Acclaimed death metal horde Cannibal Corpse will be dropping their sixteenth studio album “Chaos Horrific” on September 22nd through Metal Blade Records. Written in relative close proximity to the band’s 2021 album “Violence Unimagined“, this new record shares some similar DNA, according to bassist Alex Webster. He said of it, “To me, this album feels sort of like a continuation of Violence Unimagined.”
The band’s own Erik Rutan once again produced the effort, with the guitarist commenting, “I never go into a record thinking about anything, I just let the writing flow freely with no limitations. But this time, I knew I wanted to push the envelope a bit in a different direction than Violence Unimagined; expand the dynamics, explore new territory without departing from what Cannibal Corpse is and always shall be.”
The song “Blood Blind” has arrived as the first single and is accompanied by an official music video directed by David Brodsky (Cattle Decapitation, Whitechapel). Drummer Paul Mazurkiewicz commented of the track, “‘Blood Blind‘ is about mass mutilations to reset the human race in a genocide that was embraced by the masses.”
Rutan added:
“‘Blood Blind‘ was the first song musically that I wrote for Chaos Horrific. It all started with that funeral march of a first riff floating around in my head and it took off from there. Heavy and disturbing, it worked its way into an aggressive smorgasbord of depth and swirling darkness! I thought it would be great to collaborate so I had Paul add his lyrical stamp to it…”
“Chaos Horrific” 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”
Pre-orders are available here. The group will launch their touring campaign for the record this fall as part of a co-headlining run with Mayhem. Gorguts and Blood Incantation will also be on the bill. Tickets will be up this Friday, June 23rd at 10:00AM local time.
09/22 Nashville, TN – Marathon Music Hall
09/23 Charlotte, NC – The Fillmore
09/24 Knoxville, TN – The Mill & Mine
09/26 Pittsburgh, PA – Stage AE
09/27 Toronto, ON – Rebel
09/28 Montreal, QC – L’Olympia
09/29 Worcester, MA – The Palladium
09/30 Brooklyn, NY – Brooklyn Steel
10/02 Detroit, MI – The Royal Oak
10/03 Gary, IN – Hard Rock Live
10/04 Minneapolis, MN – The Fillmore
10/06 Denver, CO – Mission Ballroom
10/07 Salt Lake City, UT – The Depot
10/09 Tacoma, WA – Temple Theatre
10/10 Spokane, WA – Knitting Factory
10/11 Boise, ID – Knitting Factory
10/13 San Francisco, CA – The Warfield
10/14 San Diego, CA – SOMA
10/17 San Antonio, TX – The Aztec Theatre
10/18 Dallas, TX – The Factory
10/20 Atlanta, GA – The Eastern
10/21 Louisville, KY – Paristown Hall
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