Cannibal Corpse emerged fully formed out of Florida's famous death metal swamp with this one.
All the trademarks are in place, from the B-horror movie album cover art to the ludicrously over the top lyrics -- "Brains devoured in a frenzied slaughter, thirst for gore nothing more/Bile is dripping, puss from wounds, as the coroner drinks it down." Chris Barnes growls his vocals like Satan on a diet of razor blades and paint thinner.
The playing is uniformly savage and, alas, uniformly one-dimensional.
On paper Cannibal Corpse are the perfect death metal act, but in reality, their pursuit of lyrical and musical extremes was something of a joke from this first release on.
Too many tempo changes; too much monochromatic double-bass slugging; not nearly enough variety, texture, or interesting guitar work.
Cannibal Corpse's single-minded devotion to their cause is admirable; too bad the results of that dedication are not very interesting.
Eaten Back to Life isn't much more than death metal for dummies.
Try Deicide (whose vocalist Glen Benton guests on background vocals here) instead.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shredded HumansChris Barnes, Jack Owen | Cannibal Corpse | Play | 05:11 | 11 MB | 37 MB |
| 2 | Edible AutopsyChris Barnes | Cannibal Corpse | Play | 04:30 | 10 MB | 33 MB |
| 3 | Put Them to DeathChris Barnes | Cannibal Corpse | Play | 01:48 | 4 MB | 13 MB |
| 4 | MangledChris Barnes, Paul Mazurkiewicz | Cannibal Corpse | Play | 04:29 | 10 MB | 33 MB |
| 5 | Scattered Remains, Splattered BrainsChris Barnes, Jack Owen | Cannibal Corpse | Play | 02:32 | 5 MB | 18 MB |
| 6 | Born in a CasketChris Barnes | Cannibal Corpse | Play | 03:18 | 7 MB | 23 MB |
| 7 | Rotting HeadChris Barnes, Jack Owen | Cannibal Corpse | Play | 02:24 | 5 MB | 16 MB |
| 8 | The Undead Will FeastChris Barnes, Jack Owen, Alex Webster | Cannibal Corpse | Play | 02:47 | 6 MB | 20 MB |
| 9 | Bloody ChunksChris Barnes | Cannibal Corpse | Play | 01:51 | 4 MB | 13 MB |
| 10 | A Skull Full of MaggotsChris Barnes | Cannibal Corpse | Play | 02:06 | 4 MB | 15 MB |
| 11 | Burried in the Backyard | Cannibal Corpse | Play | 05:15 | 12 MB | 38 MB |
| 12 | Born in a Casket (Live) | Cannibal Corpse | Play | 03:34 | 8 MB | 26 MB |
| 39 mins | 91 MB | |||||
| 39 mins | 290 MB | |||||
| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brian J. Ames | Design |
| 2 | Chris Barnes | Composer |
| 3 | Glen Benton | Vocals (Background) |
| 4 | Scott Burns | Engineer, Producer |
| 5 | Cannibal Corpse | Primary Artist |
| 6 | Francis Howard | Vocals (Background) |
| 7 | Vincent Locke | Art Direction |
| 8 | Paul Mazurkiewicz | Composer |
| 9 | Mike Mulley | Photography |
| 10 | Jack Owen | Composer |
| 11 | Alex Webster | Composer |
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |
| CD Quality | FLAC | 16bit 44.1kHz | FLAC is an audio coding format which uses lossless compression. Digital audio in FLAC format has a smaller size and retains the same quality of the original Compact Disc (CD). |