Death metallers, here is your CANNIBAL CORPSE ALBUMS POLL....

Cannibal Corpse can be a blast even if you don't know em well going in. knowing em well just enhances it (ie when you hear "Staring Through the Eyes of the Dead" and immediately trample the guy in front of you in excitement)

they are a total blast live and hang out at the merch table before AND after the set for pics. get in the pit and have fun

CC pit is where I almost got my first concussion

in tampa they go nuts for these guys and it was a more compact venue so I got headbutted in the pit and this big burly guy saw me going down and picked me up out of harm's way, then as he saw me confusedly trying to go back he put his arm out to stop me

i love him

giant lol for that guy, hero status

I wish they'd stop ending with "Stripped Raped and Strangled" as a 'surprise' encore after HSF. "Hammer Smashed Face" is the set-ender, period. coming back with that one is akin to ending the Godfather by having Connie stick her foot in the door before it can close on Michael, saying she forgot her coat

perfectly good song, but it should be out of the way by song #10 if it's gonna happen at all

The Centuries of Torment documentary on the band is amazing and infinitely rewatchable. It's on YT. And it's long. If you want to go into your first live exposure to the band with an eagerness to see professionals on top of their game, I suggest watching it.

And for the dead poll I have to go with Bloodthirst. I get the historical significance of those first three albums but vastly prefer every other dm band of the time to CC; and Bloodthirst has a feeling of "everything coming together"-ness that I've not heard on any of their other albums.

One thing I will say about those early Barnes albums, they reek of sordid unpleasantness in the same way as the first Texas Chainsaw Massacre film. (I mean this as a positive.) The Corpsegrinder era is like the Scream movies in contrast.

And "Kill Or Become" is the best death metal song in forever.

Eaten back to life is dope

I think my fav CC is still Tomb of the Mutilated but I feel like yr still otm as CC's Barnes releases were bested by a lot of other DM bands (though I still love them), and I find The Bleeding good but overrated. for me tho the 'coming together' album for Corpsegrinder = Kill

soft spot in my heart for Gallery of Suicide too as it was my first, and I remember it being my second death metal album ever. bought on cassette for 7.99 from Camelot Music, had to wait for my shift at Steak 'n Shake to end before I got to go home and finally listen to it.

speaking of Bloodthirst though, god does "Dead Human Collection" hit hard live.

seeing them next week, more excited for Behemoth who I haven't seen, but who am I kidding, CC set will be amazing as always.

Behemoth has great stage props

Seeing them on Saturday night.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQin6rnTzYQ

Haha

http://pixel.nymag.com/imgs/daily/following/2016/05/05/jmascis_volksw.nocrop.w710.h2147483647.2x.jpg
Becoming a thing

quote I read somewhere about J Mascis: "rock stars should not look like they're covered in moss"

it's like a hipster murdered Barney and stole his accessories

Chris Barnes is on Cameo now

let's just say it appears his whole diet is THC-based at this point

have managed to acquire all of the albums on vinyl except Butchered and Evisceration Plague, discounting live albums. some still in tow.

each one came with a poster so my room looks like Corpsey right now, except for the huge Gwar poster.

lol i thought this was gonna be about flea

What’s the best cannibal corpse album

— Flea (@flea333) September 8, 2020

that development brings me joy, lol