Review by Alex Grindor on November 22, 2021.

Cannibal Corpse, one of the most important and at the same time, controversial death metal bands in the world, given their explicit lyrics and album covers that probably caused some gag reflex to some people. What we have here is the masterpiece of Cannibal Corpse, an album filled with horror, necrophile and more shit. No album made by the band after this album has the horror and sick touch that Tomb Of The Mutilated had and still has to this day.

The most important thing in this album are the vocals, made with no effects or modified with a computer. I couldn't believe it when I started to hear this. Other good point in this album is the ambient of the songs. Clearly based in horror, cannibalism and mutilation. This album contains most of the classics: 'Hammer Smashed Face', 'I Cum Blood', 'Addicted To Vaginal Skin', and many more, all of them preferred by the death metal fans (myself included).

'Hammer Smashed Face' became immediately one of my favorites, mainly due to the riff made after the "My blood runs cold" part. 'Addicted To Vaginal Skin' is an amazing song, starting with a killer's confession and then the song starts slow until Barnes starts to sing. 'I Cum Blood' is... I don't know what to say of this, another of my preferred songs. 'Split Wide Open' starts to show some bass skills, just like 'I Cum Blood'. And then we have another masterpiece called 'Necropedophile' (man, what was Barnes thinking or smoking while making these titles?). Then we have 'The Cryptic Stench', another display of bass skills and terror riffs. Then comes 'Entrails Ripped From A Virgin's Cunt', and the bass doesn't seem to get tired of playing. After that we have 'Post Mortal Ejaculation' which starts very slow with both guitars (first one, then another) and keeps slow until Barnes starts the singing. And the album ends with 'Beyond The Cemetery', the last display of bass and guitars.

As stated before, the vocals are the best in this album, especially the little screams in 'Hammer Smashed Face' and 'I Cum Blood' that are mixed with those deep guttural vocals that everyone who hears wonder "is singing or what?". The guitars really tried to create an atmosphere of terror, and they did it. This was one of the first album I heard which showed the bass, examples are: 'I Cum Blood', 'Entrails Ripped From A Virgin's Cunt' and 'Necropedophile'. The drums are really amazing as well.

Special mention to the album front cover, showing a cunnilingus made by two undead. Well done Cannibal Corpse, well done indeed.

Tomb Of The Mutilated is a must-have for every brutal death metal fan, a choice you'll never regret to make. If you have money, buy it. If you don't, download it, but you must have this album, now!

Highlights: 'Hammer Smashed Face', 'I Cum Blood', 'Addicted To Vaginal Skin', 'Necropedophile'.

Rating: 9.5 out of 10

Review by Elijah on March 13, 2020.

People always argue about which album of Chris Barnes era is the best, and everyone always seems to put Butchered At Birth in last place, which I don't understand at all. The first 4 CC albums are all obvious classics, but this album is the one that stands out the most, and is the heaviest and best in every way possible. Although this album is popular, it’s still highly underrated by numerous death metal fans. Cannibal has always been trying to get that sick, disgusting, and downright wrong feel ever since they formed the band, and on this album they've truly done that. Every single thing about this record is nasty and sick in the best way ever!

First of all, let’s start with the artwork, two zombie doctors dissecting an unborn baby from the decaying pregnant mother. This cover art already makes this album great. You don't even have to listen to this album, one look at this cover and you already know it’s gonna be damn great once you get into it. The music. The guitar sound grindy and disgusting which is perfect, the drums sound tight yet deep, which backs up that rotten sound the guitars give off, the bass playing of Alex Webster is there, more points for that, you gotta have that thick, present bass in death metal, especially a brutal, heavy as fuck death metal album like this one. The music here fits Cannibal Corpse's lyrical aspect and theme perfectly, no other album describes CC better than Butchered At Birth.

This album is also extremely underrated. With an album like Butchered at Birth, Cannibal presents themselves at their most extreme form. After their debut Eaten Back To Life, they come back with something even better. Barnes started to experiment with sexually violent lyrics on this album, and the band made their instruments sound heavier and nastier to fit his lyrics. There can’t be songs called 'Meathook Sodomy' or 'Covered in Sores', without the perfect music to fit the lyrical content. The music is the backbone to the vocals, the vocals being there to describe the ultimate torture that is happening. Literally every aspect of this album isn’t disappointing, every single thing lives up to itself, no matter what it is, or however it may come off as.

It confuses me when people talk bad about this album, people will say "The production is bad, there’s nothing that special about it, the guitar tone is monotone and bland, the drums sound bad, etc." Isn't that what we want in death metal??? Especially with an album like with lyrics these extreme and an album name and cover that brutal. If this album comes off as brutal, gory, and nasty, the music should be the same exact way, I’m not complaining about how this album sounds at all, because it's exactly how it SHOULD sound. This is obviously a gem in classic death metal becuase once again, this is an album that lives up to its name and doesn’t disappoint in the slightest. This record also helped start out the brutal death metal genre as well. Heavier vocals, unique guitar sound, machine gun drums that play fast as hell, good bass, everything. The album itself inspires tons of new bands and etc. to learn from.

Look at what we have here, a perfectly brutalist album that is great in every way possible, and included with that, an album that goes in 2 different directions, meaning it inspires 2 different genres, death metal, AND brutal death metal. How can this album suck in any way when these factors are in place? When I think of the TRUE Cannibal Corpse I think of the Butchered At Birth era. The heaviest, brutalist, and disgustingly amazing era of Cannibal Corpse. Once again, I seriously don't understand how Butchered At Birth isn’t their most popular album, this is the band's peak!

When I got sick of every CC album, this album always stuck with me. Butchered At Birth never got annoying or old once. If you wanna listen to some GOOD Cannibal Corpse, listen to this, and if you're a new fan of the band, START WITH THIS ALBUM.

Rating: 10 out of 10

Review by Elijah on March 13, 2020.

People always argue about which album of Chris Barnes era is the best, and everyone always seems to put Butchered At Birth in last place, which I don't understand at all. The first 4 CC albums are all obvious classics, but this album is the one that stands out the most, and is the heaviest and best in every way possible. Although this album is popular, it’s still highly underrated by numerous death metal fans. Cannibal has always been trying to get that sick, disgusting, and downright wrong feel ever since they formed the band, and on this album they've truly done that. Every single thing about this record is nasty and sick in the best way ever!

First of all, let’s start with the artwork, two zombie doctors dissecting an unborn baby from the decaying pregnant mother. This cover art already makes this album great. You don't even have to listen to this album, one look at this cover and you already know it’s gonna be damn great once you get into it. The music. The guitar sound grindy and disgusting which is perfect, the drums sound tight yet deep, which backs up that rotten sound the guitars give off, the bass playing of Alex Webster is there, more points for that, you gotta have that thick, present bass in death metal, especially a brutal, heavy as fuck death metal album like this one. The music here fits Cannibal Corpse's lyrical aspect and theme perfectly, no other album describes CC better than Butchered At Birth.

This album is also extremely underrated. With an album like Butchered at Birth, Cannibal presents themselves at their most extreme form. After their debut Eaten Back To Life, they come back with something even better. Barnes started to experiment with sexually violent lyrics on this album, and the band made their instruments sound heavier and nastier to fit his lyrics. There can’t be songs called 'Meathook Sodomy' or 'Covered in Sores', without the perfect music to fit the lyrical content. The music is the backbone to the vocals, the vocals being there to describe the ultimate torture that is happening. Literally every aspect of this album isn’t disappointing, every single thing lives up to itself, no matter what it is, or however it may come off as.

It confuses me when people talk bad about this album, people will say "The production is bad, there’s nothing that special about it, the guitar tone is monotone and bland, the drums sound bad, etc." Isn't that what we want in death metal??? Especially with an album like with lyrics these extreme and an album name and cover that brutal. If this album comes off as brutal, gory, and nasty, the music should be the same exact way, I’m not complaining about how this album sounds at all, because it's exactly how it SHOULD sound. This is obviously a gem in classic death metal becuase once again, this is an album that lives up to its name and doesn’t disappoint in the slightest. This record also helped start out the brutal death metal genre as well. Heavier vocals, unique guitar sound, machine gun drums that play fast as hell, good bass, everything. The album itself inspires tons of new bands and etc. to learn from.

Look at what we have here, a perfectly brutalist album that is great in every way possible, and included with that, an album that goes in 2 different directions, meaning it inspires 2 different genres, death metal, AND brutal death metal. How can this album suck in any way when these factors are in place? When I think of the TRUE Cannibal Corpse I think of the Butchered At Birth era. The heaviest, brutalist, and disgustingly amazing era of Cannibal Corpse. Once again, I seriously don't understand how Butchered At Birth isn’t their most popular album, this is the band's peak!

When I got sick of every CC album, this album always stuck with me. Butchered At Birth never got annoying or old once. If you wanna listen to some GOOD Cannibal Corpse, listen to this, and if you're a new fan of the band, START WITH THIS ALBUM.

Rating: 10 out of 10