Disco de Cannibal Corpse: “Tomb of the Mutilated [Edited]”

On the uncensored version of "Tomb", the image on the twisted and some may say "sick and disgusting" album cover has a cleverly placed "Parental Advisory: Explicit Lyrics" label right next to it. Think about it, have you seen the original cover of this album? Is the "parental advisory" really necessary? I just thought this was funny. Anyway Cannibal Corpse's third album is comprised of nine tracks which speed by in a blur of growls, riffs, and maniacal drumming and in 35 minutes it's over. Cannibal Corpse are known for outrageously disgusting album covers and lyrics, but just listening to the music you wouldn't know it. Vocalist/lyricist Chris Barnes has taken sounding like a monster to another level where you can't decipher words from his gutteral growls. It's actually clever because the censored version of "Tomb" sounds the exact same as the original! None of those stupid editing sounds! Thanks Chris! The way I heard about Cannibal Corpse was through the Jim Carrey film, "Ace Ventura", where they are seen for a few seconds in a night club performing "Hammer Smashed Face". I thought this part was funny and I thought the band sounded amazing so I went to seek out the band and the album with that song on it - and here we are! Cannibal Corpse would only make one more album with Chris Barnes, The Bleeding, which many fans feel is the peak of their work, but I would recommend "Tomb" as the introduction album because I think the riffs are cooler and it is before Barnes' vocals became close to decipherable. Not that hearing what he's saying is a horrible thing (wait, yeah it is, that's the point!) but, like I said before, his growl is something that has to be heard to be believed. Why do you think that on the inside of the album cover it says "Electronic harmonizer was not used to create any vocals on..."? Because it sounds like he had help, partner, and he didn't! Obviously Barnes can't take all the credit. The guitarists, Jack Owen and Bob Rusay (who's last album with Corpse this is) are technically awesome and bassist Alex Webster should have his own instructional video. Last but definitely not least is drummer Paul Mazurkiewicz. I am a drummer and I have to admit that the first thing that intrigued me about Corpse (besides Barnes) was the inhuman speed of the drummer. This guy is nuts and I honestly havent heard beats played at this speed by a human being before. So if you're into speed drumming and double bass work, you will want to give this album a listen. Just don't try to imitate it, you could get hurt! I think too much has been made (actually very little) out of this group's album covers, song titles, lyrics, etc. (which was probably the intention, duh!). If you don't like something, don't buy it, look at it, or listen to it. I think Cannibal Corpse wanted to be noticed more so than other bands and they achieved that, but saying they're just trying to "shock" people is silly in two ways: First, uh, of course they're trying to shock people! and second, the group is talented and the music is undeniably well executed (no pun intended, well maybe). There is a little known secret out there about censorship: if you want a band to get more fans and higher record sales, put a "parental advisory" label on their album cover, it never fails. So certain people and organizations can keep insulting artists and filing lawsuits and blaming them for the decay of society and the more fans will just continue to get in line to buy their record. Maybe censorship wasn't such a good idea after all. Oh by the way, buy "Tomb of the Mutilated"!

Very energetic. I borrowed it from a friend soon after I saw C.C. perform "Hammer smashed face" in the movie "Ace Ventura, Pet Detective" The Super Heavy Sound and interesting changes in timing in this song is what captivated me and led me to become a serious fan of Cannibal Corpse. I just added this to my collection now so my buddy Dave won't have to keep asking "where's my tomb cd, dude?

Cannibal Corpse is one of my all-time favorite band and this album is probably the best album done by CC. Chris Barnes sounds amazing, and the other guys are great too. The songs are brutal, the lyrics are sick, and they'll keep your head banging. I recommend this album to any death metal fans; Especially exhumed, mortician, exhumed fans

I used to hate this, and think it was the ultimate lowpoint of music in general, but well, it isn't. When I previously gave this album one star, I was not too big a fan of death metal, and I hated this band completely. Well, I am listening to much more of this stuff today, and am finally giving credit where credit is due. It's true that the lyrics on this CD are very immature and sickening (almost all the songs are about necrophilia, except for "Split Wide Open", which is about dissecting babies, and "Hammer Smashed Face", which is about, well, smashing someone's face with a hammer) and the vocals are sometimes really goofy, but this is very heavy and fairly technical music. It may not be so obvious at first, but these guys can play for sure. This isn't bad, but I'll be damned if there isn't better death metal out there. To put them above bands like Death, Carcass, Vader, or Cryptopsy is just ridiculous. As far as CC goes, I would recommend "The Bleeding" over this one by far. This is nowhere near the best death metal ever, but I suppose fans of the genre will appreciate it.

This is the "censored version" of CC's third album (look, I even censored their name!) released in 1992. Calling it "censored" is kind of funny considering all that's different from this and the "uncensored" album is the cover art and addition of the song lyrics. Anyone that knows Cannibal Corpse's music also knows that you can't tell a single word that original vocalist/lyricist Chris Barnes growls (at least on the first three albums). For many casual fans that might be a good thing, but die-hard fans/freaks may want to know exactly what he's saying and if you fit that description then I recommend either seeking out the "uncensored" version (that has the cover art displaying two zombies having fun, I think) or looking at one of the several internet sites that proudly display the complete Corpse lyrics! The only actual words understandable are in the recording intro to track 3 which sounds like a murderer's confession (there's nothing in the credits as to who is saying this). The ironic part is that the "description" is very graphic (although no profanities are used) and it wasn't edited off the "censored" version. I saw one site describing the "censored" version as being devoid of obscenity and vulgarity, but the beginning of track 3 and all song titles are still included. Anyway, like I said the music is the same, there's no need to edit or censor words you can't understand in human language so you get the same album just a much less gross album cover (depending on your opinion) and no lyrics. Wow they couldn't even write down all the song titles on the back of this CD, but they are nice enough to show you all the titles on the inside of the booklet. Check my review for the uncensored version for more about this insanely fast and monstrous death metal recording.