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Rob Barrett
Robert Joseph Barrett III (born January 29, 1970) is an American death metal musician, best known as the current guitarist for 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, Tony Iommi and Steve Vai, among others, as his influences. He currently resides in Nashville, Tennessee. Career Barrett was born in Buffalo, New York. Barrett started playing guitar at age 15, and his brother’s friend sold him his first guitar for $30. It was a flying-V shape. He started his professional career in 1990 when he formed the band Solstice (American band), Solstice with drummer Alex Marquez and guitar player Dennis Muñoz. The band recorded a demo in 1991 produced by Jim Morris and signed a record deal with the German label SPV/Steamhammer. In 1992 they released their debut album entitled ''Solstice'' (the name changed to "The Sentencing" on some pressings). That same year, Barrett and Mar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Buffalo, New York
Buffalo is a Administrative divisions of New York (state), city in the U.S. state of New York (state), New York and county seat of Erie County, New York, Erie County. It lies in Western New York at the eastern end of Lake Erie, at the head of the Niagara River on the Canada–United States border, Canadian border. With a population of 278,349 according to the 2020 census, Buffalo is the List of municipalities in New York, second-most populous city in New York State after New York City, and the List of United States cities by population, 82nd-most populous city in the U.S. Buffalo is the primary city of the Buffalo–Niagara Falls metropolitan area, which had an estimated population of 1.1 million in 2020, making it the List of metropolitan statistical areas, 49th-largest metro area in the U.S. Before the 17th century, the region was inhabited by nomadic Paleo-Indians who were succeeded by the Neutral Confederacy, Neutral, Erie people, Erie, and Iroquois nations. In the early 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Bleeding (album)
''The Bleeding'' is the fourth studio album by American death metal band Cannibal Corpse, released on April 12, 1994 through Metal Blade Records. It is the last album featuring singer and founding member Chris Barnes and is the first album featuring guitarist Rob Barrett. According to SoundScan numbers, ''The Bleeding'' is the fifth top-selling death metal LP in the United States, amassing over 98,300 copies sold. ''The Bleeding'' is also Cannibal Corpse's most successful album to date. ''The Bleeding'' is considered by most publications to be one of the band's finest albums, and some consider it to be one of the greatest heavy metal releases of the 1990s. Background and recording Following the ''Tomb of the Mutilated'' album cycle, and original guitarist Bob Rusay's replacement with Rob Barrett, producer Scott Burns pushed the band to compose stronger material and be "right up there with the best death metal bands in the world," such as Morbid Angel and Death. The band compos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chaos Horrific
''Chaos Horrific'' is the sixteenth studio album by American death metal band Cannibal Corpse, released on September 22, 2023, by Metal Blade. Background Material for the album was written shortly after the completion of their previous studio album ''Violence Unimagined'' in 2021. Recording sessions took place in Rutan's Mana Studio in Florida and were described as "smoother than ever". The album was named by drummer Paul Mazurkiewicz, who felt it was an appropriate representation of the band. To bassist Alex Webster, the record feels like a "continuation of ''Violence Unimagined''". Guitarist Rob Barrett opined that their songwriting skills had evolved in a way that every song "paves its own path", whether it is "straightforward", "technical" or a "mix of both". Webster added that there was no "conscious effort" to create a technical record, but if it ended up being that, it would have just been a "natural result". Erik Rutan, producing his sixth album for the band, tried to " ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Violence Unimagined
''Violence Unimagined'' is the fifteenth studio album by American death metal band Cannibal Corpse, released on April 16, 2021. It is the band's first album in nearly four years since ''Red Before Black'' (2017), the longest gap between two records in Cannibal Corpse's career, and the first studio album to feature producer Erik Rutan on lead guitar, replacing Pat O'Brien (guitarist), Pat O'Brien in February 2021 after nearly two years of filling in for him on tour. Background Cannibal Corpse began writing for new material in 2019, and in 2020 the group began demos for ''Violence Unimagined''. In a new interview with ''Wall of Sound'', drummer Paul Mazurkiewicz spoke about Erik Rutan joining the band revealing: "He's a great guy, great worker, great guitar player. He wrote some great songs and it's been a challenge to play his stuff and fun to learn somebody else's take on what Cannibal Corpse would sound like in their eyes. It's been positive all round having him for sure." Rec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Red Before Black
''Red Before Black'' is the fourteenth studio album by American death metal band Cannibal Corpse, released on November 3, 2017. This is the band's final album to feature guitarist Pat O'Brien before producer Erik Rutan officially replaced him in 2021. Background and recording The band started to write the album in 2016 after the last run of touring for their previous album, '' A Skeletal Domain''. When interviewed in 2017 drummer Paul Mazurkiewicz stated that the band never go by any specific blueprints when they start writing for an album, pointing out that this was also the case with ''Red Before Black''. However the idea of utilizing some slower doom elements was discussed beforehand. This manifested in a couple of songs, while they mostly remained true to their death metal sound and thrash metal roots. Mazurkiewicz came up with the album title while sleeping in the middle of the night, making him wake up. Further down the road of creating the album he said about the title ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Skeletal Domain
''A Skeletal Domain'' is the thirteenth studio album by American death metal band Cannibal Corpse. Released on September 16, 2014 by Metal Blade Records, 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. Musical style Prior to the album's release, bassist Alex Webster commented that the album's sound was turning out to be more "dark and eerie" than the band's usual output. He also commented that while he believes fans enjoy the band's consistency, the band explores new ground on the album. 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 – vocals * Pat O'Brien – guitar * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Torture (album)
''Torture'' is the twelfth studio album by American death metal band Cannibal Corpse, released on March 13, 2012 by Metal Blade Records. The album was produced at Sonic Ranch Studios by Hate Eternal guitarist Erik Rutan (an ex- Morbid Angel member). The album entered the US ''Billboard'' 200 at number 38, selling 9,600 copies its first week. Background and recording Bassist Alex Webster said about the record: "After having spent the past seven months writing and rehearsing new material, we're very excited to finally begin recording. We've had great success working with Erik Rutan on our past two albums so we've decided to work with him again, but to keep things fresh we decided on a change of location — we're returning to Sonic Ranch studios in Texas, where we've recorded several albums in the past. We are psyched to see how this combination works out — we feel it's a pairing that could result in our best album yet." Cannibal Corpse drummer Paul Mazurkiewicz said of the al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Evisceration Plague
''Evisceration Plague'' is the eleventh studio album by American death metal band Cannibal Corpse. Released on February 3, 2009 by Metal Blade Records, the album was produced at Mana Recording Studios by Hate Eternal guitarist Erik Rutan. The album entered the US ''Billboard'' 200 at number 66, selling 9,600 copies its first week. Background and recording Bassist Alex Webster said about the record: In Cannibal Corpse, our goal has always been to try and make each new album we record our heaviest. That goal was a bit more challenging this time since we were extremely satisfied with our last album ''Kill'', but we knew that by working with producer Erik Rutan at Mana Recording Studios again, we would be able to start at that same level of heaviness and take it even further... ''Evisceration Plague'' has the best guitar sound we've ever recorded, and the entire band has never played with more precision and power. In another interview with '' Terrorizer'' magazine, drummer Paul M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kill (Cannibal Corpse Album)
''Kill'' is the tenth studio album by American death metal band Cannibal Corpse, released on March 21, 2006, through Metal Blade Records. This release marks the return of guitarist Rob Barrett, who had previously played on '' The Bleeding'' and '' Vile''. The European version of the album comes with a live DVD filmed in Strasbourg in 2004 called ''Hammer Smashed Laiterie''. The album was produced at Mana Recording Studios by Hate Eternal and future Cannibal Corpse guitarist Erik Rutan. It is also the first album in which the band tuned down to G standard. Music videos were produced for the tracks "Make Them Suffer" and "Death Walking Terror". In the week following its release, ''Kill'' became the second Cannibal Corpse album to make an appearance on the ''Billboard'' 200 chart, debuting at number 170. It is considered an essential album in the band's discography. Composition Called the "quintessential Cannibal Corpse" album, ''Kill'' has been described as having an "old schoo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Owen
Jack Owen (born December 6, 1967) is an American musician and guitarist of the death metal band Six Feet Under. He was one of the founding members of Cannibal Corpse. He also had a stint with Deicide—another influential and long-running Florida death metal band—with whom he recorded four albums. In 2007, Owen played shows with Adrift before joining Order of Ennead at times when their guitarist, John Li, was unavailable. Musical career Owen recalls a cassette dub of Kiss' album Alive is what initially got him into heavy metal music and playing guitar. He experimented on his father's acoustic guitar before ultimately purchasing his own. Owen was originally in a band called Beyond Death with Alex Webster before forming Cannibal Corpse. They started off playing Metallica and Beastie Boys covers. He stayed with the band from their formation in 1988 until 2004, when he left because the band had begun feeling like an "old job" to him, and because he wanted to move on. He is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pat O'Brien (guitarist)
Pat O'Brien (born May 17, 1965) is an American musician best known as the former lead guitarist for death metal band Cannibal Corpse. He is also a former member of heavy metal band Nevermore, a former live guitarist for Slayer, and is currently the lead guitarist for Exhorder. Biography was born in Northern Kentucky. He graduated from Conner High School in Hebron, Kentucky, in 1983 and currently resides in Tampa, Florida. His hobbies involve music and hunting. got his first guitar when he was 11. His mother bought him an acoustic guitar for Christmas. Later, when he started to practice more he received his first electric guitar, a Gibson SG copy (due to his adoration of AC/DC guitarist Angus Young). His father also bought him a 1974 Gibson Flying V. His influences include AC/DC, Black Sabbath, Deep Purple, Mercyful Fate and Metallica. As a guitarist, O'Brien is formally trained, having studied classical guitar. He gave lessons at Buddy Rogers Music, a music store in F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim Carrey
James Eugene Carrey (; born January 17, 1962) is a Canadian and American actor and comedian. Known primarily for his energetic slapstick performances, he has received two Golden Globe Awards, in addition to nominations for BAFTA Awards and Screen Actors Guild Awards. After spending the 1980s honing his comedy act and playing supporting roles in films, Carrey gained recognition when he was cast in the American sketch comedy television series ''In Living Color'' (1990–1994). He broke out as a film star after starring in a string of box office hits, such as ''Ace Ventura: Pet Detective'', ''The Mask (1994 film), The Mask'', ''Dumb and Dumber'' (all 1994), ''Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls'', and ''Batman Forever'' (both 1995). The success of these five films led to Carrey being the first comic actor to receive an upfront $20 million salary for performing in films, beginning with ''The Cable Guy'' (1996). Carrey continued to have success as a leading actor in comedies such as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
