Cannibal Corpse Music:

		List Price: $5.98		Label: Metal Blade Salesrank: 65418 Released: March 23, 1993
		Our Price: $4.36
		Used Price: $2.85
		Media: Audio CD

Hammer Smashed Face Track Listing:
1. Hammer Smashed Face
2. Exorcist
3. Zero the Hero

Hammer Smashed Face Reviews:
Got my face smashed in!
2006-08-05 - I went and saw Cannibal Corpse at the Sounds of the Underground tour. When Fisher told everyone to 'start slamming', hammer smashed face kicked in and I got punched three times. It was wayyyyy worth it. Hammer smashed face is freakin awesome

Posers( AKA the Green Day of the Death Metal World)
2006-07-25 - Please, CC is everything that is wrong with death metal. It has become a cliche. Poor songwriting, bad musicianship and production.

If you want good death metal might I suggest Obituary, Carcass, early Sepultura, even Napalm Death is better then this garbage.

breaking ground
2006-04-27 - This is a rare product. The death metal single. Pretty great if you ask me. This is about as close a death metal band can come to having a "hit", especially considering that its on the Ace Ventura soundtrack (and they are in the directors cut where Ace gets on stage - sorry if this is already stated in the reviews).

The review below is an example of how art is perceived to someone who's been exposed to the copy cats countless times before experiencing the original. This is why Citizen Kane truly seems like nothing special to me eventhough older film critics realize the value. But I actually still love this take on heavy metal and appreciate the well placed and planned sloppiness which Cannibal has instituted to symbolize the mad scientist homicidal themes of their music. They can play in synch when they want. If you want that all the time, might I suggest 'nsync.

Mallet Cracked Brains
2006-03-28 - For those of you who are about to click the not helpful button because of my rating, would you read what I have to say before using the trigger finger? I Love Death Metal. But I don't just accept every band because they are "Br00tal" and have songs filled with "Blast Beats." I like Death metal that I can take seriously. I have taste. I like Death Metal bands that are made up with great musicians who are able to create memorable riffs and have excellent guitar solos and able to create a structure to their music as well as a sense of imagery. Cannibal Corpse accomplishes none of these tasks; they simply do not pass the bar that my favorites have raised. Cannibal Corpse is the most overrated Death metal band out there, hands down. Why do people praise Cannibal Corpse? I have the feeling that most of them love Corpse to look tough, blend in, to be feared and to shock. I know a guy who simply does it for the image. Cannibal Corpse and their artwork do not shock me. Every one of their albums is a Fart Joke told over and over again and again. It gets old and stale really fast. Rule number one when listening to death metal: If you get bored, it sucks!

This isn't going to be just a stereotypical attack on Cannibal Corpse that only serves to rip on the band. I've actually taken the time to listen to these three songs, several times as a matter of fact. First off; the production is horrible. Especially the grunts of the former vocalist Chris Barnes. When he first began to grunt, I thought that the bass guitar somehow broke. If Death metal could whisper, this would be a perfect example. It's a desperate attempt at the death metal voice. He's muffled in the background which only further serves to aid his inaudibility. The weird random bass solo in the intro to Hammer Smashed Face could have been interesting if it hadn't come off as sloppy and messy as it did. Hammer Smashed Face is supposedly a favorite of Cannibal fans. It's honestly nothing special. It doesn't grab your attention.

Then to cause further annoyance, they throw in two covers. The Exorcist (originally by Possessed) and Zero the Hero (originally by Black Sabbath). For those of you who don't know, Possessed was the first Death Metal band and not surprisingly their version is far superior. Zero the Hero is an embarrassment even for a band as bad as this. It just doesn't fit...at all...

In short Cannibal Corpse just doesn't cut it. They are a novelty band with a thirst for attention instead of blood. With artwork and song titles that are meant to grab your attention but after one hears the song, they can only laugh. Then after hearing more and more of their songs, there are no laughs. There is only the dull and bored face of someone wanting actual substance in death metal. This crap isn't believable; the musicians are not the gods their fans make them out to be either. I'm going to cut this review shorter and end with this. Check out bands like Malevolent Creation, Krisiun, Possessed, Macabre (deliberately funny), Vader, Obituary, Behemoth, Sepultura (first 2 recordings before becoming Thrash), Celtic Frost and Kataklsym instead for some excellent Death Metal that you can take seriously and not become bored with. Another reviewer once said something like "if you pay attention to them then they won't go away." This is true. For those new to Death Metal, the next time someone tells you to "check out Cannibal Corpse", just ignore them or download and really listen to them before jumping on the bandwagon.

However, there is one thing that I will always respect Cannibal Corpse for. Apparently early in their career, they used to call their fans Maggots, but shortly dropped the title after realizing how stupid it was unlike another joke of a band. They still suck though.


THEY WILL FOREVER ROCK!
2006-03-24 - This is for that one dude who gave this a 1 star rating...how can u say this isnt music? This rocks way harder then what you listen to(probally like cold play and green day)...so just leave the people who like this music alone. If you dont like it then dont review cause Cannibal Corpse deserves respect for all they've did for death metal.