Name: Chaos Horrific
Brand: Cannibal Corpse

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

160431

Colour

Black

Colour details

Discogs ID

Format multiplier

Download code

Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

Extended format: No

Format detail

Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2023-09-22

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier GB

The Orchard

Tax rate GB

Standard:20

UPC / Barcode

39841604313

Total Cap

Black LP

160437

Burned Flesh Marble Vinyl

39841604375

Red LP

252161

Pink

Dreamsicle

Extended format: Yes

US Edition

2023-10-06

Rough Trade NYC

Pink LP

252162

39842521626

Artist

Cannibal Corpse

Genre GB

Metal

Label GB

Metal Blade

Metal Blade is an independent heavy metal label that was founded in Los Angeles, CA on February 1, 1982 by Brian Slagel. Over the years, Metal Blade has gained a reputation for launching the careers of numerous popular metal bands including Metallica, Slayer, Cannibal Corpse, and many others.

The label has gone through various changes in its label codes and variants throughout the years. From 1982 to 1983, they used "tan labels and axe with blood stains" for most releases. However, there were exceptions such as "black labels" available only on the Metal Massacre compilation and "custom tan labels" for certain releases like Bitch's Damnation Alley.

In 1984, Metal Blade switched to using "silver labels and axe with blood stains," which were actually used only in that year. Some pressings from this period with earlier dates are actually from 1984. These silver labels were also reused in the 2016 reissues of Slayer's Show No Mercy album. Additionally, some releases sold in 1987 featured these silver labels but were likely old stock distributed in new sleeves.

Cannibal Corpse is a death metal band that was formed in Buffalo, New York in 1988. Since their inception, they have gained a massive following and are recognized as the top-selling death metal artists of all time in the US. However, their controversial nature has led to bans on their albums and performances in various countries.

The current members of Cannibal Corpse include George Fisher on vocals since 1996, Erik Rutan on guitar since 2019, Rob Barrett on guitar from 1994-1997 and again from 2005 onwards, Alex Webster on bass since 1988, and Paul Mazurkiewicz on drums since 1988.

Former members of the band include Chris Barnes on vocals from 1988-1995, Bob Rusay on guitar from 1988-1993, Jack Owen on guitar from 1988-2004, Pat O'Brien on guitar from 1997-2019, and Jeremy Turner on guitar in 2004.

Since 1988, Cannibal Corpse have been at the forefront of death metal, shaping and defining the genre, creating a seminal, incomparable body of work over the following decades. In 2021 they raised the stakes again with their 15th album, Violence Unimagined, growing ever more complex and intense, and in 2023 they return with its successor, the equally monstrous Chaos Horrific, starting a new chapter in their legacy. Written shortly after the conclusion of the Violence Unimagined sessions (due to the pandemic keeping them off tour), echoes of that album exist in Chaos Horrific, but this is  whole new beast of its own. "To me this album feels sort of like a continuation of Violence Unimagined. The style is quite similar, but individually none of the songs on Chaos Horrific sound like songs on Violence Unimagined," says bassist Alex Webster. "It's a full-on death metal album, Cannibal Corpse style."

Chaos Horrific

Music GB

Discover Chaos Horrific by Cannibal Corpse. Available in CD and LP formats. Metal Blade label. A full-on death metal album, Cannibal Corpse style.