Cannibal Corpse - A Skeletal Domain (2014)

Country: US
Genre: Death Metal

It's not very difficult to guess that most of old-school metallers love the Barnes-era of Cannibal Corpse. How not to like the great chunky lyrics and the unsophisticated phrasing of the marijuana-obsessed ex-frontman and metal icon? Primitive, raw, minimalistic sounds resembling the coldness of a slaughterhouse at night. Anyway, the point here is that despite the efforts done by the band during their initial stages, their ability to grow not just technically but professionally, is remarkable. And is not about fame and recognition or about incomes. It's about hard working pro-musicians whose sole mission on this Earth is to crush everything with their music, and whose musical output has become better and better from each recording to the next one. New metal fanatics probably had their cannibalistic initiation via the newer material such as Gore Obsessed or The Wretched Spawn, and there are even newer ones whose first contact occurred with the last 3 releases of band. They probably don't even know about Barnes or Butchered at Birth, but I bet they are already stuck into the newer sounds of CC. "A Skeletal Domain" it's the band's 13th full-length recording and is as professional as a death metal release can be. Produced by well-known death metal mastermind Erik Rutan, this record can be seen in the same direction as the last four releases, top-notch technical old school death metal with no trace of modern tech-death wankering. Besides the music, the only complaint that I have is with the poor cover. Long-time cover art artist Vincent Locke didn't manage to make a proper cover art, and I have no doubt about his painting skills. I cannot imagine how messy and disgusting are the official album t-shirts going to look like. I wonder if Mr. Vincent Locke will be able to keep up with the pace of CC's artistic development or if the band itself is the one asking for those horrible designs. Anyway, get your copy and cannibalise it home or at your nearest butcher.

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