𝐅𝐑𝐎𝐌 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐂𝐑𝐘𝐏𝐓𝐒 - 𝐂𝐄𝐋𝐄𝐁𝐑𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐏𝐀𝐒𝐓 𝐀𝐋𝐁𝐔𝐌 𝐑𝐄𝐋𝐄𝐀𝐒𝐄𝐒 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐇𝐈𝐒𝐓𝐎𝐑𝐘 𝐨𝐟 𝐇𝐀𝐑𝐃 𝐑𝐎𝐂𝐊 & 𝐇𝐄𝐀𝐕𝐘 𝐌𝐄𝐓𝐀𝐋…
August 17, 1990 — Cannibal Corpse released their debut studio album, Eaten Back to Life via Metal Blade Records. (Listen)
Background:
Members from earlier Buffalo-area death metal bands Beyond Death (Alex Webster, Jack Owen), Tirant Sin (Paul Mazurkiewicz, Chris Barnes, Bob Rusay), and Leviathan (Barnes) established the band in December 1988. The band played its first show at Buffalo's River Rock Cafe in March 1989, shortly after recording a five-song self-titled demo tape. Within a year of the first gig, the band was signed to Metal Blade Records, apparently after the label had heard the demo tape that the manager of the record store at which Barnes was working sent in. Their full-length Death Metal debut album, Eaten Back to Life, was released in August 1990. Inspired by and seeking the new commercial and recording opportunities of the emerging Florida Death Metal scene, the band relocated to Tampa.
Eaten Back to Life was banned in Germany (censored versions of the album were not available, but the ban was revoked in 2006) and other countries because of the violent cover and the extreme nature of the lyrics. Glen Benton of Deicide and Francis H. Howard of Opprobrium (then known as Incubus) perform backup vocals on Mangled and A Skull Full of Maggots.
The following statement can be found in the inlay of this album: "𝚃𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚊𝚕𝚋𝚞𝚖 𝚒𝚜 𝚍𝚎𝚍𝚒𝚌𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚖𝚎𝚖𝚘𝚛𝚢 𝚘𝚏 𝙰𝚕𝚏𝚎𝚛𝚍 𝙿𝚊𝚌𝚔𝚎𝚛, 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚏𝚒𝚛𝚜𝚝 𝙰𝚖𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚌𝚊𝚗 𝚌𝚊𝚗𝚗𝚒𝚋𝚊𝚕 (𝚁.𝙸.𝙿.)".
Reissue:
The remastered version includes a video of Born in a Casket (Live) as well as a less saturated cover color, a new text scheme for the title, and the Fisher-era Cannibal Corpse text logo.
Cannibal Controversy:
In May 1995, then-US Senator Bob Dole accused Cannibal Corpse (along with hip hop acts including the Geto Boys and 2 Live Crew) of undermining the national character of the United States. A year later, the band came under fire again, this time as part of a campaign by conservative activist William Bennett, Senator Joe Lieberman, then-Senator Sam Nunn, and National Congress of Black Women chair C. Delores Tucker to get major record labels (including Time Warner, Sony, Thorn-EMI, PolyGram and Bertelsmann) to "𝚍𝚞𝚖𝚙 𝟸𝟶 𝚛𝚎𝚌𝚘𝚛𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚐𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚙𝚜...𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚙𝚘𝚗𝚜𝚒𝚋𝚕𝚎 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚖𝚘𝚜𝚝 𝚘𝚏𝚏𝚎𝚗𝚜𝚒𝚟𝚎 𝚕𝚢𝚛𝚒𝚌𝚜".
As of October 23, 1996, the sale of any Cannibal Corpse audio recording then available was banned in Australia and all copies of such had been removed from music shops. At the time, the Australian Recording Industry Association and the Australian Music Retailers Association were implementing a system for identifying potentially offensive records, known as the "𝚕𝚊𝚋𝚎𝚕𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚌𝚘𝚍𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚙𝚛𝚊𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚌𝚎".
All ten of Cannibal Corpse's albums, the live album Live Cannibalism, the boxed set 15 Year Killing Spree, the EP Worm Infested, and the single Hammer Smashed Face were re-released in Australia between 2006 and 2007, finally classified by ARIA and allowed for sale in Australia. However, they are all "𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚒𝚌𝚝𝚎𝚍 " and only sold to those over 18 years of age. Some are sold in "𝚌𝚎𝚗𝚜𝚘𝚛𝚎𝚍 " and "𝚞𝚗𝚌𝚎𝚗𝚜𝚘𝚛𝚎𝚍" editions, which denotes the change of cover art. Despite this, when displayed in some stores, even the "𝚞𝚗𝚌𝚎𝚗𝚜𝚘𝚛𝚎𝚍" editions are censored manually.
After discussion of banning them from touring, Australian comedy act The Chaser did a lounge music version of their song Rancid Amputation on their show The Chaser's War on Everything, claiming that the music, and not the lyrics, was the problem, by performing a lounge music version.
All Cannibal Corpse albums up to and including Tomb of the Mutilated were banned upon release from being sold or displayed in Germany due to their graphic cover art and disturbing lyrics; the band was also forbidden to play any songs from those albums while touring in Germany. This prohibition was not lifted until June 2006. In a 2004 interview, George Fisher attempted to recall what originally provoked the ban;
"𝙰 𝚠𝚘𝚖𝚊𝚗 𝚜𝚊𝚠 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚠𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚜𝚑𝚒𝚛𝚝𝚜, 𝙸 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚔 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚒𝚜 𝚊 𝚜𝚌𝚑𝚘𝚘𝚕𝚝𝚎𝚊𝚌𝚑𝚎𝚛, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚓𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚌𝚊𝚞𝚜𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚋𝚒𝚐 𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚔 𝚊𝚋𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚒𝚝. 𝚂𝚘 [𝚗𝚘𝚠] 𝚠𝚎 𝚌𝚊𝚗,𝚝 𝚙𝚕𝚊𝚢 𝚊𝚗𝚢𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚏𝚒𝚛𝚜𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚛𝚎𝚎 𝚛𝚎𝚌𝚘𝚛𝚍𝚜. 𝙰𝚗𝚍 𝚒𝚝 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚜𝚞𝚌𝚔𝚜 𝚋𝚎𝚌𝚊𝚞𝚜𝚎 𝚔𝚒𝚍𝚜 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝚞𝚙 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚠𝚊𝚗𝚝 𝚞𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝚙𝚕𝚊𝚢 𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚘𝚕𝚍 𝚜𝚘𝚗𝚐𝚜 (𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚠𝚎 𝚠𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍), 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚔𝚗𝚘𝚠 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚍𝚎𝚊𝚕. 𝚆𝚎 𝚌𝚊𝚗‘𝚝 𝚙𝚕𝚊𝚢 𝙱𝚘𝚛𝚗 𝚒𝚗 𝚊 𝙲𝚊𝚜𝚔𝚎𝚝 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚌𝚊𝚗 𝚙𝚕𝚊𝚢 𝙳𝚒𝚜𝚖𝚎𝚖𝚋𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚍 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝙼𝚘𝚕𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚍."
Six of the eight planned shows from the band's 2014 Russian tour were canceled after protests from local Orthodox activists. A month before the tour, religious activist Dimitry Tsorionov said Cannibal Corpse's music was punishable under Russian law because it "𝚒𝚗𝚌𝚒𝚝𝚎𝚜 𝚛𝚎𝚕𝚒𝚐𝚒𝚘𝚞𝚜 𝚍𝚒𝚟𝚒𝚜𝚒𝚘𝚗." He commented unfavorably on the lyrics, saying they promoted "𝚍𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚑, 𝚟𝚒𝚘𝚕𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚎, 𝚊𝚜 𝚠𝚎𝚕𝚕 𝚊𝚜 𝚟𝚊𝚛𝚒𝚘𝚞𝚜 𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚍𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝚜𝚎𝚡𝚞𝚊𝚕 𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚒𝚘𝚗." The gig in Nizhny Novgorod was stopped halfway through the set, after police conducted a search for drugs at the venue. The concert in Saint Petersburg was canceled at the last minute because of unspecified "𝚝𝚎𝚌𝚑𝚗𝚒𝚌𝚊𝚕 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚜𝚘𝚗𝚜." Fans began rioting, and eighteen of them were arrested. Band members stated that Russian authorities threatened to detain them if the band performed because they did not have the correct visas.
Responses to Critics:
Cannibal Corpse's lyrics and album/T-shirt artwork frequently feature transgressive and macabre imagery, including depictions of extreme violence and gore; the band has always defended this as artistic expression that is clearly fictional. In an interview for the documentary Metal: A Headbangers Journey, George Fisher said that Death Metal is best understood "𝚊𝚜 𝚊𝚛𝚝", and claims that far more violent art can be found at the Vatican, pointing out that such depictions are arguably more transgressive because they actually happened.
Some examples of Cannibal Corpse's most controversial song titles include I Cum Blood, Meat Hook Sodomy, Entrails Ripped from a Virgin's Cunt, Necropedophile, Stripped, Raped, and Strangled, and Fucked with a Knife.
On the same topic, George "Corpsegrinder" Fisher once said in an interview;
"𝚆𝚎 𝚍𝚘𝚗‘𝚝 𝚜𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊𝚋𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚙𝚘𝚕𝚒𝚝𝚒𝚌𝚜. 𝚆𝚎 𝚍𝚘𝚗’𝚝 𝚜𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊𝚋𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚛𝚎𝚕𝚒𝚐𝚒𝚘𝚗... 𝙰𝚕𝚕 𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚜𝚘𝚗𝚐𝚜 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚜𝚑𝚘𝚛𝚝 𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝, 𝚒𝚏 𝚊𝚗𝚢𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚠𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚜𝚘 𝚌𝚑𝚘𝚘𝚜𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚝 𝚒𝚝 𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚘 𝚊 𝚑𝚘𝚛𝚛𝚘𝚛 𝚖𝚘𝚟𝚒𝚎. 𝚁𝚎𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢, 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝‘𝚜 𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚒𝚝 𝚒𝚜. 𝚆𝚎 𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎 𝚐𝚛𝚞𝚎𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎, 𝚜𝚌𝚊𝚛𝚢 𝚖𝚘𝚟𝚒𝚎𝚜, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚠𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚗𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚕𝚢𝚛𝚒𝚌𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝚋𝚎 𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝. 𝚈𝚎𝚊𝚑, 𝚒𝚝‘𝚜 𝚊𝚋𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚔𝚒𝚕𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚙𝚎𝚘𝚙𝚕𝚎, 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚒𝚝’𝚜 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚖𝚘𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚒𝚝 𝚊𝚝 𝚊𝚕𝚕. 𝙱𝚊𝚜𝚒𝚌𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚜𝚎 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚏𝚒𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚊𝚕 𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚜, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝‘𝚜 𝚒𝚝. 𝙰𝚗𝚍 𝚊𝚗𝚢𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚠𝚑𝚘 𝚐𝚎𝚝𝚜 𝚞𝚙𝚜𝚎𝚝 𝚊𝚋𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚒𝚝 𝚒𝚜 𝚛𝚒𝚍𝚒𝚌𝚞𝚕𝚘𝚞𝚜."
In response to accusations that his band's lyrics desensitize people to violence, Alex Webster argued Death Metal fans enjoy the music only because they know the violence depicted in its lyrics is not real;
"𝙸 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚔 𝚙𝚎𝚘𝚙𝚕𝚎 𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚋𝚊𝚋𝚕𝚢 𝚊𝚛𝚎𝚗‘𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚍𝚎𝚜𝚎𝚗𝚜𝚒𝚝𝚒𝚣𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚒𝚝, 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚔𝚗𝚘𝚠 𝚒𝚗𝚌𝚕𝚞𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚖𝚢𝚜𝚎𝚕𝚏, 𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚔𝚗𝚘𝚠, 𝚠𝚎 𝚜𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊𝚋𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚜𝚝𝚞𝚏𝚏 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚠𝚊𝚝𝚌𝚑 𝚊 𝚖𝚘𝚟𝚒𝚎 𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚔𝚗𝚘𝚠 𝚒𝚝’𝚜 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚕 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚒𝚝‘𝚜 𝚗𝚘 𝚋𝚒𝚐 𝚍𝚎𝚊𝚕, 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚒𝚏 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚜𝚊𝚠 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚐𝚎𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚒𝚛 𝚋𝚛𝚊𝚒𝚗𝚜 𝚋𝚊𝚜𝚑𝚎𝚍 𝚒𝚗 𝚛𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚒𝚗 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚗𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚢𝚘𝚞, 𝙸 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚔 𝚒𝚝 𝚠𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚊 𝚙𝚛𝚎𝚝𝚝𝚢 𝚍𝚛𝚊𝚖𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚌 𝚒𝚖𝚙𝚊𝚌𝚝 𝚘𝚗 𝚊𝚗𝚢 𝚑𝚞𝚖𝚊𝚗 𝚋𝚎𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚔𝚗𝚘𝚠 𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝙸 𝚖𝚎𝚊𝚗? 𝙾𝚛 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚛𝚒𝚋𝚕𝚎, 𝚐𝚛𝚘𝚜𝚜 𝚊𝚌𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚟𝚒𝚘𝚕𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝚘𝚛 𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚍𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚛𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚒𝚗 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚗𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚢𝚘𝚞, 𝙸 𝚖𝚎𝚊𝚗 𝚢𝚘𝚞‘𝚍 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚌𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚒𝚝, 𝚗𝚘 𝚖𝚊𝚝𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚑𝚘𝚠 𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚢 𝚖𝚘𝚟𝚒𝚎𝚜 𝚢𝚘𝚞’𝚟𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚝𝚌𝚑𝚎𝚍 𝚘𝚛 𝚑𝚘𝚠 𝚖𝚞𝚌𝚑 𝚐𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚖𝚎𝚝𝚊𝚕 𝚢𝚘𝚞’𝚟𝚎 𝚕𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚗𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚘𝚛 𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛, 𝙸,𝚖 𝚜𝚞𝚛𝚎 𝚒𝚝‘𝚜 𝚊 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚙𝚕𝚎𝚝𝚎𝚕𝚢 𝚍𝚒𝚏𝚏𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝚒𝚝‘𝚜 𝚛𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚒𝚗 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚗𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚢𝚘𝚞. 𝙴𝚟𝚎𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑 𝚠𝚎’𝚟𝚎 𝚐𝚘𝚝 𝚌𝚛𝚊𝚣𝚢 𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚝𝚊𝚒𝚗𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚗𝚘𝚠, 𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚜𝚘𝚌𝚒𝚊𝚕 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚕𝚒𝚝𝚒𝚎𝚜 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚊𝚌𝚝𝚞𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚊 𝚋𝚒𝚝 𝚖𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚌𝚒𝚟𝚒𝚕𝚒𝚣𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚠𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚋𝚊𝚌𝚔 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚗, 𝙸 𝚖𝚎𝚊𝚗 𝚠𝚎‘𝚛𝚎 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚙𝚎𝚘𝚙𝚕𝚎 𝚘𝚛 𝚠𝚑𝚒𝚙𝚙𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚖 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚎𝚎𝚝 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝙸 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚔 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝’𝚜 𝚙𝚘𝚜𝚒𝚝𝚒𝚟𝚎 𝚒𝚖𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚊𝚗𝚢 𝚜𝚘𝚌𝚒𝚎𝚝𝚢 𝚒𝚗 𝚖𝚢 𝚘𝚙𝚒𝚗𝚒𝚘𝚗."
He also believes the violent lyrics can have positive value;
"𝙸𝚝‘𝚜 𝚐𝚘𝚘𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚛𝚢 𝚖𝚞𝚜𝚒𝚌 𝚊𝚜 𝚊 𝚛𝚎𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚜𝚎.“
George Fisher explained the content of their songs;
"𝚃𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎‘𝚜 𝚗𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚜𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚘𝚞𝚜. 𝚆𝚎’𝚛𝚎 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚘𝚏 𝚊𝚗𝚢𝚋𝚘𝚍𝚢 𝚒𝚗 𝚙𝚊𝚛𝚝𝚒𝚌𝚞𝚕𝚊𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚠𝚎‘𝚛𝚎 𝚝𝚛𝚢𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚘 𝚔𝚒𝚕𝚕, 𝚘𝚛 𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚖 𝚘𝚛 𝚊𝚗𝚢𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐."
Noteworthy:
Cannibal Corpse also had a cameo appearance in the 1994 Jim Carrey film Ace Ventura: Pet Detective, performing an abridged version of their song Hammer Smashed Face.
Cannibal Corpse Demo (in relation to “Eaten”):
Cannibal Corpse’s 1989 self-titled demo is the predecessor to Eaten Back to Life and all of its songs were re-recorded for that album. Although the correct title of the demo is simply Cannibal Corpse, the demo is commonly referred to as A Skull Full of Maggots or simply The Demo among Cannibal Corpse collectors and fans. The songs featured on this demo were A Skull Full of Maggots, The Undead Will Feast, Scattered Remains, Splattered Brains, Put Them to Death, and Bloody Chunks.
Unlike their following releases, the demo has a Thrash Metal-oriented sound that is reminiscent of influential Thrash albums where a more aggressive variant of the genre that bordered on Death Metal was present, such as Kreator's Pleasure to Kill and Dark Angel's Darkness Descends.
The cassette covers feature a photo of the early band and artwork created by Chris Barnes. The covers are printed on plain inexpensive cardstock and printed in a single color on a white background.
The demo itself is featured on Cannibal Corpse's 2003 Box Set 15 Year Killing Spree.
The original version of this demo was produced only on cassette tape. Only two productions runs of 100 units were ever made for a total of only 200 tapes (100 with white background; 100 with red background). The cassettes were cheaply produced, and many of them appear to be made from second hand or rejected cassette stocks, often faded writing from other band's albums is visible on the cassette itself. Most of the copies were simply given out at shows and traded or passed among fans. The few original cassettes that still exist are prized by fans and hoarded by collectors of Cannibal Corpse memorabilia.
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