Cannibal Corpse - Eaten Back to Life
This album is, in a word, constant. Not terribly original, or especially creative. But all the songs are crunchy, brutal, and occasionally speedy, Death Metal. It seems obvious to me that the Corpse-men put a lot of themselves into Eaten Back to Life. Everything sounds like they are giving all they can and then a little more. Unfortunately, the songs fall somewhat short of being distinguishable from one another. All the lyrics remind me of slasher films, lots of blood and gore. The vocals are very raw and require a lyric sheet or an incredible tolerance (the lyrics are provided). They do, however, fit perfectly with the music. Several of the songs are extremely good and this shows me that Cannibal Corpse has what it takes. Eaten Back to Life is a good first effort and I think that this band will just need some time to develop a more individual style. I’m glad to see that not all Death Metal comes from Florida (Cannibal Corpse is from Buffalo, New York), and I’m looking forward to hearing more from this band.
{It wouldn’t be too much longer before these sick bastards figured out how to write perfect Death Metal, and released The Bleeding. Then after what looked to be a major obstacle (the loss of frontman Chris Barnes to the band Six Feet Under), they returned with a new growler (George “Corpsegrinder” Fisher), and the only slightly less than perfect Vile, and followed that up with one of the best Death Metal albums of all time, Gallery of Suicide. And somewhere along the way, they gave in to temptation and moved to Florida…}
[Notes in {curly brackets} are from the Metal Curse 1 - 4 Collected Edition (1999)]
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