REVIEW: CANNIBAL CORPSE - Bloodthirst

 

CANNIBAL CORPSE - Bloodthirst

Metal Blade Records

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What a killer album that has so many highlights to it!  Brutal death metal like they always deliver but the riffs are just fantastic.  And the vocals.  Everything seemed to fit in on this release.  It's one of my favorites from them!  This one is a step-up from 'Gallery of Suicide'.  The riffs are better and so are the vocals!  It seems like this album has a lot of balls to it.  Uncompromising death metal the whole way through.  It just doesn't seem to let up at all whatsoever!  The only drawback is that it's a little over 34 minutes, but intense nevertheless.  I find not many flaws with the playing at all and Corpsegrinder's vocals go well with the guitar.

The songs were key to get into the guitar mostly.  That crunch tone with guitars that are in B-flat tuning.  Totally brutal!  The sound quality was top notch.  No mistakes there!  This album was released almost 25 years ago and still is a top Cannibal release.  A few hit-or-miss with this band though just a few flops in their entire discography.  I like the Corpsegrinder era of Cannibal though there were a couple of good releases with Barnes on vocals.  I would say 'Butchered At Birth' and 'Tomb of the Mutilated' were the best in the Barnes' era.  I just don't think he has the range that Corpsegrinder has.

The production quality was superb and every instrument was in sync hands down!  There's really nothing to dislike here especially with death metal fans.  Some of my favorites from Cannibal besides the 2 Barnes was on (previously mentioned) but with Corpsegrinder 'The Wretched Spawn', 'Gallery of Suicide', 'Torture', 'A Skeletal Doman', 'Red Before Black' and 'Violence Unimagined'.  So it's fair to say that the most consistent they've been with Corpsegrinder.  This one is top and 'Kill' is another killer release by them.  But it sucks that Pat O'brien is no longer with the band.  Meth addiction rendered him insane!

I bought this CD.  I'm not saying that you should too if CD's aren't your "thing" at this point. Most people just stream music which doesn't really benefit the band much. Cannibal has come a long way from their origin up until now.  They're still kicking ass and 'Bloodthirst' is a monument.  Everything seemed to fit musically and vocal wise. I would check it out if you haven't yet.  Everything just conquered! They just needed it to be longer but I didn't take points off for that.  I think this is one of their top releases in the 90's Cannibal era.  This is an album that's difficult to top!  Check it out if you haven't already!

Ryan “Death8699” Fanucchi