Gallery of Suicide

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Gallery of Suicide
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Studio album by
ReleasedApril 21, 1998 (1998-04-21)
Studio Morrisound Recordings, Tampa, Florida
Genre Death metal
Length44:13
Label Metal Blade
Producer Jim Morris
Cannibal Corpse chronology
Vile
(1996)
Gallery of Suicide
(1998)
Bloodthirst
(1999)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal 7/10 [2]

Gallery of Suicide is the sixth studio album by American death metal band Cannibal Corpse, released on April 21, 1998, through Metal Blade Records.

Contents

It is the first Cannibal Corpse album to feature former Nevermore guitarist Pat O'Brien. It is also the band's last album to be recorded at Morrisound Recordings in Tampa, where the band had recorded since 1990's Eaten Back to Life .

Composition

The album's guitar work has been described as “incessant” and “buzzing.” Bassist Alex Webster said the addition of Pat O'Brien on lead guitar brought "that shredding firepower that we’d never had before." [3] [4]

Reception

Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic called the album "monotonous" and "predictable" in an underwhelming review. [5] Drummer Paul Mazurkiewicz believes the album is underrated. Former guitarist Pat O'Brien said, "Some albums, people are gonna like, and some albums people aren't going to like as much or they're not going to like. I remember when I first joined the band, when we did Gallery of Suicide, there were a lot of people who hated it, but now a lot of people seem to like it; it's kinda weird." [6]

Track listing

No.TitleLyricsMusicVocal patternsLength
1."I Will Kill You" Alex Webster WebsterWebster2:47
2."Disposal of the Body"WebsterWebster1:54
3."Sentenced to Burn"WebsterWebster
  • Webster
  • Fisher
3:06
4."Blood Drenched Execution"
  • Mazurkiewicz
  • Fisher
2:40
5."Gallery of Suicide"Mazurkiewicz
  • Mazurkiewicz
  • Fisher
3:55
6."Dismembered and Molested"Webster
  • Webster
  • Owen
Fisher1:53
7."From Skin to Liquid" (instrumental) 
  • Webster
  • O'Brien
 5:30
8."Unite the Dead"Webster
  • Webster
  • Owen
Webster3:05
9."Stabbed in the Throat"MazurkiewiczO'BrienMazurkiewicz3:26
10."Chambers of Blood"WebsterWebsterWebster4:11
11."Headless"MazurkiewiczWebster
  • Mazurkiewicz
  • Fisher
2:22
12."Every Bone Broken"MazurkiewiczOwenMazurkiewicz3:18
13."Centuries of Torment"WebsterWebster
  • Webster
  • Fisher
4:04
14."Crushing the Despised"Webster
  • Webster
  • Owen
  • Webster
  • Fisher
1:56
15."Sacrifice" (Japanese Bonus Track) Sacrifice 3:03
Total length:44:13(INT) 47:16(JP)

Personnel

Credits adapted from the album liner notes. [7]

Cannibal Corpse
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Artwork and design
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References

  1. Erlewine, Thomas. Gallery of Suicide - Cannibal Corpse at AllMusic
  2. Popoff, Martin (2007). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 3: The Nineties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 71. ISBN   978-1-894959-62-9.
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