Sweet cover art! Looking forward to it - if anything, because CC will be touring again, and seeing them is always a blast.

I haven't seen them since they came through here for Mayhem Fest in 2009. I desperately wanted to go see them at Toad's Place last year, but outside factors prevented me from seeing them then. I'm tempted to go to Mayhem Fest this year solely because they're on the bill, but I think I'd rather see them in a small venue with a full set rather than see them in an open air setting playing for only 30 minutes.

That churny, start-stop riff that they seem to have designated as the chorus is actually really annoying.

- July 1st, 2014 –

New Song And Pre-order Packages Now Available + Band To Kick Off Summer Tour As Part Of The Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival

American Death Metal Icons, CANNIBAL CORPSE, are pleased to announce the release of their thirteenth full-length, entitled, A Skeletal Domain.

Lucky number thirteen? Lucky or not, it’s a quantity of releases (not even counting VHS/DVD releases and EPs) and a wealth of material beyond which most bands could even fathom. The CANNIBAL CORPSE collective – vocalist George “Corpsegrinder” Fisher, bassist Alex Webster, guitarists Pat O’Brien and Rob Barrett and drummer Paul Mazurkiewicz — approaches each recording session with a honed and precise vision of a band in their third decade of existence. With this new entry to their extensive catalog, they’ve switched gears, opting to work with producer Mark Lewis (The Black Dahlia Murder, DevilDriver) at Audio Hammer Studios, after having tracked their previous three outings (Kill, Evisceration Plague, Torture) with Erik Rutan. Boasting twelve-ominous tracks in forty-four spine-fraying minutes, the result is a massive, belligerent, and deliberate aural attack that finds the band at their peak of their notoriously hyper kinetic, meticulously executed brutality.

Preparation for A Skeletal Domain did not vary significantly from previous efforts. “At the end of the day, we’re still making a death metal record, no matter where it’s being recorded,” relays bassist Alex Webster. Mark Lewis offered a slightly different, modern recording approach, but the band stressed that they could not be more pleased with their previous albums with Rutan, and the door is most definitely open to work with him again in the future. Changing producers is something the band has historically done after every few albums, if only to not get too comfortable. CANNIBAL CORPSE also tried to step outside of their comfort zone when it came to songwriting and their musical performances. “Consistency is often confused with repetition. We are established with what we do as a band, and we could relax and not push ourselves, but we try to push the envelope. That’s what makes this exciting,” adds Webster. “Anyone who really listens to this album with an open mind will hear that it’s not same-old same-old.” Mark Lewis would concur with Webster’s analysis and even goes a step further by claiming that “there are moments on this record that have never happened in musical history.” CANNIBAL CORPSE have proven time and again that they have more fuel in their tank, more riffs in their minds, and more ways to describe gore than any single group of human beings could ever have hoped. The thirteenth album will prove to be as important a landmark in their career as just about any other. CANNIBAL CORPSE are consistency defined.

A Skeletal Domain will be released in North America on September 16th, 2014 via Metal Blade records. Point your browser to THIS LOCATION where you’ll witness the sonic trauma that embodies second track, “Sadistic Embodiment” as well as a host of preorder bundles.

A Skeletal Domain Track Listing:
01. High Velocity Impact Spatter
02. Sadistic Embodiment
03. Kill or Become
04. A Skeletal Domain
05. Headlong into Carnage
06. The Murderer’s Pact
07. Funeral Cremation
08. Icepick Lobotomy
09. Vector of Cruelty
10. Bloodstained Cement
11. Asphyxiate to Resuscitate
12. Hollowed Bodies

As a precursor to the official unveiling of A Skeletal Domain, CANNIBAL CORPSE will kick off the Summer as Coldcock Herbal Whiskey Stage headliners on the Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival. Set to commence on July 5th in San Bernardino, California, the annual mega tour will stampede its way across the US throughout July and much of August, coming to a close on August 10th in Woodland, Texas. As an added bonus, CANNIBAL CORPSE will be doing daily signings at 3:00pm at their merch booth for the duration of the fest where Mayhem attendees can preorder “A Skeletal Domain.” Fans can buy a limited edition laminate with a unique redemption code, redeemable online via metalblade.com and the record will ship to their door! Confirmed dates, including various one-off headlining shows, are listed below. Confirmed dates, including various one-off headlining shows, are listed below.

CANNIBAL CORPSE
07/01 San Antonio, TX Backstage Live
07/02 El Paso, TX Tricky Falls
Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival
w/ Avenged Sevenfold, Korn, Asking Alexandria, Trivium, Cannibal Corpse, Suicide Silence, Body Count featuring Ice-T, Miss May I, Emmure, Mushroomhead, Texas Hippie Coalition, Veil of Maya, Upon A Burning Body, Darkest Hour, Ill Nino, Wretched, Islander, KING 810, and Erimha
07/05 San Bernardino, CA San Manuel Amphitheater
07/06 Mountain View, CA Shoreline Amphitheatre
07/07 Portland, OR Hawthorne Theatre* w/Suicide Silence, Wretched
07/08 Auburn, WA White River Amphitheater
07/09 Boise, ID Idaho Center Amphitheatre
07/11 Phoenix, AZ Ak-Chin Pavilion
07/12 Albuquerque, NM Isleta Amphitheatre
07/13 Denver, CO The Fillmore Auditorium *Taste of Mayhem wo/Avenged, Korn
07/15 Lawrence, KS Granada Theater* w/Suicide Silence, Wrtched
07/16 Maryland Heights, MO Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
07/17 Clarkston, MI DTE Energy Music Theatre
07/18 Milwaukee, WI Eagles Ballroom *Taste of Mayhem wo/Avenged, Korn
07/19 Noblesville, IN Klipsch Music Center
07/20 Tinley Park, IL First Midwest Bank Amphitheater
07/22 Mansfield, MA Xfinity Center
07/23 Saratoga, NY Saratoga Performing Arts Center
07/24 Thornville, OH Legend Valley Concert Venue * Gathering of Juggalos
07/25 Toronto, ON Molson Ampitheatre
07/26 Burgettstown, PA First Niagara Pavilion
07/27 Hartford, CT Xfinity Theatre
07/28 South Burlington, VT Higher Ground* w/Suicide Silence, Wretched
07/29 Darien Center, NY Darien Lake
07/31 Sayerville, NJ Sarland Ballroom* w/Suicide Silence, Wretched
08/01 Camden, NJ Susquehanna Bank Center
08/02 Scranton, PA The Pavilion At Montage Mountain
08/03 Bristow, VA Jiffy Lube Live
08/04 Winston-Salem, NC Ziggy’s* w/Suicide Silence, Wretched
08/05 Atlanta, GA Lakewood Amphitheatre
08/06 Memphis, TN Memphis International Speedway
08/07 Oklahoma City, OK Downtown Air Park
08/08 Lubbock, TX Jake’s Sports Cafe* w/Suicide Silence, Wretched
08/09 Dallas, TX Gexa Energy Pavilion
08/10 The Woodlands, TX Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
End Tour *=off day of Mayhem Festival

CANNIBAL CORPSE
Tour w/ Hour of Penance
09/07 Perth, AU Capitol
09/08 Fowlers, AU Adelaide
09/09 Melbourne, AU Billboard
09/10 Sydney, AU The Metro
09/11 Brisbane, AU HiFi
09/17 Tokyo, JP Liquid Room
09/18 Nagoya, JP ELL
09/19 Osaka, JP Club Quattro
09/20 Hiroshima, JP Club Quattro

CANNIBAL CORPSE
w/ Revocation, Aeon
10/14 Jyvaskyla, FI Lutakko
10/15 Helsinki, FI Nosturi
10/17 Stockholm, SE Debaser Strand
10/18 Oslo, NO Vulkan Arena
10/19 Gothenburg, SE Sticky Fingers
10/21 Zwolle, NL Hedon
10/22 Saarbrücken, DE Garage
10/23 Lyon, FR Ninksi Kao
10/24 Barcelona, ES Razzmatazz 2
10/25 Madrid, ES Arena
10/27 Toulouse, FR Le Bikini
10/28 Paris, FR Trabendo
10/29 Strasbourg, FR La Laiterie
10/30 Antwerp, BE Trix
10/31 London, GB Forum
11/01 Leeds, GB Damnation Festival *No Revocation, Aeon
11/02 Lille, FR Splendid
11/04 Frankfurt, DE Batschkapp
11/05 Ludwigsburg, DE Rockfabrik
11/06 Osnabrück, DE Rosenhof
11/07 Hamburg, DE Klubsen
11/08 Aalborg, DK Metal Festival
11/09 Copenhagen, DK Amager Bio
11/11 Berlin, DE C-Club
11/12 Prague, CZ Club Roxy
11/13 München, DE Backstage
11/14 Glauchau, DE AlteSpinnerei
11/15 Brno, CZ Fleda
11/16 Cracow, PL Fabryka
11/17 Warsaw, PL Progresja
11/19 Graz, AT Explosiv
11/20 Budapest, HU Club 202
11/21 Zilina, SK KlubSmer
11/22 Wien, AT Szene
11/23 Nova Gorica, SI Mostovna Club
11/25 Treviso, IT New Age
11/26 Milan, IT Alcatrazz
11/27 Lausanne, CH Les Docks
11/28 Pratteln, CH Z7
11/29 Bochum, DE Matrix
11/30 Uden, NL De Pul

In related CANNIBAL CORPSE happenings, this September, the band will unleash their first-ever official authorized biography. Written by Joel McIver, author of Justice For All: The Truth About Metallica and biographies on Black Sabbath, Slayer, Slipknot, and Queens Of The Stone Age, Bible Of Butchery – Cannibal Corpse: The Official Biography will contain over 150 pages loaded with photos from the band’s collection, available everywhere this Fall!

“Cannibal Corpse are the biggest death metal band in the world…” — Metal Hammer UK

http://www.metalblade.com/cannibalcorpse
http://www.facebook.com/cannibalcorpse

"Sadistic Embodiment" in its entirety:

I don't think Paul's a slow/shitty drummer, and I actually really like Gallery (my 2nd fav from the pre-2000 stuff).

I've got Butchered, Tomb, Bleeding, and Torture. I think that covers me for CC style music. Would go see them live again in a second though.

Wait?! A CC cover art without over-the-top gore?

This oughta be good...

Kinda funny that you mention those, since they all sound different. I would at least try Bloodthirst and Kill, if you havent already.

Wait?! A CC cover art without over-the-top gore?

This oughta be good...

Yeah that song rules hard. Total Slayer with that first riff.

New Cannibal Corpse sounds like any other Cannibal Corpse song. Surprised no one's sick of them...

The start-stop riff isn't a bad idea in itself, but it sounds quite awkward given that the stops are complete and utter silence: no tailing bass response from the guitars, ringing drum shells, feedback or anything like you might hear when the song is performed live. Secondly, though I appreciate the more present bass, but the guitar tone is definitely less powerful than on the last handful of albums. I don't think I'll buy it outright.