Hammer Smashed Face

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Hammer Smashed Face
Hammer smashed face album coverart.jpg
EP by
ReleasedMarch 23, 1993
RecordedJanuary 1993 – Niagara Falls, New York
Genre Death metal
Length26:17
Label Metal Blade
Producer
  • Dennis Fura
  • Cannibal Corpse
Cannibal Corpse chronology
Tomb of the Mutilated
(1992)
Hammer Smashed Face
(1993)
The Bleeding
(1994)
Single version
Hammer Smashed Face single.jpg
Cover for the single version of "Hammer Smashed Face", which was originally from the album Tomb of the Mutilated (1992)
EP version
No.TitleLength
1."Hammer Smashed Face"4:04
2."The Exorcist" (Possessed cover)4:37
3."Zero the Hero" (Black Sabbath cover)6:35
4."Meat Hook Sodomy"5:47
5."Shredded Humans"5:12
Total length:26:17
Single version
No.TitleLength
1."Hammer Smashed Face"4:04
2."The Exorcist" (Possessed cover)4:37
3."Zero the Hero" (Black Sabbath cover)6:35
Total length:15:17

Personnel

Cannibal Corpse
Production

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