Cannibal Corpse : Gallery of Suicide
In my mind, this album is under-rated..the critics
hated this album beyond belief, and to be honest I don't know why. Still carrying the
shock-image persona that they culminated in the early 90s, the lyrics/cover art are gorier
than a bullet wound to the head. On a musical aspect, Cannibal Corpse play a form of
complex Technical Death Metal. The riffs are some of the best I've heard in Death Metal;
they will stick to you like glue, which is the #1 attention getter.
Nearly every song is a highlight, though the first half is slightly better. "I
Will Kill You" features brutal riffage layered around deep gutteral vocals
from the "Corpse Grinder" himself. "Sentenced to Burn" and
"Chambers of Blood" continue the fury with thrash-esque rhythm anthems
surely to pound right through your eardrums. The top track, "From Liquid to Skin"
really surprised me in that it's an instrumental (a rarity in Death Metal). Why Cannibal
Corpse don't compose more instrumentals like this is beyond me! The fretwork amazed me on
first listen, and it still does.
Hardcore CC fans may not like this half as much as earlier material, but this album is
just as good: 'not as monotonous as one might expect, the great variety in vocals
and riffage are sure to keep you banging away in fine fashion. Better than The
Vile, although not quite as intense as say Butchered at Birth,
this is a fresh sounding Death Metal album that is still overlooked in the CC catalog.
Tracks
1. I Will Kill You
9. Stabbed in the Throat
2. Disposal of the Body
10. Chambers of Blood
3. Sentenced to Burn
11. Headless
4. Blood Drenched Execution
12. Every Bone Broken
5. Gallery of Suicide
13. Centuries of Torment
6. Dismembered and Molested
14. Crushing the Despised
7. From Skin to Liquid (instrumental)
15. Sacrifice *
8. Unite the Dead
* appears on import version only.
Reviewed by Sam |
