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Cannibal Corpse
Musical artist

Cannibal Corpse is an American death metal band founded in 1988. The band has released ten studio albums, one boxed set, and one live album. Although Cannibal Corpse has had virtually no radio or television exposure, a cult following began to build behind the group with albums like 1991's Butchered at Birth and 1992's Tomb of the Mutilated. Cannibal Corpse reached over 1 million in record sales worldwide in 2003, including 558,929 in the United States, making them one of the biggest selling death metal bands of all time.

Cannibal Corpse draw influence from thrash metal bands, such as Anthrax,Slayer, Kreator,, Sodom and other death metal bands like Autopsy, Death, Obituary and Morbid Angel. Inspired by horror fiction stories and films, the band has gained infamy around the world for their controversial subject matter, including lyrics and album art that depict cannibalism, masochism, murder, mutilation, necrophilia, rape, torture, and zombies. As a result, the band has faced international censorship and bannings from playing live in numerous countries.Cite error: The <ref> tag has too many names (see the help page).

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Lyrical Content

"We don't sing about politics. We don't sing about religion. All our songs are short stories that, if anyone would so choose they could convert it into a horror movie. Really, that's all it is. We like gruesome, scary movies, and we want the lyrics to be like that. Yeah, it's about killing people, but it's not promoting it at all. Basically these are fictional stories, and that's it. And anyone who gets upset about it is ridiculous".- George Fisher

“I think the lyrics are just like Stephen King or Clive Barker, (what) any horror novelist would do except I shorten it and I go right to the point instead of putting so much fill-in-the-blanks.”- Chris Barnes

Australian Family Association vice-president Gillian Gonzalez said Cannibal Corpse have the most offensive lyrics she had ever seen, saying "They are absolutely vile and should not be allowed into the country". "If vomit were a movie, this would be the soundtrack," wrote one critic of Cannibal Corpse's music.

Like directors who helm splatter movies, Cannibal Corpse prides itself on overtly violent and sexual songs and album artwork as nothing more than an extreme form of over-the-top entertainment. In the film Metal: A Headbanger's Journey, George Fisher said death metal is best viewed "as art", and mentioned that far more violent art can be found at the Vatican, as such depictions actually happened. Some of Cannibal Corpse's most controversial song titles include "Dismembered and Molested", "Entrails Ripped from a Virgin's Cunt," "Fucked with a Knife," "Meat Hook Sodomy," and "Necropedophile"." They were banned from displaying the cover art or lyrics of and playing any of the songs from their 3 albums in Germany (Until 2006) because "A woman saw someone wearing one of our shirts, I think she is a schoolteacher, and she just caused this big stink about it. So we can’t play anything from the first three records. And it really sucks because kids come up and they want us to play all the old songs — and we would — but they know the deal. We can’t play ‘Born In a Casket’ but can play ‘Dismembered and Molested."- George Fisher.

“If people weren’t interested in this kind of thing, then why is it… They do hour-long documentaries and they run those all evening long. And it’ll be about prison, or they’ll have a special about child molesters, and then they’ll have a special about murderers. And this is a major station... And it’s like, well, a lot of people seem to be interested in it or they wouldn’t show it, because that’s the bottom line – they’re not going to show it if they’re not getting good ratings. So, people are interested in the dark side... people like to be horrified; they like to be scared. I mean, you wouldn’t have, for example, a frightening ride at a theme park or something... They want to see frightening things at a safe distance.”- Alex Webster

When asked about violence in the real world, Alex Webster commented: “I think people probably aren’t that desensitized to it, you know including myself, like you know, we sing about all this stuff and you watch a movie where you know it’s not real and it’s no big deal, but if you really saw someone get their brains bashed in right in front of you, I think it would have a pretty dramatic impact on any human being you know what I mean? Or some terrible, gross act of violence or whatever done right in front of you, I mean you’d react to it, no matter how many movies you’ve watched or how much gore metal you’ve listened to or whatever, I’m sure it’s a completely different thing when it’s right in front of you. Even though we’ve got crazy entertainment now, our social realities are actually a bit more civilized than they were back then, I mean we’re not hanging people or whipping them in the street and I think that’s positive improvement for any society in my opinion.” He also believes that the violent lyrics can have positive values: "It’s good to have anger music as a release."

Appearances

In May 1995, then-United States Senator Bob Dole mentioned the band by name and accused them of violating human decency. Dole later admitted to never actually hearing the music of Cannibal Corpse. Cannibal Corpse also enjoyed a brief cameo in the 1994 Jim Carrey film Ace Ventura: Pet Detective, performing an abridged version of their song "Hammer Smashed Face". Interestingly, Carrey actually insisted that they perform in the movie because they were his favorite band. In the 2003 film School of Rock, a large Cannibal Corpse sticker is visible in Dewey Finn's sleeping area. Additionally, comedian Andrew Hansen of ABC's Chaser's War On Everything made a lounge arrangement of Cannibal Corpse's song "Rancid Amputation" after the Australian government banned the band's touring of the country (Video on YouTube)

Musical Style

In Cannibal Corpse's early albums the instroments were tuned down 1/2 step to E flat and with the midrange scooped out of their guitar tones. In later efforts, their sound has switched to a more heavily detuned sound, playing six and seven strings detuned to standard A (detuned seven semitones) and with more mid frequicies. 

Former guitarist Jack Owen used a Digitech Metal Master distortion pedal to get their guitar tone.

"As far as setups, Pat likes Mesa/Boogie amplifiers, I usually use a Digitech preamp, and Pat uses EMG pickups. I like passive pickups a little better, such as Seymour Duncan or DiMarzio."- Jack Owen

Members

Current members

Past members

Discography

Main article: Cannibal Corpse discography

References

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  24. Cannibal Corpse FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions
  25. The Guitar Tone Of Cannibal Corpse's Jack Owen
  26. A Chat With Jack Owen Of Cannibal Corpse

http://www.tombofthemutilated.net/Cannibal-Corpse-Jack-Owen-Chat-Transcript.html

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