Genre: Death Metal, Brutal Death, Gore-Soaked Mayhem
Formed: 1988 – Buffalo, New York ☠️🧟
Known For: Insane album covers, guttural vocals, relentless drums, and lyrics that make your nan faint.
🧛 WHO THE BLOODY HELL ARE CANNIBAL CORPSE?
Back in the late ‘80s, while hair metal was still spraying its fringe, five lunatics from Buffalo decided to create something… nastier.
Inspired by slasher films, nightmares, and a seemingly infinite hatred for the human body, they forged the world’s most infamous death metal band.
Their music is faster than a chainsaw and twice as subtle.
Their lyrics? Let’s just say you won’t find them in a Valentine’s card.
Their legacy? Untouchable.
And fronting it all since 1995?
The mountain of metal himself:
🦍 GEORGE “CORPSEGRINDER” FISHER – Neck of doom. Voice of death. King of the windmill headbang.
⚔️ CURRENT LINE-UP – THE SLAUGHTER CREW:
- George “Corpsegrinder” Fisher – Vocals / Growls like Satan’s garbage disposal
- Erik Rutan – Lead Guitar / Ex-Hate Eternal, studio wizard, shred lord
- Rob Barrett – Rhythm Guitar / Old-school riff butcher
- Alex Webster – Bass / Founding member & technical maniac
- Paul Mazurkiewicz – Drums / Blastbeat barbarian since day one
Past members include Chris Barnes (original throat demon) and Jack Owen (riff legend), but the band’s blood runs strong to this day.
💿 DISCOGRAPHY – 35 YEARS OF GUTS, GROOVES & GRIND 🔪
💀 Eaten Back to Life (1990)
🎧 Shredded Humans, Born in a Casket
Vibe: Grotty, thrashy, brain-splattered death metal debut
Riff Rating: 🔥🔥🔥
*The slaughter begins.
🧠 Butchered at Birth (1991)
🎧 Meat Hook Sodomy, Gutted
Vibe: Even nastier. More guttural. More banned.
Riff Rating: 🔥🔥🔥🔥
*Classic filth.
🔪 Tomb of the Mutilated (1992)
🎧 Hammer Smashed Face, I Cum Blood
Vibe: Death metal’s most notorious album.
Riff Rating: 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
*“Hammer Smashed Face” is death metal’s national anthem.
🧟 The Bleeding (1994)
🎧 Stripped, Raped and Strangled, F**ed with a Knife*
Vibe: Groovier. Creepier. Still utterly vile.
Riff Rating: 🔥🔥🔥🔥
*The Chris Barnes finale.
🤘 Vile (1996)
🎧 Devoured by Vermin, Perverse Suffering
Vibe: Enter Corpsegrinder. Enter domination.
Riff Rating: 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
*New era. Same disgust.
🔥 Gallery of Suicide (1998)
🎧 Sentenced to Burn, Chambers of Blood
Vibe: Dark. Twisted. Technical.
Riff Rating: 🔥🔥🔥
*Underrated and unrelenting.
🔥 Bloodthirst (1999)
🎧 Pounded Into Dust, Dead Human Collection
Vibe: Faster. Tighter. Nastier.
Riff Rating: 🔥🔥🔥🔥
*Death metal done right.
🪓 Gore Obsessed (2002)
🎧 Pit of Zombies, Hatchet to the Head
Vibe: Stupid heavy. Stupid fun.
Riff Rating: 🔥🔥🔥
*Blood-soaked headbangs guaranteed.
🤯 The Wretched Spawn (2004)
🎧 Frantic Disembowelment, Decency Defied
Vibe: Riff tornado. Drum insanity.
Riff Rating: 🔥🔥🔥🔥
*Pure blastbeat chaos.
🧨 Kill (2006)
🎧 Make Them Suffer, Murder Worship
Vibe: Modern, clean, terrifying.
Riff Rating: 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
*One of Corpsegrinder’s finest moments.
⚰️ Evisceration Plague (2009)
🎧 Priests of Sodom, Scalding Hail
Vibe: Riff-dense and relentless.
Riff Rating: 🔥🔥🔥🔥
*Headbanger approved.
🩸 Torture (2012)
🎧 Demented Aggression, Encased in Concrete
Vibe: Non-stop chainsaw riffs.
Riff Rating: 🔥🔥🔥🔥
*It hurts so good.
🔥 A Skeletal Domain (2014)
🎧 Kill or Become, Sadistic Embodiment
Vibe: Atmosphere + annihilation.
Riff Rating: 🔥🔥🔥🔥
*The “Fire up the chainsaw!” album. Iconic. 🤘
🧛 Red Before Black (2017)
🎧 Code of the Slashers, Only One Will Die
Vibe: Classic Cannibal with modern bite.
Riff Rating: 🔥🔥🔥
*Don’t forget your blood bib.
⚰️ Violence Unimagined (2021)
🎧 Inhumane Harvest, Murderous Rampage
Vibe: New blood, same mayhem.
Riff Rating: 🔥🔥🔥🔥
*Rutan joins. The riffs level up.
🔪 Chaos Horrific (2023)
🎧 Blood Blind, Chaos Horrific
Vibe: Still extreme, still excellent, still disgusting.
Riff Rating: 🔥🔥🔥🔥
*35 years in. Still carving their way through the world.
🎧 CANNIBAL CORPSE ESSENTIALS – FROM THE RIFF REPORT’S GUTTER PLAYLIST:
🎸 Hammer Smashed Face – Obligatory. Legendary. Mandatory.
🎸 Stripped, Raped and Strangled – Groove + horror = iconic
🎸 Kill or Become – “Fire up the CHAINSAW!” = festival mayhem
🎸 Frantic Disembowelment – Technical filth
🎸 Inhumane Harvest – Modern brutality masterclass
🎸 I Cum Blood – Name alone clears out casuals
🧡 WHY CANNIBAL CORPSE STILL DOMINATE DEATH METAL:
Because they:
- Never watered it down – ever
- Have outlasted trends, lawsuits, bans, and censorship
- Keep getting faster, tighter, heavier
- Make every death metal fan feel like a chainsaw-wielding god
- Have the most iconic song titles in the genre. Period.
And because Corpsegrinder’s neck is thicker than most trees.
🎤 FINAL VERDICT FROM THE RIFF REPORT:
Cannibal Corpse are death metal’s final boss.
They’ve never changed for the crowd. They’ve dragged the crowd through blood and fire.
They’re not for the faint of heart – but perfect for the fiend in you.
Wanna scare your neighbours?
Looking to ruin family game night?
Need to turn your gym session into a horror movie montage?
Cannibal Corpse have the soundtrack to your demise.
Michael is the founder, editor, and chief riff wrangler behind The Riff Report, an independent Welsh rock and metal publication built by fans, for fans. With a lifelong passion for loud guitars, unforgettable live shows, and the incredible community that surrounds rock and metal, he created The Riff Report to celebrate everything that makes the scene special—from legendary headline acts and grassroots venues to rising bands that deserve to be heard.
A familiar face at festivals across the UK, Michael spends much of the year covering events including Download Festival, Bloodstock Open Air, Steelhouse Festival, Firevolt, Plumpton Revival, and many more. Whether he’s battling the Welsh weather on a mountainside, surviving a weekend in a muddy campsite, or squeezed against the front barrier with thousands of fellow fans, he’s always searching for the next great story to share.
As editor of The Riff Report, Michael writes festival guides, breaking news, album reviews, gig reviews, interviews, opinion pieces, nostalgia features, and behind-the-scenes stories from across the rock and metal world. His writing combines honest opinions, humour, and a genuine love for live music, bringing readers closer to the bands, festivals, venues, and people that keep the scene alive.
Michael is particularly passionate about supporting independent artists, local venues, charities, and the wider UK rock and metal community. He believes every band deserves a chance to be discovered and every festival has a story worth telling. Through The Riff Report, he aims to shine a spotlight on both the biggest names in rock and the future stars waiting to break through.
When he’s not writing or interviewing artists, you’ll probably find him exploring festival campsites, photographing live shows, chatting with fellow fans over a pint, or planning the next road trip in search of more riffs, bigger crowds, and unforgettable moments.
Above all, Michael believes rock and metal are about more than music—they’re about community, friendship, and creating memories that last a lifetime. That’s exactly what The Riff Report exists to celebrate.
Proudly Welsh. Proudly Loud. Always chasing the next great riff. 🤘
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