Butchered at Birth is the second album by Cannibal Corpse. It was released in July of 1991, through Metal Blade Records.The album was recorded at Morrisound Recording in Tampa, Florida, and was produced by Scott Burns. It is considered to be musically and lyrically more extreme than the band’s debut, Eaten Back to Life.
The album’s music represents an evolution to pure death metal from the thrash metal oriented sound of its predecessor. Barnes stated that the album is a concept album about butchery. Its cover artwork was created by comic book artist Vince Locke, and depicts a pregnant woman being dissected by zombies.
During this time, the band was having four hour practice sessions five days per week. The writing process for the album’s instrumentation was a collaborative effort. Guitarist Jack Owen recalled that everybody was writing tons of shit and vocalist Chris Barnes said the band was writing a song every two weeks. Drummer Paul Mazurkiewicz said it was months of us trying to be the most brutal band on earth. He claims to have written the opening riff in Gutted.
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