Cannibal Corpse - A Skeletal Domain - review
Cannibal Corpse - A Skeletal Domain - review
Tracklist
01. High Velocity Impact Spatter02. Sadistic Embodiment
03. Kill Or Become
04. A Skeletal Domain
05. Headlong Into Carnage
06. The Murderer's Pact
07. Funeral Cremation
08. Icepick Lobotomy
09. Vector Of Cruelty
10. Bloodstained Cement
11. Asphyxiate To Resuscitate
12. Hollowed Bodies
A review by
ScreamingSteelUS September 09, 2014
A Skeletal Domain leads off with filler, an inadvisable tactic that primes the listener for a lukewarm experience. Where "Demented Aggression," "Priests Of Sodom," and "The Time To Kill Is Now" smartly introduced Torture, Evisceration Plague, and Kill, respectively, with memorable rhythms and riffs as powerful as a concrete baseball bat to the shins, A Skeletal Domain trots out in a wholly inoffensive manner. Cannibal Corpse really find their element halfway through "Kill Or Become," which ascends to a more lethal and appreciable plane of brutality at Corpsegrinder's first exhortations to "fire up the chainsaw."
The title track carries forward this new momentum for a few tracks until, as is the way of Cannibal Corpse, the songs start to slide back into the fog of generic pounding and snarling. While "The Murderer's Pact" and "Funeral Cremation" impress with their vicious aural assaults, the same cannot be said for tracks like "Bloodstained Cement" and "High Velocity Impact Splatter," which attempt to make waves with a bland bluntness.
A Skeletal Domain sounds very much like Torture Part II: Electric Boogaloo. Somehow, with the change in producers from Erik Rutan to Mark Lewis, the polished, sanded-down sound of Torture remains. It's not quite as complex or frantically riff-heavy as a lot of their previous albums, although Alex Webster as usual plugs away like a maniac at his bass underneath the streamlined chaos.
Perhaps not as strong as Torture, but very much of the same flavor, A Skeletal Domain takes its place next to the rest of Cannibal Corpse's discography as an inconsistent but overall worthwhile release. You can always count on Cannibal Corpse for some strong, solid death metal. It might not blow you away, but at least tracks like "Hollowed Bodies" demonstrate that they still have plenty of energy to burn and unpleasant ways in which to murder you.
Rating breakdown
| Performance: | 9 |
| Songwriting: | 8 |
| Originality: | 4 |
| Production: | 7 |
Written on 09.09.2014 by
Written on 09.09.2014 by
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Sounds like Cannibal Corpse... Sooo not interesting in the slightest. Pass.
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Copy paste copy paste copy paste and copy paste. I wonder if they sell 1000 copies of this garbage. Butchered at Birth is and will be my favorite CC album
---- Metalhead since 1987
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Well, I still enjoy Cannibal Corpse albums. I was pretty fond of Torture. I'll probably end up getting this. ...But yeah, judging from the review, its another Cannibal Corpse album. I wonder if reviews for their albums are even necessary at this point.
---- "I got a lot of really good ideas, problem is, most of them suck." - George Carlin
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I'll have a review for the new Snickers bar I buy tomorrow. I hope it's just as nutty and nougatty as the one I had yesterday. *Note to Self: You do not like Snickers.
---- I'm very serious about not being serious.
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Can we stop the "Ah, [insert band name here]" intros... please?
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I honestly don't understand why people still listen to this band. They've done absolutely nothing different nor interesting in their career. You might as well just listen to Hammer Smashed Face on repeat
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Posts: 6698 Written by Dangerboner on 09.09.2014 at 12:52 I couldn't agree more. It's the epitome of lazy introductions. My original one was better, but I had to scrap it because it no longer made sense and by then I was too burnt out to think of anything more clever.
---- "Earth is small and I hate it" - Lum Invader I'm the Agent of Steel.
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Posts: 7908 Written by Alex F on 09.09.2014 at 15:47 I honestly don't understand why you gettin' worked up over Cannibal Corpse. Yeah, they suck in originality department but ain't bad enough to neglect it. I still listen to CANNIBAL CORPSE and don't feel bored when discs like "Torture" or "Evisceration Plague" pops up on my pad. Your aversion doesn't imply on others, brother.
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Posts: 57 Written by Stoned Crow on 09.09.2014 at 09:42 This.
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Posts: 1469 Written by Alex F on 09.09.2014 at 15:47 If there's one thing about Metal I will never understand it's why people listen to and care for pointless stupid gore bands. I'm a huge fan of extreme Metal myself and I'm sure some of my favorite bands are more extreme than Cannibal Corpse and I like some Death Metal but damn there are so many better and more interesting Metal bands than those boring gore bands who only spit their recycled garbage without any hint of intelligence.
---- "Why would we fear death, when life is so much more frightening?"
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So... If a band changes the fans start complaining. If a band doesn't change the fans start complaining. That's what happens. In my opinion CC should get out of their comfort zone and make something different.
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They have become like Bolt Thrower now except not nearly as good. It's the same exact album for 10 years now.
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I usually like the reviews here, but this one... I don't know. I'm not that fan of CC, but saying "High Velocity Impact Splatter" is "inoffensive" was pretty offensive, really. I'm liking this a lot
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I've not listened to this album yet and I wont.Cause it seems to be just like other cannibal corpse albums.
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Posts: 7908 Written by ke ke on 17.09.2014 at 11:24 So you haven't listen to the record yet assuming it will sound just like another Cannibal Corpse album? Well, I need to learn something from you, sir.
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Good album though, but nothing special.. Their best days were with Chris Barnes.. I prefer old CC over new one anyday, though I like CC new stuff also..
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