Gore Obsessed is the eighth studio album by American death metal band Cannibal Corpse, released on February 26, 2002 by Metal Blade Records.

Gore Obsessed
Zombies devour a body
Studio album by
ReleasedFebruary 26, 2002 (2002-02-26)
StudioSonic Ranch, Tornillo, TX, US
GenreDeath metal
Length38:15
LabelMetal Blade
Producer
Cannibal Corpse chronology
Live Cannibalism
(2000)
Gore Obsessed
(2002)
The Wretched Spawn
(2004)
Censored cover
Artwork by Vince Locke
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal5/10[2]

The Japanese version of the album includes "Compelled to Lacerate" as a live bonus track.

Track listing edit

No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Savage Butchery"Webster
  • Webster
  • Owen
1:50
2."Hatchet to the Head"MazurkiewiczO'Brien3:34
3."Pit of Zombies"WebsterWebster3:58
4."Dormant Bodies Bursting"MazurkiewiczOwen2:00
5."Compelled to Lacerate"WebsterWebster3:29
6."Drowning in Viscera"MazurkiewiczO'Brien3:36
7."Hung and Bled"WebsterWebster4:13
8."Sanded Faceless"MazurkiewiczO'Brien3:51
9."Mutation of the Cadaver"WebsterWebster3:09
10."When Death Replaces Life"
  • Owen
  • Mazurkiewicz
Owen4:59
11."Grotesque"WebsterWebster3:42
Total length:38:15
Limited edition bonus track
No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
12."No Remorse" (Metallica cover)Hetfield
6:16

Credits edit

Writing, performance and production credits are adapted from the album liner notes.[3]

Personnel edit

Cannibal Corpse
Production
Artwork and design

Studios edit

Charts edit

Chart Peak
position
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[4] 71
US Independent Albums (Billboard)[5] 11

References edit

  1. ^ Hinds, Andy. Gore Obsessed - Cannibal Corpse at AllMusic
  2. ^ Popoff, Martin; Perri, David (2011). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 4: The '00s. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 72. ISBN 9781-926592-20-6.
  3. ^ Gore Obsessed (booklet). Cannibal Corpse. Metal Blade Records. 2002.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  4. ^ "Longplay-Chartverfolgung at Musicline" (in German). Musicline.de. Phononet GmbH.
  5. ^ "Cannibal Corpse Chart History (Independent Albums)". Billboard.

External links edit