist for Black metal band Trelldom. Rob Barrett is the Guitarist for the Death metal band Cannibal Corpse and currently resides in Tampa FL Alex Webster (born 25 October 1969, Akron New York) is the Bassist for Cannibal Corpse and Hate Eternal. Paul Mazurkiewicz is the Drummer of Cannibal Corpse, and one of two remaining original members the other being Bassist Alex Webster. Jack Owen (Born January 1968 is an American Heavy metal guitarist best known for his work in the Death metal genre Chris Barnes (born December 29 1966 is a US Death metal vocalist and lyricist known for his very low guttural vocals The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Death metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal. It typically employs fast tempos heavily distorted guitars deep growling vocals morbid lyrics The band has 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. Butchered at Birth is the second album by American Death metal band Cannibal Corpse. Tomb of The Mutilated is third album by American Death metal band Cannibal Corpse. Cannibal Corpse reached over 1 million in record sales worldwide in 2003,[3] including 558,929 in the United States,[4] making them one of the biggest selling death metal bands of all time. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the

Cannibal Corpse draw influence from thrash metal bands such as Anthrax,[5] Slayer,[6] Kreator,[7] Sodom[8] and other death metal bands like Autopsy,[9] Death, Obituary and Morbid Angel. Thrash metal (sometimes referred to simply as thrash) is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal that is characterized by its fast tempo and aggression Anthrax is a New York City -based heavy metal band that released its first full-length album in 1984 Slayer is an American Thrash metal band founded by Guitarists Jeff Hanneman and Kerry King in Kreator are a German Thrash metal band from Essen Germany. They started their career in 1982 under the name Tormentor Death was an influential American Death metal band founded in 1983 by guitarist and vocalist Chuck Schuldiner, considered a "pioneering death Obituary is one of the pioneering bands of the Death metal genre [10][6] Inspired by horror fiction stories and films, the band has gained infamy around the world for their controversial subject matter, including lyrics and album art that depict cannibalism, masochism, murder, mutilation, necrophilia, rape, torture, and zombies. Horror fiction is broadly Fiction in any medium intended to scare unsettle or horrify the audience Horror films are Movies that strive to elicit Fear, Horror and terror responses from viewers Cannibalism (from Spanish es ''caníbal'' in connection with cannibalism among the Antillean Caribs, also called anthropophagy (from Greek ἄνθρωπος Sadism refers to Sexual or non-sexual gratification in the infliction of Pain or humiliation upon or by another person Murder is the unlawful killing of another human person with Malice aforethought, as defined in Common Law countries Mutilation or maiming is an act or physical injury that degrades the appearance or function of the (human body usually without causing death Necrophilia, also called thanatophilia and necrolagnia, is the sexual attraction to corpses Rape, also referred to as Sexual assault, is an Assault by a person involving Sexual intercourse with or Sexual penetration of another person Torture, according to the United Nations Convention Against Torture, is "any act by which severe pain or suffering, whether physical or mental is intentionally zombie is a reanimated human corpse Stories of zombies originated in the Afro-Caribbean spiritual belief system of Vodou, which told of the people being controlled As a result, the band has faced international censorship and bannings from playing live in numerous countries. [11]

Contents

Biography

Cannibal Corpse was made up of members from three earlier Buffalo-area death metal bands, Beyond Death (Webster, Owen), Leviathan (Barnes), and Tirant Sin (Barnes, Rusay, Mazurkiewicz). New York ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States and is the nation's third most populous 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. This self-titled demo was recorded in 1989 Featured on Cannibal Corpse's 2003 Box Set 15 Year Killing Spree. 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. Artists Current artists 3 The Absence Aeon A Love Ends Suicide(Now Let's Fighting Eaten Back to Life is the debut album by the American Death metal band Cannibal Corpse.

“The main thing that helped us [get signed to Metal Blade] was sending the label a videotape of our live show. The crowd reaction and our energy helped us to the extreme. ”- Jack Owen [12]

The band 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. Malevolent Creation is a Death metal band originally hailing from Buffalo, New York. Rob Barrett is the Guitarist for the Death metal band Cannibal Corpse and currently resides in Tampa FL In 1995, vocalist Chris Barnes was dismissed from the band (currently the vocalist of Six Feet Under and formerly of Torture Killer) and was replaced with Monstrosity's vocalist George "Corpsegrinder" Fisher, who coincidentally shares the same day of birth as Barnes. Chris Barnes may be Chris Barnes (musician (fl 1990s Chris Barnes (actor (born 1965 American child actor Chris Six Feet Under (often abbreviated SFU) is an American Death metal band formed as a Side project in 1993 by Cannibal Corpse Torture Killer is a Death metal band from Finland which started out in 2002 as a Six Feet Under cover band but soon began composing and performing original Monstrosity is a Technical death metal band originating from Fort Lauderdale, Florida during the Death metal scene of the late 1980s George "CorpseGrinder" Fisher (born December 29, 1969) is the Vocalist for the American Death metal band Cannibal Corpse

On the departure of Chris Barnes (From a 1995 interview): "there's been problems off and on for several years but we'd all been getting along for the past year and everything was fine but then we thought if we kept Chris in the band the band couldn't get any better in the vocal performance and the overall way things were sounding. We weren't totally happy with some of the things Chris had written, we wanted things that were more patterned and easier to remember and Chris was doing some whacked out stuff that didn't fit the rhythms of the songs. It seemed like he wasn't quite as interested as he once was in the band. The whole point of being in a good band is every musician should do their best to make the other guys in the band feel happy playing with him. If I was playing something or wrote something that the other guys didn't like I'd want them to tell me. It needed to be a team and we were not a team, it was the four of us and Chris. Now it's a team, not to sound corny, but it is. "- Alex Webster [13]

In 1997, Barrett, who originally replaced Rusay on guitar, left Cannibal Corpse to rejoin his previous band Malevolent Creation. Malevolent Creation is a Death metal band originally hailing from Buffalo, New York. After Barrett left, he was replaced by guitarist Pat O’Brien who first appeared on their 1998 release Gallery of Suicide. Gallery of Suicide is the sixth album by American Death metal band Cannibal Corpse. Founding member and guitarist Jack Owen left Cannibal Corpse in 2004 to spend more time on his second band, Adrift. Jack Owen (Born January 1968 is an American Heavy metal guitarist best known for his work in the Death metal genre Adrift is a Tampa Florida based American heavy rock band featuring Jack Owen, current guitarist for Deicide, formerly of Cannibal Corpse, on guitar He joined the band Deicide in late 2005 and was first featured on the album, The Stench of Redemption. Deicide is an American Death metal band formed in 1987 The band has sold close to 500000 releases in the USA since the SoundScan era making them The Stench of Redemption is the eighth studio album by Deicide. 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. Kill is the tenth album by the American Death metal band Cannibal Corpse, released on March 21 2006 Events 630 - Byzantine emperor Heraclius restores the True Cross to Jerusalem. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Artists Current artists 3 The Absence Aeon A Love Ends Suicide(Now Let's Fighting

Writing for a new album began in November 2007, as presaged in an interview with bassist Alex Webster. Alex Webster (born 25 October 1969, Akron New York) is the Bassist for Cannibal Corpse and Hate Eternal. [14] Late 2008 is said to be the most likely release period. [15]

Cannibal Corpse has recently announced that they will release a 3-Disc DVD named "Centuries Of Torment: The First 20 Years". It will contain the history of the band (including interviews with former band members), all of the band's music videos and several live performances

Lyrical themes

"We don't sing about politics. We don't sing about religion. [. . . ] All our songs are short stories that, if anyone would so choose they could convert it into a horror movie. Really, that's all it is. We like gruesome, scary movies, and we want the lyrics to be like that. Yeah, it's about killing people, but it's not promoting it at all. Basically these are fictional stories, and that's it. And anyone who gets upset about it is ridiculous". [16]

“I think the lyrics are just like Stephen King or Clive Barker, (what) any horror novelist would do except I shorten it and I go right to the point instead of putting so much fill-in-the-blanks. ”- Chris Barnes [17]

Australian Family Association vice-president Gillian Gonzalez said Cannibal Corpse have the most offensive lyrics she had ever seen, saying "They are absolutely vile and should not be allowed into the country". [18] "If vomit were a movie, this would be the soundtrack," wrote one critic of Cannibal Corpse's music. [19]

Like directors who helm splatter movies, Cannibal Corpse prides itself on overtly violent and sexual songs and album artwork as nothing more than an extreme form of over-the-top entertainment. In the film Metal: A Headbanger's Journey, George Fisher said death metal is best viewed "as art", and mentioned that far more violent art can be found at the Vatican, as such depictions actually happened. Metal A Headbanger's Journey is a 2005 documentary directed by Sam Dunn with Scot McFadyen and Jessica Wise [20] Some of Cannibal Corpse's most controversial song titles include "Dismembered and Molested", "Entrails Ripped from a Virgin's Cunt," "Fucked with a Knife," "Meat Hook Sodomy," and "Necropedophile". " [21] They were banned from displaying the cover art or lyrics of and playing any of the songs from their 3 albums in Germany (Until 2006) because "A woman saw someone wearing one of our shirts, I think she is a schoolteacher, and she just caused this big stink about it. So [now] we can’t play anything from the first three records. And it really sucks because kids come up and they want us to play all the old songs — and we would — but they know the deal. We can’t play ‘Born In a Casket’ but can play ‘Dismembered and Molested. "- George Fisher. [22][23]

“If people weren’t interested in this kind of thing, then why is it… They do hour-long documentaries and they run those all evening long. And it’ll be about prison, or they’ll have a special about child molesters, and then they’ll have a special about murderers. And this is a major station. . . And it’s like, well, a lot of people seem to be interested in it or they wouldn’t show it, because that’s the bottom line – they’re not going to show it if they’re not getting good ratings. So, people are interested in the dark side. . . people like to be horrified; they like to be scared. I mean, you wouldn’t have, for example, a frightening ride at a theme park or something. . . They want to see frightening things at a safe distance. ”- Alex Webster [24]

When asked about violence in the real world, Alex Webster commented: “I think people probably aren’t that desensitized to it, you know including myself, like you know, we sing about all this stuff and you watch a movie where you know it’s not real and it’s no big deal, but if you really saw someone get their brains bashed in right in front of you, I think it would have a pretty dramatic impact on any human being you know what I mean? Or some terrible, gross act of violence or whatever done right in front of you, I mean you’d react to it, no matter how many movies you’ve watched or how much gore metal you’ve listened to or whatever, I’m sure it’s a completely different thing when it’s right in front of you. Even though we’ve got crazy entertainment now, our social realities are actually a bit more civilized than they were back then, I mean we’re not hanging people or whipping them in the street and I think that’s positive improvement for any society in my opinion. ” [25] He also believes that the violent lyrics can have positive values: "It’s good to have anger music as a release". [26]

Appearances

In May 1995, then-United States Senator Bob Dole mentioned the band by name and accused them of violating human decency. The United States Senate is the Upper house of the bicameral United States Congress, the Lower house being the House of Representatives Robert Joseph "Bob" Dole (born July 22 1923 is an attorney and retired United States Senator from Kansas from 1969–1996 serving part of that time Dole later admitted to never actually hearing the music of Cannibal Corpse. [27] Cannibal Corpse also enjoyed a brief cameo in the 1994 Jim Carrey film Ace Ventura: Pet Detective, performing an abridged version of their song "Hammer Smashed Face". A cameo role or cameo appearance (often shortened to just cameo) is a brief appearance of a known person in a work of the Performing arts, such as James Eugene Redmond "Jim" Carrey (born January 17 1962 is a Canadian-American Film actor and Comedian. Ace Ventura Pet Detective is a 1994 American Comedy film directed by Tom Shadyac and starring Jim Carrey. Interestingly, Carrey actually insisted that they perform in the movie because they were his favorite band. [28] In the 2003 film School of Rock, a large Cannibal Corpse sticker is visible in Dewey Finn's sleeping area. School of Rock is a 2003 American Comedy film from Paramount Pictures, starring Jack Black. Additionally, comedian Andrew Hansen of ABC's Chaser's War On Everything made a lounge arrangement of Cannibal Corpse's song "Rancid Amputation" after the Australian government banned the band's touring of the country (Video on YouTube)

Musical Style

On early Cannibal Corpse albums the instruments were tuned down 1/2 step to E flat, with the midrange scooped out of their guitar tone. On later efforts, their sound has switched to a more heavily detuned sound, playing six and seven strings detuned to standard A (detuned seven semitones) and with more mid frequencies. [29] Former guitarist Jack Owen used a Digitech Metal Master distortion pedal to get their guitar tone. [30]

“As far as setups, Pat likes Mesa/Boogie amplifiers, I usually use a Digitech preamp, and Pat uses EMG pickups. I like passive pickups a little better, such as Seymour Duncan or DiMarzio. ”

—Jack Owen[31]

Members

Current members

Past members

Discography

Main article: Cannibal Corpse discography

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