Fan-filmed video footage of Florida-based death metal veterans
CANNIBAL CORPSE performing the song
"Hammer Smashed Face" on February 10, 2009 at Club Alcatraz in Milan, Italy can be viewed below. Photos of the concert are available by following the links below:
Musica MetalMetalItalia.comThe group's setlist (see image below) was as follows:
01.
The Time To Kill Is Now02.
Death Walking Terror03.
Disfigured04.
Evisceration Plague05.
I Cum Blood06.
Fucked With A Knife07.
Sentenced To Burn08.
Make Them Suffer09.
Priests Of Sodom10.
Unleashing The Bloodthirsty11.
Hammer Smashed Face12.
Stripped, Raped, And StrangledCANNIBAL CORPSE is currently on the road in Europe as the support act for
CHILDREN OF BODOM.
"Evisceration Plague", the new album from
CANNIBAL CORPSE, has registered the following first-week chart positions:
Austria: #41
Canada: #38
Germany: #42
Holland: #105
USA: #66
"Evisceration Plague" sold 9,600 copies in the United States in its first week of release. (Note:
Nielsen SoundScan initially reported a first-week total of 7,500 for
"Evisceration Plague", but that number has since been "adjusted," according to the band's record label,
Metal Blade Records.) This is more than 50 percent higher than the opening tally of the band's previous CD,
"Kill" (2006), which landed at No. 170 after shifting more than 6,000 copies. In 1996,
CANIBAL CORPSE's
"Vile" premiered at No. 151, with more than 6,100 copies sold.
Commented
CANNIBAL CORPSE bassist
Alex Webster: "We are blown away by the amazing response to our new album
'Evisceration Plague'. The chart positions that have been reported for this album are well beyond our expectations and the response from both critics and fans has been overwhelmingly positive. We want to say thank you to everyone at
Metal Blade and
Channel Zero for the great work they did on this release, and most importantly we want to thank our incredible fans; you are the reason for our great success. Thank you, you guys rule!!!!"
CANNIBAL CORPSE shot a video for the
"Evisceration Plague" title track on January 21 in Northern New Jersey. The clip was helmed by veteran video director
Dale "Rage" Resteghini, who has previously worked with
MUDVAYNE,
TRIVIUM and
HATEBREED, among many others.
"Kill" has sold 55,000 copies in the United States since its 2006 release, according to
Nielsen SoundScan.
