''Evisceration Plague'' is the eleventh studio album by American death metal band Cannibal Corpse. The album was produced at Mana Recording Studios by

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guitarist

Erik Rutan Erik Rutan (born June 10, 1971) is an American heavy metal musician and producer from New Jersey. He is the guitarist and lead vocalist of death metal band Hate Eternal and lead guitarist for Cannibal Corpse, who he fully joined in 2021 after ...

. The album entered the US ''Billboard'' 200 at number 66, selling 9,600 copies its first week.

Background

Bassist

Alex Webster Alex Webster (born 1969) is an American bass player who is best known as a member of the death metal band Cannibal Corpse. He is one of two remaining members of the original lineup of the band, along with drummer Paul Mazurkiewicz. He is al ...

said about the record: In another interview with ''

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stated his thoughts on the album saying: "I think working with Erik again has definitely brought things up a little for us. I mean all the band were involved in the writing process of this album along with Rutan and so I think this one's a tad more individual than ''

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Release and promotion

The cover art was released December 14 and samples were made available through Amazon.com. The album was released with a bonus track in Europe and DVD as a deluxe edition. An autographed version of the album is now available for pre-order on the

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website. It is the fifth Cannibal Corpse album to contain a title track (following ''

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'', '' The Bleeding'', ''

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'' and ''

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'') and a video was produced for the song. They also released a comic book where each song has its own comic. A video for the song "Evisceration Plague" was released on May 9, 2009 on the YouTube account of Metal Blade Records. A video was produced for the song "Priests of Sodom". The video was released on March 25, 2010.

Reception

Track listing

Credits

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

Personnel

Cannibal Corpse

George "Corpsegrinder" Fisher George Fisher (born July 8, 1970), better known by his stage name Corpsegrinder, is an American death metal vocalist who is the lead singer of Cannibal Corpse, Paths of Possession and the supergroup Serpentine Dominion. He recorded two al ...

– vocals *

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– lead guitar *

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– rhythm guitar *

– bass *

– drums

Guest musicians

– guitar solo on "Unnatural"

Production

* Erik Rutan –

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, mixing * Shawn Ohtani – additional engineering * Brian Elliot – additional engineering * Mike McCracken – studio drum assistant * Alan Douches – mastering *

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– production, mixing only "Skull Fragment Armor" * Justion Leeah – engineering only "Skull Fragment Armor"

Artwork and design

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– cover art * Brian Ames –

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* Alex Solca –

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Studios

* Mana Recording Studios,

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, mixing * West Westside Music – mastering *

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, Tornillo, TX, USA – recording only "Skull Fragment Armor"

Charts

References

External links

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