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Metal watch ticking on Cannibal Corpse's eleventh release
Ian Grogan
Issue date: 2/6/09 Section: Diversions
Cannibal Corpse
Evisceration Plague
Four Stars
Label: Metal Blade Records
Check Out: "Scalding Hail," "A Cauldron of Hate," "Evidence in the Furnace"
Skip: "Evisceration Plague"
Rejoice my metal brethren, the kings of metal have returned. That's right, Cannibal Corpse is back to claim their seats at the head of the metal council and dominate the scene once again.
On Tuesday, the band released their 11th studio album on the unworthy public to feast off the souls of the innocent. "Evisceration Plague" is not only merciless, but it reminds us of why Cannibal Corpse are the reigning masters of the metal genre.
Hope started to fade as their 2006 album "Kill" hit Hot Topic shelves across the world, showing true fans that even the best sell out. However, the pains of "Kill" will be overshadowed by the mind-numbing, ear-shattering, explosive track list of "Evisceration Plague." As typical of the band, the album starts out in an explosive whirlwind of musical mastery and doesn't end until the album does, or you suffer from a metal stroke.
Since Chris Barnes left the band in 1995, the band has slowly become more and more mainstream. The sound started to change, but the brutality never left the group. George "Corpsegrinder" Fisher brought a new vocal direction with the band, in turn, tweaking the overall sound of the band. Is that a bad thing? Possibly. Long-time fans were becoming disgusted as they picked up a newer, younger following, and their releases seemed to be trailing off.
Although the band was proud with "Kill," I was sadly disappointed, and I was a little wary to pick up this new album because I heard the album referred to as a branch off of "Kill" itself. However, after I popped the CD in, sat down and listened, I was awestruck. Cannibal Corpse has released yet another spawn onto the masses capable of pleasing old fans as well as captivating newcomers to the death metal genre. After listening to the album, my ears were bleeding from the maddening ferocity "Evisceration Plague" invoked on my senses.
Evisceration Plague
Four Stars
Label: Metal Blade Records
Check Out: "Scalding Hail," "A Cauldron of Hate," "Evidence in the Furnace"
Skip: "Evisceration Plague"
Rejoice my metal brethren, the kings of metal have returned. That's right, Cannibal Corpse is back to claim their seats at the head of the metal council and dominate the scene once again.
On Tuesday, the band released their 11th studio album on the unworthy public to feast off the souls of the innocent. "Evisceration Plague" is not only merciless, but it reminds us of why Cannibal Corpse are the reigning masters of the metal genre.
Hope started to fade as their 2006 album "Kill" hit Hot Topic shelves across the world, showing true fans that even the best sell out. However, the pains of "Kill" will be overshadowed by the mind-numbing, ear-shattering, explosive track list of "Evisceration Plague." As typical of the band, the album starts out in an explosive whirlwind of musical mastery and doesn't end until the album does, or you suffer from a metal stroke.
Since Chris Barnes left the band in 1995, the band has slowly become more and more mainstream. The sound started to change, but the brutality never left the group. George "Corpsegrinder" Fisher brought a new vocal direction with the band, in turn, tweaking the overall sound of the band. Is that a bad thing? Possibly. Long-time fans were becoming disgusted as they picked up a newer, younger following, and their releases seemed to be trailing off.
Although the band was proud with "Kill," I was sadly disappointed, and I was a little wary to pick up this new album because I heard the album referred to as a branch off of "Kill" itself. However, after I popped the CD in, sat down and listened, I was awestruck. Cannibal Corpse has released yet another spawn onto the masses capable of pleasing old fans as well as captivating newcomers to the death metal genre. After listening to the album, my ears were bleeding from the maddening ferocity "Evisceration Plague" invoked on my senses.
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