Kill (Cannibal Corpse album)

Kill is the tenth studio album by American death metal band Cannibal Corpse, released on March 21, 2006. This release marks the return of guitarist Rob Barrett, who had previously played on The Bleeding and Vile. The European version of the album comes with a live DVD filmed in Strasbourg in 2004 called Hammer Smashed Laiterie. The album was produced at Mana Recording Studios by Hate Eternal guitarist Erik Rutan. It is also the first album in which the band tuned down to G# standard

Kill
Studio album by Cannibal Corpse
Released	March 21, 2006 (2006-03-21)[1]
Recorded	October–December 2005
Genre	Death metal
Length	42:10
Label	Metal Blade
Producer	Erik Rutan
Cannibal Corpse chronology
The Wretched Spawn (2004) Kill (2006) Evisceration Plague (2009)

Music videos were produced for the tracks "Make Them Suffer" and "Death Walking Terror".

In the week following its release, Kill became the second Cannibal Corpse album to make an appearance on the Billboard 200 chart, debuting at number 170.[2]

Artwork

The album cover is one of only three Cannibal Corpse album covers to not feature explicit graphic violence. Alex Webster, in an interview, stated that they decided to have an album cover such as this because all the band members couldn't agree on a cover for the album. Also he stated that they wanted their fans to focus on their music and not to be distracted by a violent cover. He stated "this time they wanted to do something different."[3]

"The original art that Vince [Locke] gave us was really cool, but we didn't think it would make the best cover. We decided to use it as interior art, and just have a simple band logo/album title type cover. The main focus of our band should be music anyway, so I don't think it's a big deal that the cover's not a blood soaked scene of carnage the way our others have been. This doesn't mean we won't have more bloody covers in the future though."[4]

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
About.com	[5]
AllMusic	[6]
Blabbermouth	8.5/10[7]
Metal Storm	8.0/10[8]

The album has been received quite positively by critics: AllMusic gave it a 3.5 out of 5 rating, stating that "Kill doesn't break any new ground for the veteran sickos, but if it ain't broke don't fix it -- just turn it up louder", while also commenting that the songs are "13 aural assaults that will be welcomed by fans with open mouths";[6] About.com gave it a 4.5 out of 5 rating, with the pros being "brutal, devastating death metal" and no cons.[5]

In 2018, Kill was inducted into Decibel Magazine's Hall of Fame via a special Cannibal Corpse issue.[9]

Track listing

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"The Time to Kill Is Now"	Webster	Webster	2:03
2.	"Make Them Suffer"	Mazurkiewicz	O'Brien	2:50
3.	"Murder Worship"	Webster	Webster	3:56
4.	"Necrosadistic Warning"	Webster	Webster	3:28
5.	"Five Nails Through the Neck"	Webster	Webster	3:45
6.	"Purification by Fire"	Mazurkiewicz	O'Brien	2:57
7.	"Death Walking Terror"	Webster	Webster	3:31
8.	"Barbaric Bludgeonings"	Barrett	Barrett	3:42
9.	"The Discipline of Revenge"	Webster	Webster	3:39
10.	"Brain Removal Device"	Mazurkiewicz	O'Brien	3:14
11.	"Maniacal"	Webster	Webster	2:12
12.	"Submerged in Boiling Flesh"	Mazurkiewicz	Mazurkiewicz	2:52
13.	"Infinite Misery" (instrumental)		O'Brien	4:01
Total length:				42:10

Bonus DVD: Hammer Smashed Laiterie

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Shredded Humans"
2.	"Puncture Wound Massacre"
3.	"Fucked with a Knife"
4.	"Stripped, Raped, and Strangled"
5.	"Decency Defied"
6.	"Vomit the Soul"
7.	"Unleashing the Bloodthirsty"
8.	"Pounded into Dust"
9.	"The Cryptic Stench"
10.	"They Deserve to Die"
11.	"Dormant Bodies Bursting"
12.	"Gallery of Suicide"
13.	"Pit of Zombies"
14.	"The Wretched Spawn"
15.	"Devoured by Vermin"
16.	"A Skull Full of Maggots"
17.	"Hammer Smashed Face"

Personnel

Writing, performance and production credits are adapted from the album liner notes.[10]

Cannibal Corpse

• George "Corpsegrinder" Fisher – vocals
• Pat O'Brien – lead guitar
• Rob Barrett – rhythm guitar, co-lead guitar on "Barbaric Bludgeonings" and "Submerged In Boiling Flesh"
• Alex Webster – bass
• Paul Mazurkiewicz – drums

Additional musicians

• Erik Rutan – backing vocals on "The Time to Kill is Now"

Production

• Erik Rutan – production, engineering, mixing
• Shawn Ohtani – additional engineering
• Alan Douches – mastering

Artwork and design

• Vincent Locke – cover art
• Brian Ames – design
• Alex Solca – photography

Studios

• Mana Recording Studios, St. Petersburg, FL, USA – recording, mixing
• West Westside Music – mastering

Charts

Chart	Peak position
French Albums (SNEP)[11]	187
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[12]	59
US Billboard 200[2]	170
US Independent Albums (Billboard)[13]	16
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard)[14]	6

References

1. Staff writer(s); no by-line. "Cannibal Corpse “Kill” – Metal Blade Records". www.metalblade.com. Metal Blade Records. Retrieved February 12, 2015.
2. "Cannibal Corpse Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard.
3. Cannibal Corpse Interview 3 of 4 on YouTube
4. "Cannibal Corpse interview // Interviews // Features // Lambgoat". Archived from the original on 2011-07-16. Retrieved 2008-03-21.
5. Bowar, Chad. "Cannibal Corpse – Kill Review". heavymetal.about.com. About.com. Retrieved February 12, 2015.
6. Monger, James Christopher. Kill – Cannibal Corpse at AllMusic. Retrieved February 12, 2015.
7. Alisoglu, Scott. "CD Reviews – Kill Cannibal Corpse – Blabbermouth.net". www.blabbermouth.net. Blabbermouth. Retrieved February 12, 2015.
8. Herzebeth (November 6, 2006). "Cannibal Corpse – Kill review – Metal Storm". www.metalstorm.net. Metal Storm. Retrieved February 12, 2015.
9. Mudrian, Albert. "The Cannibal Corpse Special Issue (& Cannibal Flexi Disc) Now Available!". Decibel. Retrieved 2018-11-16.
10. Kill (liner notes). Cannibal Corpse. Metal Blade Records. 2006.CS1 maint: others (link)
11. "Lescharts.com – Cannibal Corpse – Kill". Hung Medien.
12. "Longplay-Chartverfolgung at Musicline" (in German). Musicline.de. Phononet GmbH.
13. "Cannibal Corpse Chart History (Independent Albums)". Billboard.
14. "Cannibal Corpse Chart History (Heatseekers Albums)". Billboard.

External links

• Kill at AllMusic
• Kill at Metal Blade Records