Eaten Back to Life

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Eaten Back to Life
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Studio album by
Cannibal Corpse
ReleasedAugust 17, 1990
RecordedMay 1990
Studio Morrisound (Tampa, Florida)
Genre Death metal
Length36:21
Label
Producer Scott Burns
Cannibal Corpse chronology
Cannibal Corpse (demo)
(1989)		Eaten Back to Life
(1990)		 Butchered at Birth
(1991)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal 5/10 [2]

Eaten Back to Life is the debut studio album by American death metal band Cannibal Corpse. [3] It was released on August 17, 1990, through Metal Blade Records.

Contents

Background and recording

Founding guitarist Jack Owen half-joked that the album's gruesome song titles were concieved before the band had written any music. [4] The band would record instrumental demo tapes that vocalist Chris Barnes would then take home and write lyrics to. [5]

The album was recorded at Morrisound Recording in Tampa, Florida, where many other influential early death metal releases were produced. Bassist Alex Webster specifically cited the band's appreciation of albums like Altars of Madness by Morbid Angel and Leprosy by Death as having inspired the choice of studio. They were able to make friends and connections within the burgeoning Tampa death metal scene and would ultimately relocate there. [6]

Musical style

The album employs guttural vocals, "grinding" guitar riffs, chromatic melodies, tempo changes and blast beats. [7] [8] The album is noted for its apparent thrash metal influence as opposed to the explicit death metal sound of the band's following releases. [9] Guitarist Jack Owen cited the works of Exodus, early Sepultura, Celtic Frost, Napalm Death and Dark Angel as influences present on the album. He said, "we were into thrash and triplet playing on the guitar". [10]

Artwork

With their debut, the band sought to further develop the extreme lyrics and imagery of other early death metal bands like Carcass and Death. [11] The album cover was created by horror comic book artist Vince Locke, who the band would continue to collaborate with in the future. [6] The violent nature of the subject matter has caused controversy and bans in multiple countries. [12] [13] A statement can be found in the inlay of the album that reads: "This album is dedicated to the memory of Alferd Packer, the first American cannibal (R.I.P.)". [6]

Reception

Leslie Mathew of Allmusic gave the Eaten Back to Life an underwhelming retrospective review, lamenting "too many tempo changes; too much monochromatic double-bass slugging; not nearly enough variety, texture, or interesting guitar work". [14]

Track listing

All music written by Cannibal Corpse.

No.TitleLyricsLength
1."Shredded Humans"
5:11
2."Edible Autopsy"Barnes4:32
3."Put Them to Death"Barnes1:50
4."Mangled"
4:29
5."Scattered Remains, Splattered Brains"
  • Barnes
  • Owen
2:34
6."Born in a Casket"Barnes3:20
7."Rotting Head"
  • Barnes
  • Owen
2:26
8."The Undead Will Feast"
2:49
9."Bloody Chunks"Barnes1:53
10."A Skull Full of Maggots"Barnes2:06
11."Buried in the Backyard"Barnes5:11
Total length:36:21
Bonus track
No.TitleLyricsLength
12."Born in a Casket (Live)"Barnes3:34

Personnel

Additional personnel

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References

  1. ↑ Matthew, Leslie. "Eaten Back to Life – Cannibal Corpse". AllMusic . Retrieved June 7, 2013.
  2. ↑ Popoff, Martin (2007). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 3: The Nineties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 70. ISBN   978-1-894959-62-9.
  3. ↑ "Cannibal Corpse - Eaten Back to Life 1990". Metal Storm . December 20, 2004. Retrieved August 5, 2010.
  4. ↑ "Eaten Back to Life - Cannibal Corpse | Album | AllMusic". AllMusic .
  5. ↑ "Go back in time with Chris Barnes to the "Eaten Back to Life" album". October 28, 2020.
  6. 1 2 3 Wiederhorn, Jon (August 2022). "32 Years Ago: Cannibal Corpse Pile on the Gore With 'Eaten Back to Life'". Loudwire. Retrieved March 14, 2023.
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  8. ↑ "33 Years Ago: Cannibal Corpse Release 'Eaten Back to Life'". Loudwire . August 17, 2023.
  9. ↑ "Blood, guts and Jim Carrey: How Cannibal Corpse became death metal's first million selling band". March 13, 2024.
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