Disco de Cannibal Corpse: “Gore Obsessed”

I got this album when it was released. I have only heard of "Hatchet Unto The Head" on radio while I worked at Nightcrew... So it kinda inspired me of buying this album. The album "Gore Obsessed" is pretty much a "Bloodthirst" part 2 but a whole ALOT better in my opinion.

Musically Cannibal Corpse has managed to create one of the best riffs ever made (listen to "When Dead Replaces Life" and you'll know by what I mean). The production is very clean just like Bloodthirst. Lyrically, it hasn't changed much so don't expect any surprises. CorpseGrinder's vocals are more amazing than Bloodthirst. Cannibal Corpse remains Cannibal Corpse and this work is their 2nd best release overall (their 1st would be Butchered At Birth). Anyways best tracks in this album are "Pit Of Zombies", "Hatchet Unto The Head", "Hung And Bled" and "When Dead Replaces Life".

Buy it now, it can become the greatest release of 2002.

This is my favorite Cannibal Corpse cd, and the cd that started it all for me. Check it out. You will not be disappointed.

This is the first Cannibal Corpse Album produced by Neil Kernon. I knew nothing about Neil Kernon before I saw his name on "The wretched Spawn" his second producing of a CC album. All I know about Kernon is that he fits perfectly with Fisher and the rest of the Corpse. My favorte Cannibal Corpse album is The Wretched Spawn, then this comes second. Of course these are in the Fisher era of Cannibal Corpse, but I also like GB and TWS better than ALL the CC albums, the previous Fischer albums and those with Chris Barnes. The best Corpse Album I liked from The Barnes era was The Bleeding. But Gore Obsessed and The Wretched Spawn are better in my humble opinion. Gore Obessed is the start of the AWESOME Cannibal Corpse era to me, thanks to Kernon. Heavy album with the gore lyrics that everybody knows, Fischer's sceams which want to make me scream myself, all make a great album. Not to be missed by any Cannibal Corspe fan, Death Metal fan, or any metal fan. Go for it! This was the start people, support it and lets hope it continues.

to really appreciate this album...I bought it back when it came out, i think at the begining of 2002? I love Cannibal Corpse, I know they are like everyone's favorite band to bash on, but these guys started it all for me as far as getting me into extreme metal. I absolutely love Gallery Of Suicide, Bloodthirst, and The Wretched Spawn, those have to be my all time favorite Corpse albums. Well, i have always liked this one quite a bit, i just always thought it kind of lacked something....until after about 3 years of listening to this album. Now, i have become Gore Obsessed!!! Man, i can't believe i used to think that some of these tracks were boring, what the hell was wrong with me? This album has everything that makes the 3 i listed above my absolute favorite Corpse albums. Corpsegrinder truely gets better with every recording, listen to his vokill performance on here! Savage Butchery, When Death Replaces Life, Hung and Bled, Mutation Of The Cadaver, i mean listen to that conviction he sings with! Pat and Jack's playing on here is top knotch once again, and Alex contributes some of the best music Corpse has made on this album. Listen to his bass playing closely, you can hear that he is a true master at the bass. He writes a lot of the music and lyrics on here and they are all killer! Paul does some of his best drumming on this album too, it sounds like they must have recorded this coming right off of a tour or something, the precision and conviction that they play with is unbelieveable! I absolutely agree with the fellow reviewer that said Corpsegrinder is under-rated, he has one of the best death metal voices in the genre. And this is coming from someone who normally hates high-pitched screams, but his fits perfectly! For anyone who thinks this recording is mundane, give it some listens and really pay attention, you'll see that it's one the best Corpse albums. They even pulled off a metallica cover that is better than the original, back from when metallica wasn't gay! highly recommended to Corpse freaks!

This being CC's first studio album I purchased I was definitely impressed, although not blown away. I've heard some of CC's earlier stuff with Chris Barnes and I definitely think the technical aspects of this album sound more modern and overall better. By that I mean better production, tighter guitars, drums, etc.

The album kicks off great with "Savage Butchery," a fast winding death song that even though is only just under 2 minutes, it feels longer due to its guitar speed and brutality, great song. Things go on great for about the first 8 tracks, although within that there are a couple of decent, not great, songs like track 4 "Dormant Bodies Bursting " which just sounds too short and lame for the most part and track 2 "Hatchet to the Head" which even though is good, is a little bland although heavy at the chorus. Once you reach track 9 through 11 the album loses its magic in brutality; songs begin to sound recycled and uninspired, although they're still just as heavy as the rest of the record. The highlights of this one are track 3 "Pit of Zombies" which is definitely one of the best, fastest most brutal death songs ever. Also track 7 "Hung and Bled" which sounds just so like the perfect mix of dark, animated and brutal, with one of the best slow guitar riffs I've ever heard in death metal.

Now track 12: limited edition bonus track of Metallica's "No Remorse" is the albums biggest highlight. These guys just take that great song, and make it completely Cannibal Corpse, you'll love it. Hopefully, you pick up the one with this track because as soon as they're all gone, they're gone. Any corpse fan will also notice that the lyrics on this one definitely aren't at the brutal, offensive, perverted level they once were with Chris Barnes. Sure they're still about the same types of subjects as you can tell from the song titles, but better thought out. I guess the guys are growing up a little and realizing metaphors are worth putting into the songs instead of anything extremely explicit.

Overall, I found this album to be satisfying for a listen every now and then but it's not they type of music you can soley live on if you're into metal, just a good for the time being. If you're a CC fan already, I'm sure you already own this, but if you're not and want to get into these guys, I highly suggest picking up Live Cannibalism b/c even though it's live, it's got a mix of thier best songs on it, Fisher's vocals also sound A LOT more brutal on that one. As with this one, if you're just looking for something no holds barred fast, pounding and brutal, pick this up, or any CC album for that matter.