Hacked Up for Barbecue

Hacked Up for Barbecue
Hacked Up for Barbecue
Studio album by Mortician
Released	1997
Recorded	July 1996
Genre	Death metal, deathgrind
Length	50:29
Label	Relapse
Producer	Desmond Tolhurst; Mortician; William J. Yurkiewicz (exec.); Matthew F. Jacobson (exec.);
Mortician chronology

Hacked Up for Barbecue is the debut studio album by American death metal band Mortician,^[5]^[6] released on January 28, 1997 by Relapse Records.^[1] The album was later reissued as a two-on-one package with the band's 1998 EP Zombie Apocalypse.

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[3]
The San Diego Union-Tribune	^[4]

Critical reception edit

Tom Schulte of Allmusic gave Hacked Up for Barbeque three out of five stars, saying that it "should herald a long career of brutal noise, paying homage to sick flicks. One can wager that the gorecore here is better than any of the Z-movies quoted."^[1] The San Diego Union-Tribune called the album "wicked and menacing," writing that Mortician "somehow discovers drama between blasts of heavy guitar and drums."^[4]

Track listing edit

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Bloodcraving" (When a Stranger Calls)	5:13
2.	"Embalmed Alive"	0:50
3.	"Cremated"	1:34
4.	"Three on a Meathook" (Three on a Meathook)	3:06
5.	"Brutally Mutilated"	0:39
6.	"Deranged Insanity" (Unhinged)	2:28
7.	"Cannibal Feast" (Cannibal Ferox)	1:40
8.	"Blown to Pieces"	0:58
9.	"Fog of Death" (The Fog)	3:31
10.	"Brutal Disfigurement"	1:26
11.	"Apocalyptic Devastation" (The Road Warrior)	3:13
12.	"Inquisition"	1:21
13.	"Hacked Up for Barbecue" (The Texas Chain Saw Massacre)	4:18
14.	"Abolition"	0:51
15.	"Necrocannibal"	3:59
16.	"Ripped in Half"	0:25
17.	"Morbid Butchery" (Maniac)	2:01
18.	"Decapitated"	1:02
19.	"Drilling for Brains" (Blood Sucking Freaks)	0:49
20.	"Eaten Alive by Maggots" (Mortuary)	1:53
21.	"Witches' Coven" (Suspiria)	3:19
22.	"Worms"	0:53
23.	"Annihilation"	1:03
24.	"Mortician" (Phantasm, Phantasm III: Lord of the Dead)	3:21
Total length:		50:29

Personnel edit

Mortician

Will Rahmer — bass, vocals
Roger Beaujard — guitar, drum programming

Production

Desmond Tolhurst and Mortician — producers
Matthew F. Jacobson and William J. Yurkiewicz Jr. — executive producers
Desmond Tolhurst — engineer
Roger J. Beaujard — assistant engineer
Dave Shirk and Bill Yurkiewicz — mastering
Wes Benscoter — cover art

Notes edit

^ AllMusic says it was released on January 28, 1997.^[1] Apple Music puts 1996 next to the album's name.^[2]

References edit

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Mortician - Hacked Up for Barbeque". Allmusic. Retrieved August 26, 2022.
^ "Hacked Up for Barbecue / Zombie Apocalypse by Mortician". Apple Music. March 16, 1996. Retrieved August 26, 2022.
^ "Hacked Up for Barbecue - Mortician | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
^ ^a ^b Niesel, Jeff (August 14, 1997). "ALBUM REVIEWS - SHORT TAKES - METAL". The San Diego Union-Tribune. Entertainment. p. 37.
^ Purcell, Natalie J. (September 17, 2015). "Death Metal Music: The Passion and Politics of a Subculture". McFarland – via Google Books.
^ Christie, Ian (March 1997). "Metal". CMJ New Music Monthly (43): 48.

[3] AllMusic says it was released on January 28, 1997.^[1] Apple Music puts 1996 next to the album's name.^[2]

[allmusic-1] "Mortician - Hacked Up for Barbeque". Allmusic. Retrieved August 26, 2022.

[Apple_Music_1996-2] "Hacked Up for Barbecue / Zombie Apocalypse by Mortician". Apple Music. March 16, 1996. Retrieved August 26, 2022.

[4] "Hacked Up for Barbecue - Mortician | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.

[SD-5] Niesel, Jeff (August 14, 1997). "ALBUM REVIEWS - SHORT TAKES - METAL". The San Diego Union-Tribune. Entertainment. p. 37.

[6] Purcell, Natalie J. (September 17, 2015). "Death Metal Music: The Passion and Politics of a Subculture". McFarland – via Google Books.

[7] Christie, Ian (March 1997). "Metal". CMJ New Music Monthly (43): 48.

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