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Cannibal Corpse “Evisceration Plague”
Cannibal Corpse“Evisceration Plague”
Genre: Death Metal
Label: Metal Blade Records
Format: CD
Year: 2009
Tracklisting:
01. Priests of Sodom
02. Scalding Hail
03. To Decompose
04. A Cauldron of Hate
05. Beheading and Burning
06. Evidence in the Furnace
07. Carnivorous Swarm
08. Evisceration Plague
09. Shatter Their Bones
10. Carrion Sculpted Entity
11. Unnatural
12. Skewered From Ear to Eye
13. Skull Fragment Armor
Maybe this review is past-due (the album was released over a year ago) but Cannibal Corpse deserves as much respect as one can give. If not for “Evisceration Plague,” then for having a career that has spanned over two decades and having pumped out over 10 albums of disgusting, pummeling, relentless, brutal-as-fuck music. Look me in the face and tell me “I Cum Blood” isn’t one of the best titles for a song in the past twenty years. Anyone who can put out this bloody body of work with virtually no “mainstream success” is master of their craft.
“Evisceration Plague” starts heavy and ends heavy. What else would you expect? The first thing I noticed was the clarity of Fisher’s vocals. Technology has reached a new level when one can understand what the Corpse-grinder is growling on the first listen-through. “Shatter Their Bones” stands out as my favorite track lyrically. “A Cauldron of Hate” also deserves a mention. Lyrics on the rest of the album remain the norm- blood, guts, and mutilation. Nothing ground-breaking, but when something isn’t broke, why fix it?
Musically, the album flat-out kicks ass. Tons of riffage, pounding bass drums, and a growl that is remarkable; all at a blistering-fast speed. One department Cannibal Corpse never lacks in is energy. Every song rips, shreds, breaks and bursts. They’ve been carrying the Death Metal Torch for sometime and it doesn’t sound like they’re setting it down. “Scalding Hail,” “Beheaded and Burning,” and “Unnatural” are my picks. Pat O’Brien’s solos are ferocious and really stand out in “Carnivorous Storm” and “Priests of Sodom.”
The only downside to this album, as to all Cannibal Corpse albums, is the lack of variety. The title track seems to be the most uncommon, and that’s only because sounds more sludge/doom than other tracks. This is both bad and good. It’s hard to listen to the CD once and pick out favorite songs, because it’s hard to differentiate between tracks. However, Cannibal Corpse has allotted the cult they have from a very specific formula that really works. They’ve been setting the standard for Death Metal for years and this is their latest definition. Guaranteed to scare-the-hell out of your parents, “Evisceration Plague” by Cannibal Corpse is definitely an album any modern metalhead should have