As y’all know, Cannibal Corpse are one of the biggest death metal acts around, you might even say “popular” with their violent and obscene lyrics, graphic artwork that would send kids to the principles office; yes, I was sent to the principles’ office for wearing a Gallery Of Suicide shirt to school. Cannibal Corpse even made it in feature film. The story has been told a thousand times, CC was featured in the film Ace Ventura: Pet Detective at the request of Jim Carrey; it might be your introduction to the band, even the genre. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I don’t believe this to be a controversial statement or “hot take”, but Cannibal Corpse peaked in the 90s. It’s no argument they were at their highest with “Tomb of the Mutilated”<\/em><\/strong> and “The Bleeding”<\/em><\/strong> and have not seen the same level of success since.<\/p>\n\n\n\n If anything, Cannibal Corpse have been work horses, releasing a full length roughly every 2-3 years. Let’s fast forward to 2021 with “Violence Unimagined”<\/strong><\/em>. This album came right after the COVID-19 pandemic, seeing the largest gap between albums in the bands history, 4 years. In my opionion, VU benefited with the extra time, the album had a “fresher” feel, the production more raw than previous releases, such as the album prior, “Red Before Black”<\/em><\/strong> which I found to be kind of boring. “Violence Unimagined”<\/strong><\/em> is still the same “meat and potatoes” death metal, it just had a dash more salt and pepper.<\/p>\n\n\n\n So what about this new album? “Overlords Of Violence” opens album opens with Alex Websters’ signature bass grooves, followed by George Fisher’s gutterals and signature fry-screams. “Chaos Horrific” <\/em><\/strong>does have my favorite guitar line-up, Erik Rutan and Rob Barrett (same as previous album). I personnaly enjoy Rob Barrets style over others; which is where my enjoyment of this record comes from, the guitar solos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It is quite obvious Cannibal Corpse writing is a bit formulaic, going to back to the same well again and again. Rob Barret and Erik Rutan excell at writing guitar solos and it is where “Chaos Horrif<\/em><\/strong>ic” <\/strong><\/em>shines. <\/p>\n\n\n\n At the end of the day,“Chaos Horrific”<\/em><\/strong> is still “meat and potatoes” death metal with the same amounts of salt and pepper as the previuos release; you might say this is “Violence Unimagined: Part 2<\/em><\/strong>“. It’s well produced, non-offensive riffs, solid rhythm section, not a terrible way to spend 40 minutes. <\/p>\n\n\n\nMore Meat….<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
…And More Potatoes<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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