Cannibal Corpse is a five-piece American death metal band formed in 1988 in Buffalo, New York. In 1989, their self-titled demo drew the attention of Metal Blade Records, with whom they signed a contract to record their debut album Eaten Back to Life, which was released in 1990, followed by two studio albums, 1991's Butchered at Birth, and 1992's Tomb of the Mutilated. In 1993, lead guitarist Bob Rusay was fired, and was replaced by Rob Barrett, who joined the group in time to appear with the band in Jim Carrey's film Ace Ventura: Pet Detective.
Cannibal Corpse discography | |
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Studio albums | 16 |
EPs | 2 |
Live albums | 2 |
Video albums | 4 |
Music videos | 12 |
Box sets | 1 |
In 1994, they released The Bleeding, the debut record with Barrett, and the last album with vocalist Chris Barnes, who left the band to concentrate on his side project Six Feet Under. Then, Monstrosity vocalist George "Corpsegrinder" Fisher took over as vocalist, with whom the band released Vile in 1996, resulting as the band's first album to appear on the Billboard 200 chart, debuting at number 151. On the next album, 1998's Gallery of Suicide, Rob Barrett was replaced by Pat O'Brien. In 1999, they released Bloodthirst, followed by the group's first live album, Live Cannibalism (2000). Gore Obsessed was released in 2002, followed by the boxed set 15 Year Killing Spree, a four-disc career retrospective, that was released in 2003. The ninth album The Wretched Spawn, was released in 2004, followed by Kill in 2006, which appeared on the Billboard 200 chart at number 170.
In between The Wretched Spawn and Kill, founding guitarist Jack Owen left the band, being replaced by former Cannibal Corpse and Malevolent Creation guitarist Rob Barrett, who had played with the band from 1993 until 1997. As of 2008, their latest release is the DVD Centuries of Torment: The First 20 Years, containing a three-disc documentary with the band's history and several concert performances. In 2009, Evisceration Plague became their first release to crack the Top 100 of the Billboard 200 at number 66. Torture was released in 2012. It sold 9,600 copies in its first week, enough to enter the top 40 on the American albums chart, peaking at 38. A Skeletal Domain was released in 2014. It sold 8,800 copies in its first week and hit 32 on the Billboard 200. Red Before Black was released in 2017.
Cannibal Corpse received its best sales week yet and first top 10 on Billboard Top Album Sales as Violence Unimagined entered at No. 6 with 14,000 sold in April 2021.[1]
Albums
editStudio albums
editTitle | Album details | Peak chart positions | ||||||||||||
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US [2] |
US Ind. [3] |
AUT [4] |
BEL (WA) [5] |
FIN [6] |
FRA [7] |
GER [8] |
JPN [9] |
SWI [10] |
UK [11] | |||||
Eaten Back to Life |
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Butchered at Birth |
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Tomb of the Mutilated |
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The Bleeding |
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Vile |
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151 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
Gallery of Suicide |
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Bloodthirst |
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
Gore Obsessed |
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— | 11 | — | — | — | — | 71 | — | — | — | |||
The Wretched Spawn |
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— | 20 | — | — | — | 136 | 74 | — | — | — | |||
Kill |
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170 | 16 | — | — | — | 187 | 59 | — | — | — | |||
Evisceration Plague |
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66 | 6 | 41 | 71 | 25 | — | 42 | 256 | — | — | |||
Torture |
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38 | 7 | 40 | 95 | 35 | 139 | 40 | 235 | 72 | 126 [12] | |||
A Skeletal Domain |
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32 | 5 | 28 | 128 | 26 | 127 | 21 | 129 | 50 | 165 [13] | |||
Red Before Black |
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95 | 4 | 29 | 70 | 33 | 172 | 16 | 224 | 29 | — | |||
Violence Unimagined |
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45 | 5 | 5 | 101 | 12 | 132 | 6 | 105 | 7 | 81 | |||
Chaos Horrific |
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142 | 26 | 13 | — | 22 [14] |
102 [15] |
6 | — | 10 | — | |||
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |
Live albums
editTitle | Album details |
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Live Cannibalism |
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Global Evisceration |
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Torturing and Eviscerating Live |
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Box sets
editTitle | Album details | Notes |
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15 Year Killing Spree |
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Extended plays
editTitle | EP details |
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Hammer Smashed Face |
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Worm Infested |
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Videos
editVideo albums
editTitle | Album details | Peak chart positions | Sales | Certifications | |||||||
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US | SWE | ||||||||||
Monolith of Death Tour '96–'97 | 32 [17] |
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Live Cannibalism |
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Centuries of Torment: The First 20 Years |
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8 [18] |
— | ||||||||
Global Evisceration |
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17 [22] |
8 [23] |
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"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that country. |
Music videos
editTitle | Year | Director |
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"Staring Through the Eyes of the Dead" | 1994 | David Roth[24] |
"Devoured by Vermin" | 1996 | |
"Sentenced to Burn" | 1998 | |
"Decency Defied" | 2004 | Austin Rhodes[24] |
"Make Them Suffer" | 2006 | Dan Dobi[24] |
"Death Walking Terror" | ||
"Evisceration Plague" | 2009 | Dale Resteghini |
"Priests of Sodom" | 2010 | Kevin J. Custer |
"Encased in Concrete" | 2012 | David Brodsky[25] |
"Kill or Become" | 2014 | |
"Code of the Slashers" | 2017 | Zev Deans |
"Red Before Black" | 2019 | Doug Sakmann |
"Inhumane Harvest" | 2021 | David Brodsky |
"Necrogenic Resurrection" | ||
"Blood Blind" | 2023 | |
"Summoned for Sacrifice" | ||
"Chaos Horrific" | ||
"Vengeful Invasion" | 2024 | Zev Deans |
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- ^ "Cannibal Corpse to Release Four-Disc Boxset in November". Blabbermouth. August 26, 2003. Archived from the original on December 3, 2008. Retrieved July 19, 2008.
- ^ "Top Music Video - Monolith of Death Tour '96–'97". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media. December 13, 1997. Archived from the original on February 5, 2009. Retrieved December 4, 2008.
- ^ "Top Music Video - Centuries of Torment". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media. July 26, 2008. Archived from the original on December 16, 2011. Retrieved July 20, 2008.
- ^ "Music Canada Certification". musiccanada.com. Archived from the original on July 14, 2014. Retrieved July 17, 2014.
- ^ "CANNIBAL CORPSE: 'Centuries Of Torment – The First 20 Years' First-Week Sales Revealed". www.blabbermouth.net. July 16, 2008. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved December 19, 2013.
- ^ "Gold & Platinum". Music Canada. Archived from the original on June 2, 2016. Retrieved August 8, 2014.
- ^ a b "CANNIBAL CORPSE To Tour Mexico, South America With THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER, SUICIDE SILENCE". www.blabbermouth.net. June 9, 2011. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved December 19, 2013.
- ^ "Veckolista DVD Album - Vecka 31, 31 juli 2008". www.sverigetopplistan.se. Archived from the original on December 26, 2015. Retrieved 2013-12-19.
- ^ a b c Korycki, Denise (Producer) (July 8, 2008). Centuries of Torment: The First 20 Years (DVD). Metal Blade Records.
- ^ "CANNIBAL CORPSE: 'Kill Or Become' Video Released". blabbermouth.net. Archived from the original on June 14, 2019. Retrieved July 14, 2014.
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