Hacked Up for Barbecue

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Hacked Up for Barbecue
Mortician - Hacked up for Barbecue.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 1996
RecordedJuly 1996 [1]
Genre Brutal death metal, Deathgrind
Length50:29
Label Relapse
Producer
  • Desmond Tolhurst
  • Mortician
  • William J. Yurkiewicz (exec.)
  • Matthew F. Jacobson (exec.)
Mortician chronology
House by the Cemetery EP
(1995)
Hacked Up for Barbecue
(1996)
Zombie Apocalypse
(1998)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [2]
The San Diego Union-Tribune Star full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [3]

Hacked Up for Barbecue is the debut studio album by American death metal band Mortician, [4] [5] released on October 1996 by Relapse Records. [1] The album was later reissued as a two-on-one package with the band's 1998 EP Zombie Apocalypse.

Contents

Critical reception

Tom Schulte of Allmusic gave Hacked Up for Barbeque three out of five stars, saying that it "should herald a long career of brutal noise, paying homage to sick flicks. One can wager that the gorecore here is better than any of the Z-movies quoted." [1] The San Diego Union-Tribune called the album "wicked and menacing," writing that Mortician "somehow discovers drama between blasts of heavy guitar and drums." [3]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Bloodcraving" (When a Stranger Calls)5:13
2."Embalmed Alive"0:50
3."Cremated"1:34
4."Three on a Meathook" (Three on a Meathook)3:06
5."Brutally Mutilated"0:39
6."Deranged Insanity" (Unhinged)2:28
7."Cannibal Feast" (Cannibal Ferox)1:40
8."Blown to Pieces"0:58
9."Fog of Death" (The Fog)3:31
10."Brutal Disfigurement"1:26
11."Apocalyptic Devastation" (The Road Warrior)3:13
12."Inquisition"1:21
13."Hacked Up for Barbecue" (The Texas Chain Saw Massacre)4:18
14."Abolition"0:51
15."Necrocannibal"3:59
16."Ripped in Half"0:25
17."Morbid Butchery" (Maniac)2:01
18."Decapitated"1:02
19."Drilling for Brains" (Blood Sucking Freaks)0:49
20."Eaten Alive by Maggots" (Mortuary)1:53
21."Witches' Coven" (Suspiria)3:19
22."Worms"0:53
23."Annihilation"1:03
24."Mortician" (Phantasm, Phantasm III: Lord of the Dead)3:21
Total length:50:29

Personnel

Mortician
Production

Notes

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