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CANNIBAL CORPSE Release 16th Studio Album ‘Chaos Horrific’
September 22nd, 2023

Tampa, Florida-based death metal band Cannibal Corpse issued 16th full-length studio album Chaos Horrific on September 22nd, 2023 through Metal Blade Records.

Chaos Horrific was written shortly after the conclusion of sessions for predecessor Violence Unimagined. “To me, this album feels sort of like a continuation of Violence Unimagined,” says bassist Alex Webster.

“I believe that our songwriting has progressed in a manner where every song paves its own path, whether it’s a straightforward or technical song,” commented guitarist Rob Barrett. “Sometimes it’s a mix of both, so there’s no preconceived idea that we want to be more technical. The music just sort of takes its own course.”

“I don’t think there was any conscious effort to make things more technical, so if it wound up that way it would just be a natural result of us trying to write the heaviest songs we could,” Webster added.

Cannibal Corpse had no master plan, approaching each track with an open mind. “I never go into a record thinking about anything, I just let the writing flow freely with no limitations,” said guitarist and producer Erik Rutan. “But this time, I knew I wanted to push the envelope a bit in a different direction than Violence Unimagined; expand the dynamics, explore new territory without departing from what Cannibal Corpse is and always shall be.”

Chaos Horrific marks the sixth Cannibal Corpse album to be produced by Rutan, starting with 2006’s Kill, and Rutan’s second as a fully-fledged member of the band since officially joining in 2020.

Tracking took place at Rutan’s Mana Studio in Florida, with Rutan and fellow guitarist Rob Barrett having “custom guitars built with longer scale necks to hold the proper intonation necessary for lower tunings,” said Barrett.

Drummer Paul Mazurkiewicz named the record, Subjects covered include fighting off hordes of zombies (‘Chaos Horrific’), the selection of a random individual to be dismembered and sacrificed (‘Summoned For Sacrifice’), and the violent revenge of victims of human trafficking (‘Vengeful Invasion’).

Cover artwork was designed by longtime collaborator Vince Locke, featuring a chaotic tangle of the living and the undead.

The track listing is as follows:

01. ‘Overlords Of Violence’
02. ‘Frenzied Feeding’
03. ‘Summoned For Sacrifice’
04. ‘Blood Blind’
05. ‘Vengeful Invasion’
06. ‘Chaos Horrific’
07. ‘Fracture And Refracture’
08. ‘Pitchfork Impalement’
09. ‘Pestilential Rictus’
10. ‘Drain You Empty’

Cannibal Corpse’s line-up is as follows:

George “Corpsegrinder” Fisher (vocals)
Rob Barrett (guitar)
Erik Rutan (guitar)
Alex Webster (bass)
Paul Mazurkiewicz (drums)

Music videos were filmed for the title track and the songs ‘Blood Blind’, ‘Summoned For Sacrifice’ and ‘Vengeful Invasion’. All four clips can be accessed below.

Fifteenth studio record Violence Unimagined was released in April 2021 via Metal Blade Records.

Promotional photograph by Alex Morgan.

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