Eaten Back to Life is the debut album by American death metal band Cannibal Corpse. It was released on 17 August 1990 through Metal Blade Records. The album was banned in Germany (censored versions were available, and the ban was revoked in June 2006) and other countries because of the extreme nature of the cover art. Glen Benton of Deicide and Francis H. Howard of Opprobrium (then known as Incubus) perform back-up vocals on Mangled and A Skull Full of Maggots. The following statement can be found in the inlay of this album: "This album is dedicated to the memory Read more on Last.fm.
awesome debut album from c.c. this album is different from all the rest its a tad more thrash metal than death metal . best song are SHREDDED HUMANS and SCATTERED REMAINS,SPLATTERED BRAINS.
Cannibal Corpses first proper outing, Eaten Back To Life is a grand example of the powerhouse early 90’s death metal scene in Tampa, Florida. CC’s pungent brand of gore obsessed death metal wasn’t (in the beginning) about technical proficiency. It was largely based on the distorted, sped up power chords and guttural vocality that now pepper aspects of more broad artists. At the time, when thrash was at its most difficult musically (Metallica’s And Justice For All anyone), CC were bare bones and as far under the radar as anyone could hope to be. They single handedly built their niche, a very closed off and case specific niche at that. Eaten Back To Life isn’t brilliant in comparison to their later work, but its nevertheless a vital entry in the metal pantheon. For metal purists, bands like Cannibal Corpse are both judged harshly and widely respected for straying so far from the mainstream.