''A Skeletal Domain'' is the thirteenth studio album by American

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band

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. Released on September 16, 2014 by

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, the album was produced at Audiohammer Studios by Mark Lewis. The album entered the US ''Billboard'' 200 at number 32, making it Cannibal Corpse's highest charting album on the Billboard 200 to date. 8,825 copies were sold in 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 "I think it's turning out to be kind of a dark-sounding album. Which, you know, it's a death metal album, so, of course, it should be kind of dark and eerie sounding anyway, but I think this one a little more than normal. That was kind of the direction the songwriting went in." About the direction of the material he also stated "I think our fans appreciate our consistency. That said, I think we have some material on this album that sounds a bit different from what we've done before."

Release and promotion

"Sadistic Embodiment" was officially released on the

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on July 1, 2014. "The Murderer's Pact" was streamed via

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on September 8, 2014. A music video for the song "Kill or Become" was released on September 24, 2014.

Track listing

"Icepick Lobotomy" is labelled as "Ice-Pick Lobotomy" in the album's liner notes.

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 *

Rob Barrett Robert Joseph Barrett III (born January 29, 1970) is the guitarist for death metal band Cannibal Corpse. He played with the band from 1993 to 1997 and rejoined in 2005. He has cited Gary Moore, Malcolm Young, Randy Rhoads, Eddie Van Halen, Ton ...

– rhythm guitar *

– bass *

Paul Mazurkiewicz Paul Mazurkiewicz ( ; born September 8, 1968) is an American drummer best known as a member for death metal band Cannibal Corpse. Mazurkiewicz was originally the drummer for the band, Tirant Sin, alongside two other future Cannibal Corpse memb ...

– drums

Production

* Mark Lewis –

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, mixing

Visual art

Vince Locke Vincent Locke () is an American comic book artist known for his work on ''Deadworld'' and '' A History of Violence'' and for his ultraviolent album covers for death metal band Cannibal Corpse. Biography Locke began work in 1986 illustrating ''De ...

–

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* Brian Ames – layout * Alex Morgan –

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Charts

References

External links

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