Eaten Back to Life

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Eaten Back to Life
Studio album by Cannibal Corpse
Released	August 17, 1990
Recorded	May 1990
Studio	Morrisound Recording, Tampa, Florida
Genre	Death metal
Length	36:21
Label	Metal Blade Space Shower Music (JPN)
Producer	Scott Burns
Cannibal Corpse chronology
Cannibal Corpse (1989) Eaten Back to Life (1990) Butchered at Birth (1991)

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Eaten Back to Life is the debut studio album by American death metal band Cannibal Corpse.^[2] It was released on August 17, 1990 through Metal Blade Records. The album was banned in Germany—censored versions of the album were not available, but the ban was revoked in 2006^{[citation needed]}—and other countries because of the violent cover and the extreme nature of the lyrics.^[3] Glen Benton of Deicide and Francis H. Howard of Opprobrium (then known as Incubus) perform backup vocals on "Mangled" and "A Skull Full of Maggots".

The following statement can be found in the inlay of this album: "This album is dedicated to the memory of Alferd Packer, the first American cannibal (R.I.P.)".

The remastered version includes a video of "Born in a Casket (Live)" as well as a less saturated cover color, a new text scheme for the title, and the Fisher-era Cannibal Corpse text logo.

Cannibal Corpse (demo)[]

This demo is the predecessor to Eaten Back to Life and all the songs were re-recorded for that album. Although the correct title of the demo is simply Cannibal Corpse, the demo is commonly referred to as "A Skull Full of Maggots" or simply "The Demo" among Cannibal Corpse collectors and fans. The songs featured on this demo were "A Skull Full of Maggots", "The Undead Will Feast", "Scattered Remains, Splattered Brains", "Put Them to Death", and "Bloody Chunks".

Unlike their following releases, the demo has a thrash metal-oriented sound that is reminiscent of influential thrash albums where a more aggressive variant of the genre that bordered on death metal was present, such as Kreator's Pleasure to Kill and Dark Angel's Darkness Descends.

The cassette covers feature a photo of the early band and artwork created by Chris Barnes. The covers are printed on plain inexpensive cardstock and printed in a single color on a white background.

The demo itself is featured on Cannibal Corpse's 2003 Box Set 15 Year Killing Spree.

The original version of this demo was produced only on cassette tape. Only two productions runs of 100 units were ever made for a total of only 200 tapes (100 with white background; 100 with red background). The cassettes were cheaply produced, and many of them appear to be made from second hand or rejected cassette stocks, often faded writing from other band's albums is visible on the cassette itself. Most of the copies were simply given out at shows and traded or passed among fans. The few original cassettes that still exist are prized by fans and hoarded by collectors of Cannibal Corpse memorabilia.

Track listing[]

All music written by Cannibal Corpse.

Personnel[]

• Chris Barnes – vocals
• Bob Rusay – guitar
• Jack Owen – guitar
• Alex Webster – bass
• Paul Mazurkiewicz – drums

Additional Personnel

• Glen Benton – backing vocals on "Mangled" and "A Skull Full of Maggots"
• Francis H. Howard – backing vocals on "Mangled" and "A Skull Full of Maggots"

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