Cannibal Corpse - The Bleeding
| Release date: | 12 April 1994 |
| Style: | Death metal |
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01. Staring Through The Eyes Of The Dead
02. Fucked With A Knife
03. Stripped, Raped And Strangled
04. Pulverised
05. Return To Flesh
06. The Pick-Axe Murders
07. She Was Asking For It
08. The Bleeding
09. Force Fed Broken Glass
10. An Experiment In Homicide
02. Fucked With A Knife
03. Stripped, Raped And Strangled
04. Pulverised
05. Return To Flesh
06. The Pick-Axe Murders
07. She Was Asking For It
08. The Bleeding
09. Force Fed Broken Glass
10. An Experiment In Homicide
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Lyrics There are at least four different album covers, as the original cover depicting a bloody horde of zombies was censored.
-Original with old logo (not pictured) - not widely available
-Original with new logo (not pictured) - used for at least one vinyl release
-Censored (pictured on top) - most early versions
-Re-release (pictured on bottom) - most recent versions
Recorded and mixed at Morrisound Recording Tampa, FL., from November 12, 1993 to December 3, 1993.
Mastered at Fullersound.
This is the first album with Rob Barrett and the last album with Chris Barnes.
A music video was made for the song "Staring Through the Eyes of the Dead".
CD pressings:
1994 - Metal Blade Records
2006 - Metal Blade Records - Remastered with bonus tracks and new artwork
Vinyl pressings:
1994 - Metal Blade Records
2009 - Back on Black
Metal Blade Records, CD, 2006, pressing tracklist:
11. The Exorcist (Possessed cover)
12. Staring Through the Eyes of the Dead (Video)
Rating:
9.1
9.1
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Rating: 9.1 |
The Bleeding is the fourth Cannibal Corpse album and the last with founding vocalist Chris Barnes. Released in 1994, it is a very different album for the band and to this day they have not written or released anything like it. It is dissimilar from the first three records featuring Barnes due to its more guitar-oriented sound and catchiness, as well as occasionally combining groove elements with the patented sound of the band. This was also the album that Barnes decided that he wanted to be understood, abandoning the inhumanly deep vocal style used on Tomb Of The Mutilated. I vastly prefer Barnes' vocals on The Bleeding to anything he has done before or since. Some people felt that by become more understandable, Barnes and the band were "softening" their sound, which I think is simply ridiculous. Read more ›› |
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| danielllewis Posts: 119  |
After listening to this again I realized that I don't like it as much as I thought I did. Sure it's a good album, the songwriting is some of the best I've heard from this band, but Chris' vocals sound fucking wierd.
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| Dangerboner Lactation Cnslt Posts: 7262  |
Written by danielllewis on 17.02.2010 at 02:28 That's actually my favorite part  His crusty, raspy vocals just sound so decrepit and original, being the biggest reason why this is probably my favorite Cannibal Corpse album. Also, the lyrics are definitely gory, but oddly poetic in some way - take Stripped, Raped, and Strangled for example. They just flow so smoothly that it makes me a little concerned at how thought-out Chris Barnes is with those themes hahaI've always thought - in extreme metal, vocals and lyrics do not make an album worse, but they can make it better
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| Deadmeat Necrobutcher Posts: 2437  |
I also love chris vocals on this album... especially in the "harder harder" part on fucked with a knife his vocals are just awesome....!
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| danielllewis Posts: 119 |
Written by Dangerboner on 17.02.2010 at 07:31 I dunno, I just think his vocals became worse the older he got. Butchered At Birth & TOTM were his best for sure. And the only time vocals made albums worse for me was with Chuck's vocals in Death's later releases.
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| Valentin B Iconoclast Posts: 10094  |
Written by Dangerboner on 17.02.2010 at 07:31 yeah, imo Barnes' vocals at least on "Fucked With A Knife" are absolutely raspy and especially his high-pitched shrieks are FUCKING EVIL. same thing applies for "Stripped Raped and Strangled" of course. "she was so beautiful... I HAD TO KILL HER!!!!!"
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| vezzy Stallmanite Posts: 3493  |
This is probably the best Cannibal Corpse album. Yeah, better than Tomb of the Mutilated and Butchered at Birth. Great vocal work on Barnes' part and quite raw.
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| Elyar S. Gud är Död Posts: 323  |
''Staring Through The Eyes Of The Dead'' is the best death metal song ever IMO.
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| Angelic Storm Melodious Posts: 6675  |
This is a very good album, although "Eaten Back To Life" will always be my fave album with Chris Barnes at the helm! Like almost every other CC album, "The Bleeding" suffers through it's inconsistency, and lack of cohesion. However, the high points on the album are not just highlights of CC's discography, but of death metal in general. And the album reels off several death metal classics before the fillers sadly start showing their faces. It's perhaps slightly overrated, but it's still a mostly great album, which also happens to feature my all-time favourite vocal performance from Chris Barnes. 
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| HAAZBRUTAL8666 Posts: 24  |
Second best Cannibal Corpse album ever, only second to Tomb of the Mutilated.
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| pkillerjp Posts: 122  |
Best of the Barnes era, although I like the others as well. People often knock his vocals on this one, not sure why, I think it's his best performance on just about any album he's ever been a part of. This one proved, they could not only play some brutal death metal, but also write good songs as well, their set lists highlights always include songs off this album.
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| DeathMetal Posts: 396  |
Pretty good songs on this one. Overall I think it's probably their best album.
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| JavierPaper Posts: 218  |
This album is excellent!
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| Boxcar Willy yr a kook Posts: 9161  |
I wish more modern death metal bands would use more of a varying vocal technique like Barnes displays here. Highs, lows, actually decipherable lyrics. For whatever reason everyone now just grunts and calls it a day. The variance between Obituary, Entombed, Cannibal Corpse, Deicide etc... Something has gone off track in the last 20 years 
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| Metal Diogenes Posts: 1264  |
One of their best albums. I can't listen to this thing without having a smirk on my face, since the first time I ever encountered this was back in the early 2000's when someone had edited a video where a local hardcore christian pastor originally had one fiery speech, but the thing was synchronized with Fucked With A Knife instead, fit perfectly with his menacing persona and mannerism. It's still one of the most hilarious things I have ever seen, but sadly it was taken down.
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| AndyMetalFreak A Nice Guy Contributor Posts: 5327  |
This is probably the best album by Cannibal Corpse, imo anyway. They also had a new sound, it was the first time for me where they weren't just being brutal for the sake of being brutal, but instead this had plenty of groove and hooks, the vocals had also become clearer, and the sound was also less brutal and harsh, which some would say was a step backwards, or in the wrong direction, tiwards mainstream territory even, but for me it was a wee bit more tolerable on my ears. This also contains some of their best tracks, still with their trademark sick lyrics, "Stripped, Raped And Strangled", "Pulverised", "The Bleeding" and "Fucked With A Knife" being my standout tracks.
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