Death ’til Death – Day 4: Cannibal Corpse

Cannibal Corpse. Not just one of the most controversial Death Metal acts of all time, but also one of the most successful. We get it, mainstream audiences don’t like lyrics about stripping, raping and strangling. Most death metalheads do though, and Cannibal Corpse are the number 1 act to feature such lyrics.

Formed in 1988, Cannibal Corpse rose to the top of the genre in a matter of years. They played their first gig in 1989, shortly after finishing their self-titled demo. One year later, they were signed to Metal Blade Records and released their debut album Eaten Back To Life — a Death Metal classic.

Chris Barnes’ gruesome lyrics attracted the attention of people who usually can’t be found in metal clubs. Bob Dole accused them of “undermining the national character of the United States,” and numerous senators and conservative activists tried to get them dumped from their record label. Up until 2006, all Cannibal Corpse albums were banned in Australia, and the first three albums were banned in Germany.

Not everybody strongly disliked Cannibal though. Jim Carrey insisted that they make an appearance in his film ‘Ace Ventura: Pet Detective,’ where they performed their underground hit ‘Hammer Smashed Face.’

While yesterday’s featured artist Morbid Angel (see link below) released the commercially most successful Death Metal album of all time, Cannibal Corpse are the Death Metal act to sell the most albums overall.

23 years after forming, Cannibal Corpse are still going strong. With a slightly different lineup, but still as brutal as ever. To many they are the biggest Death Metal band of all time, and I can’t say I disagree. It’s debatable whether they are the greatest Death Metal band or not, but there is no question that they have left their bloody mark on Death Metal.

Cannibal Corpse – Fucked With A Knife

Death ’til Death introduction – Day 1: Death – Day 2: Possessed – Day 3: Morbid Angel
Day 4: Cannibal Corpse – Day 5: Nile – Day 6: Hypocrisy – Day 7: Obituary

The Metallica contest no one wants to win

400 unlucky Metallica fans will attend a performance from Lou Reed and Metallica for some radio station in Germany.

Germany gave us a lot of good music, but they also gave us Tokio Hotel, and let’s not forget David Hasselhoff’s music is popular there (so is Limp Bizkit’s), so let’s take their events with a grain of salt.

Anyway, yeah, people will be able to enter a contest to win tickets to the event, but who really wants to, anyway? We can all go to our local nursing homes with a few Metallica instrumentals, and we’re likely to get better music than Lulu.

The concert will be broadcast on 1LIVE and Metallica.de, and after it’s done airing, the recording will be available on LouReedMetallica.com. In other words, you have three sites you have to avoid.

I will do you a huge favor and will not give more details on the gig. You’re welcome.

Tony Iommi likes to do webchats

Tony Iommi answered some fan questions on LiveStream. Have I watched the clip? Not really.

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I take ‘lazy’ to a whole new level, fuckers.

Dizzy Reed will make you too dizzy to read

If you ever wondered if it’s silly to blame Guns N’ Roses for making their fans wait a few hours before they take the stage, well, GNR keyboardist Dizzy Reed thinks it’s silly that people worry about that stuff.

“It is silly. It’s a rock and roll concert, for Christ’s sake!“

Read full article here.

Exactly, Dizzy, exactly. It’s a fucking rock concert, not child birth. You are not supposed to wait that long, you go there, see the band, leave.

But hey, don’t want to give Dizzy too much shit, he’s obviously not the reason for the band’s tardiness, but it feels a bit disrespectful playing it off like it doesn’t mean anything — it does, people are tired and want to go home, maybe they even have work the next day. Respect them!

Pay what you want for Invocation’s debut EP

I love when bands do things like these. No, this is not about an all girl thrash metal band with a passion for small dicks and they didn’t just invite me to be their roadie. Invocation, a djenty band from UK, have just released their debut EP (available through Bandcamp), and they are offering it on a “pay what you want” basis.

I’m not really in the mood for long rants about the music industry, but this is pretty much the future of (self) publishing. It’s great for you as well. I mean, really, I know some people don’t have lots of money, and buying a piece of plastic for $16 really seems a lot when you compare it to the alternatives (like, you know, getting it for free on torrent sites or whatever), so if you have a problem with this model, you’re simply a douschebag. I mean seriously, if you like their music (and you can check out the stream below) and feel like owning it, at least buy them a cup of coffee.

You can download the EP on their Bandcamp page, or you can stream it below.