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Cannibal Corpse - Butchered at Birth [Bonus Tracks]

Primary Artist
Cannibal Corpse
Album Title
Butchered at Birth [Bonus Tracks]
Release Date
October 22, 2002 
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Review by Alex Henderson
In the early '90s, Cannibal Corpse acquired a small cult in the death metal underground by embracing some of the most gruesome lyrics the subgenre had to offer. Thriving on shock value, the band inspires comparisons to Gwar and comes across as a parody of death metal and grindcore more than anything. Like its previous album, the equally twisted Eaten Back To Life, Butchered At Birth addresses such lurid topics as dismemberment, torture, and masochism. One will need the lyric sheet to know just how gross songs like "Under the Rotted Flesh," "Meat Hook Sodomy," "Covered with Sores," and "Rancid Amputation" are -- the grunting vocals are impossible to understand. Read More