I might not like Barnes as a vocalist, but as a lyricist he had a knack for writing truly deranged material. "Addicted to Vaginal Skin" is opened with a disgusting voiceover of Arthur Shawcross, a serial killer who murdered thirteen women in Rochester, NY. "Necropedophile" has perhaps some of the most disturbing lyrics Chris ever wrote, and the song ends with a bunch of kids screaming and playing. They're far more varied and maniacal than Barnes. Personally, I prefer George Fisher's vocals. But he does have a very fast delivery, and his high-pitched squeals are a hight point, when he uses them (not often enough, to be honest). It's virtually monotone throughout the entire album, and the lyrics are rendered indecipherable. My only gripe is his OTHER vocal approach the grunting. "The Cryptic Stench" also has a sort of thrashy opening, and "Post Mortal Ejaculation" is one of the more darker songs on the album, complete with a slow, sinister riff towards the end and Chris Barnes hitting the high notes I thought he did rather well. "Hammer Smashed Face" is a decent song, but kind of overrated, I don't get why it's such a fan staple. "Split Wide Open" has this killer main riff, something you just need to bang your head to. But I don't understand how anyone can take something so ridiculously over the top so seriously.Īnyway, the music is tight, very technical, and benefits a lot from a smouldering production courtesy of Scott Burns. The album art is something you just need to see to understand how utterly crass and lowbrow and violent Cannibal Corpse was back then, but that's part of the fun, isn't it? Politicians and parents were scared shitless of this band for inspiring psychopaths and conveying hateful, violent messages to children. Brutality and violence for the sake of brutality and violence. Taken in a certain context, they can be hilarious. The lyrics, as expected, are ghastly, repulsive, nauseating narratives of murder, necrophilia, mutilation, torture and reads like a tribute to sadism wirrten in a creative writing class gone horribly wrong. Great early 90s death metal, they don't make death metal like this anymore. I'd read about it in Decibel, and because it's widely regarded as Cannibal Corpse's best album, I picked it up.
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