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""Chaos Horrific" is just another album for Cannibal Corpse, who perform without ever forcing their talent."
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2/5
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Every new Cannibal Corpse album is an event, despite the thirty-five years the Tampa-based band proudly boasts on the odometer. For all that, the Americans don't scare anyone that much anymore, and the days when their covers and certain lyrics were censored are long gone. They don't surprise us anymore, despite a more aggressive "Red Before Black" (2017). The recruitment of ex-Morbid Angel Eric Rutan since "Violence Unimagined" (2021) hasn't changed things.
"Chaos Horrific", its successor, certainly confirms that Cannibal Corpse is still as punchy as ever, but also - and unfortunately - that it is struggling to renew itself. Technically, of course, it's unstoppable, given the level of the musicians involved. They have the confidence of old hands who don't need to take lessons from anyone. Combined with meticulous execution, this experience dictates an album of impeccable form. And yet, we retain little or nothing from it.
'Blood Blind', heavy and lacerated with oppressive riffs, and 'Pestilential Rictus', at once old-school in its feel and also compressed by a vitiated ambience, hold our attention, to which we can add 'Overlords Of Violence', which, by way of an opener, hooks us like a butcher with his fangs. Unfortunately, the rest passes very quickly without leaving any lasting scars in the flesh, with the exception of 'Frenzied Feeding', which also has the good taste to sink into still-smoldering viscera. It's when Alex Webster's band apply the handbrake that they generate enthusiasm, which they don't do often enough. Add to this a cruel lack of originality, from the cover to the song titles, and the result can only be a definite disappointment.
"Chaos Horrific" is just another album for Cannibal Corpse, who perform without ever forcing their talent. Cannibal Corpse's fans will no doubt consider this review unfair, and they'll certainly be right. However, the fact remains that we expect better - and more - from this dinosaur of death metal than this piece of meat, which won't leave any great memories in the mouth. - Official website
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TRACK LISTING:
01. Overlords Of Violence
02. Frenzied Feeding
03. Summoned For Sacrifice
04. Blood Blind
05. Vengeful Invasion
 06. Chaos Horrific
07. Fracture And Refracture
08. Pitchfork Impalement
09. Pestilential Rictus
10. Drain You Empty
LINEUP:
Alex Webster: Basse
Erik Rutan: Guitares
George "corpsegrinder" Fisher: Chant
Paul Mazurkiewicz: Batterie
Rob Barrett: Guitares
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