11 songs / 35 minutes
Metal Blade
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11 songs / 35 minutes
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Cannibal Corpse are truly a legend: parents, politicians and priests hate them, but they get more and more fans with every record they produce. Jim Carrey invited them once to have a part in an Ace Ventura movie, and even one time presidential candidate Bob Dole affectionately held them responsible for the lack of morality in society. 'Bloodthirst' is the second album with ex-Nevermore guitar player Pat O'Brien, and his technical skill really improved the sound of Cannibal Corpse. The new CD is the perfect symbiosis between sheer brutality and intelligent songwriting, and the band has not made the mistake to emphasize too much on their progressiveness. Only one song is longer than 4 minutes, and most of them are about 3 small minutes short. George Fisher's voice is so evil that he could scare old grannies with his vocals from Hell, and song titles like 'Hacksaw Decapitation' or 'Blowtorch Slaughter' show us that Cannibal Corpse still use the same old lyrical concept. The European version of the CD has an alternative cover artwork so that they won't be censored, and although this somehow makes the artistic conception poorer. But that's why from the musical point, this CD is a real killer. Most of the songs are absolutely hyperspeed, although there are also some mid-tempo tracks like 'Unleashing The Bloodthirsty'. My favourite songs are the three fast and complicated songs 'Pounded Into Dust', 'The Spine Splitter' and 'Raped By The Beast', although the CD is pure greatness in itself. Of course Cannibal Corpse are too old now to revolutionize their own style, but they still show no compromises. 9 points for 35 bleeding minutes! |
