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Eaten Back to Life

 
Album Review: Eaten Back to Life

  • Artist: Cannibal Corpse
  • Rating: StarStar
  • Release Date: 1990
  • Type: Lyrics are included with the album
  • Genre: Rock

Review

Cannibal Corpse emerged fully formed out of Florida's famous death metal swamp with this one. All the trademarks are in place, from the B-horror movie album cover art to the ludicrously over the top lyrics -- "Brains devoured in a frenzied slaughter, thirst for gore nothing more/Bile is dripping, puss from wounds, as the coroner drinks it down." Chris Barnes growls his vocals like Satan on a diet of razor blades and paint thinner, and the playing is uniformly savage. Although their pursuit of lyrical and musical extremes was something of a joke from this first release on, Cannibal Corpse's single-minded devotion to their cause is admirable. ~ Leslie Mathew, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track TitleComposersPerformersTime
Shredded Humans (Lyrics) Chris Barnes, Jack Owen Cannibal Corpse (5:11)
Edible Autopsy (Lyrics) Chris Barnes Cannibal Corpse (4:32)
Put Them to Death (Lyrics) Chris Barnes Cannibal Corpse (1:50)
Mangled (Lyrics) Chris Barnes, Paul Mazurkiewicz Cannibal Corpse (4:29)
Scattered Remains, Splattered Brains (Lyrics) Chris Barnes, Jack Owen Cannibal Corpse (2:34)
Born in a Casket (Lyrics) Chris Barnes Cannibal Corpse (3:20)
Rotting Head (Lyrics) Chris Barnes, Jack Owen Cannibal Corpse (2:26)
The Undead Will Feast Chris Barnes, Jack Owen, Alex Webster Cannibal Corpse (2:49)
Bloody Chunks (Lyrics) Chris Barnes Cannibal Corpse (1:53)
A Skull Full of Maggots Chris Barnes Cannibal Corpse (2:07)
Buried in the Backyard Chris Barnes Cannibal Corpse (5:12)

Credits

Scott Burns (Producer), Francis Howard (Vocals (Background)), Mike Mulley (Photography), Scott Burns (Engineer), Glen Benton (Vocals (Background)), Brian J. Ames (Design), Vincent Locke (Art Direction)
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Eaten Back to Life
Studio album by Cannibal Corpse
Released August 17, 1990
Recorded 1990 at Morrisound Recording, Tampa, Florida
Genre Death metal
Length 36:29
Label Metal Blade
Producer Scott Burns
Professional reviews
Cannibal Corpse chronology
Cannibal Corpse
(1989)
Eaten Back to Life
(1990)
Butchered at Birth
(1991)

Eaten Back to Life is the debut album by American death metal band Cannibal Corpse. It was released on 17 August 1990 through Metal Blade Records. The album was banned in Germany (censored versions were not available, but the ban was revoked in June 2006) and other countries because of the extreme nature of the lyrics.[citation needed] Glen Benton of Deicide and Francis H. Howard of Opprobrium (then known as Incubus) perform back-up vocals on "Mangled" and "A Skull Full of Maggots".

The following statement can be found in the inlay of this album: "This album is dedicated to the memory of Alfred Packer, the first American cannibal (R.I.P.)"

This album has stronger influences of thrash metal than their future releases, as well as a slightly varied vocal style. Their trademark style wasn't present until their following release Butchered at Birth.

The remastered version includes a video of "Born In a Casket (live)" as well as different color scheme on the cover art.

Track listing

All song lyrics were written by Chris Barnes, except where noted.

  1. "Shredded Humans" (Barnes, Jack Owen) – 5:11
  2. "Edible Autopsy" – 4:32
  3. "Put Them to Death" – 1:50
  4. "Mangled" (Barnes, Paul Mazurkiewicz) – 4:29
  5. "Scattered Remains, Splattered Brains" (Barnes, Owen) – 2:34
  6. "Born in a Casket" – 3:20
  7. "Rotting Head" (Barnes, Owen) – 2:26
  8. "The Undead Will Feast" (Barnes, Owen, Alex Webster) – 2:49
  9. "Bloody Chunks" – 1:53
  10. "A Skull Full of Maggots" – 2:06
  11. "Buried in the Backyard" – 5:11

Personnel

  • Chris Barnes: Vocals
  • Bob Rusay: Lead & Rhythm Guitars
  • Jack Owen: Lead & Rhythm Guitars
  • Alex Webster: Bass
  • Paul Mazurkiewicz: Drums, Percussion

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