(March 2023) Episode 479 is CANNIBAL CORPSE, an influential American death metal band that takes everything to the extreme: volume, album covers, song titles, lyrics (as if you could understand them). It’s so gory and transgressive that they earned the targeted scorn of self-righteous moralizing politicians, which makes me like them more! Cannibal Corpse brings all the essential elements: cookie monster growl, double-pedal speed, tempo changes. Their approach is remarkably consistent across 15 albums. Like Bluegrass, death metal seems to demand a rigorous orthodoxy in form and sound.
Favorite album: Butchered at Birth
Favorite song: Crucifier Avenged
Compared to expectations: same
Recommendation: it’s not for the squeamish or prudish, but if you like music at the extremes, I recommend
Opus Project 