Cannibal Corpse is an American death metal band from Buffalo, New York. Formed in December 1988, the band has released 14 studio albums, two box sets, four video albums, and two live albums. As of 2015, they achieved worldwide sales of two million units for combined sales of all their albums. The band’s album art and lyrics, drawing heavily on horror fiction and horror films, are highly controversial.
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Cannibal Corpse is an American death metal band from Buffalo, New York. Formed in December 1988, the band has released fourteen studio albums, two box sets, four video albums, and two live albums. As of 2015, they achieved worldwide sales of two million units for combined sales of all their albums. The band’s album art and lyrics, drawing heavily on horror fiction and horror films, are highly controversial. Several countries, such as Germany and Russia, have banned Cannibal Corpse from performing within their borders, or have banned the sale and display of original Cannibal corpse album covers. On December 10, 2018, guitarist Pat O’Brien was arrested for assault; his bail was set at USD 50,000. On January 18, 2019, Cannibal. Corpse announced that they were recording the new album in the studio. In October 2019, it was stated that the band would start work on a new album after their current tour had concluded. In June 2020, Hate Eternal frontman and former Morbid Angel guitarist Erik Rutan would fill-in for O’Brien on their future tours. In May 1995, Senator Bob Dole accused the band of being anti-Semitic and anti-American, and accused them of being racist, anti-gay, and homophobic.
The charges were later dropped against the band, and they were cleared of all charges. The group has had several lineup changes since their inception, with Webster and drummer Paul Mazurkiewicz as the only constant members. They have had little radio or television exposure throughout its career, although a cult following began to build after the release of the 1991 album Butchered at Birth and 1992 album Tomb of the Mutilated. Their full-length death metal debut album, Eaten Back to Life, was released in August 1990. They released its twelfth studio album, Torture, in March 2012. In February 2014, they announced they had begun recording their thirteenth album, A Skeletal Domain, which was released on September 16. In September 2017, the group announced their fourteenth studio album Red Before Black, whichwas released on November 3. They also released a live DVD in 2011 entitled Global Evisceration. In November 2007, they began writing for the follow-up to Kill, Eviscersation Plague, released February 3, 2009, to a highly positive response.
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