Encyclopaedia Metallum: The Metal Archives :: View topic - Cannibal Corpse (2024)

Tracklisting:
1. Murderous Rampage
2. Necrogenic Resurrection
3. Inhumane Harvest
4. Condemnation Contagion
5. Surround, Kill, Devour
6. Ritual Annihilation
7. Follow the Blood
8. Bound and Burned
9. Slowly Sawn
10. Overtorture
11. Cerements of the Flayed

The first single, Inhumane Harvest, premiered on SiriusXM and has made its way to YouTube. It does sound like Erik Rutan recorded guitars for the album, since his fingerprints are all over this song (especially the solo).

Does anybody know what the situation is with the lineup right now? I haven't really followed what's been going on with Pat over the last year. I heard about Erik Rutan filling in but does anybody know if that includes this album?

BastardHead wrote:

From what I've heard Pat O'Brien isn't playing on the album, so I guess that means Rutan is stepping in. I don't know if he's just a session member or has joined full time though (I guess that depends on the status of Pat's legal issues).

Who's ready to return to the Cannibal Corpse Album Ranking thread once this album comes out?

BastardHead wrote:

Cover art sucks but they've been struggling with this for a decade now

I dunno, I like it it pretty much instantly makes me think Kuchisake-onna and that's pretty rad

Frank Booth wrote:

My guess is that Erik is a session member helping out his best friends until they figure out where they're going to go, since Cannibal can't afford to pay him what he makes with Mana and I don't think he wants to have to give up Hate Eternal either.

Speaking of, does anyone know if there's any new Hate Eternal material in the works?

Fearoth wrote:

I can swear I've seen this cover art somewhere before? Maybe it was the Cannibal Corpse documentary.

You might be thinking of the ''KILL'' album cover that they put inside the sleeve instead of the front (They changed it to just say KILL instead.)?

Frostheimr wrote:

In fact, is it just me, or are CC covers getting more tamer in recent years?

And yeah, the covers are getting tamer.

Corpsegrinder's vocals are somehow getting beefier with age. He sounds great.

Which is awesome.

ModusOperandi wrote:

It looks like that's apparently some artwork for a slipcover or what have you, because I'm pretty sure the real artwork can be seen here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Awx4nsAZCo

Song's decent, definitely looking forward to hearing the full album. If it's as solid as Red Before Black, I'll be pretty satisfied.

From_Wisdom_To_Mabt wrote:

Love the single. I definitely wish they would go back to more extreme/violent/shocking album covers, but I think they've made the conscious effort to tone it down in order to keep the cashflow at an optimum. But so long as the music doesn't suffer, that's fine.

Check out the link posted elsewhere in this thread. The real album art is their most graphic in a long time.

Slater922 wrote:

They apparently didn't think the piece that Locke gave them was cover material, hence the bland cover for Kill. They are definitely getting less gruesome (though the unfolded Torture cover was easily one of their most graphic since the Barnes era), but, honestly, they're a veteran act that hasn't meaningfully benefited from shock value or concerned and inordinately vocal parents giving them press for a long time, so gruesome Cannibal covers are kinda just a formality at this point. I actually liked the cover for A Skeletal Domain, it managed to be ominous and creepy in a way that Cannibal covers haven't ever really been.

draconiondevil wrote:

Now we're f*ckin' talkin'!

Edit: It’s up on Apple Music!

I gave the new single a listen. Nothing to write home about... Cannibal Corpse are nothing if not consistent, but their age is showing in this song. There's no shortage of creativity in the riff-writing department, but the music is noticeably slower and the lead guitars by Erik Rutan are way too melodic. Plus they're still suffering from their post-Bleeding pitfall of lack of repeating motifs and memorable songwriting.

I kind of forgot to listen to any new CC album after Kill, but perhaps it's high time to start keeping up again.

The cover is a bit bland, and I think Locke's covers have become increasingly bland over the years, but I've always liked that all the CC covers share that art style. I'd take that any day over over-blown digital art like that of newer Aborted, or run-of-the-mill gore like any of the brutal death metal bands roaming the streets these days. At least Locke has a lot of authenticity and personality in his art style.

At least change it up a bit, do something unique

The (censored?) cover in the first post is definitely tame, but here in Austria music mags generally show the uncensored art which is about as brutal as it gets post-Barnes, I also get "Gallery of Suicide" vibes from that one.

Rutan stepping in could be a nice addition.