Hammer Smashed Face
| Hammer Smashed Face | ||||
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| Released | March 23, 1993 | |||
| Recorded | January 1993 – Niagara Falls, New York | |||
| Genre | Death metal | |||
| Length | 26:17 | |||
| Label | Metal Blade | |||
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| Cannibal Corpse chronology | ||||
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| Single version | ||||
 Cover for the single version of "Hammer Smashed Face", which was originally from the album Tomb of the Mutilated (1992) | ||||
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| "Hammer Smashed Face" on YouTube | ||||
Hammer Smashed Face is the debut EP and single by American death metal band Cannibal Corpse, released on March 23, 1993, by Metal Blade Records.
There are two versions of the release, a single version that features the title song "Hammer Smashed Face" with two covers of songs by Black Sabbath and Possessed, and the EP version which includes the three tracks of the single version along with two original Cannibal Corpse tracks.
Artwork
[edit]Unlike most releases by the band, the album's artwork was not created by longtime collaborator Vincent Locke. Cannibal Corpse did not approve the album artwork that was used in the final product and do not know the name of the artist who produced it.[1] The single version and the EP version both have different cover artwork.
Reception
[edit]When asked if he had a favorite Cannibal Corpse album, singer Chris Barnes described the Hammer Smashed EP as "one of the underrated ones".[2] Barnes also hailed the group's cover of Black Sabbath's "Zero the Hero" as "one of the greatest".[2]
Track listing
[edit]| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Hammer Smashed Face" | 4:04 |
| 2. | "The Exorcist" (Possessed cover) | 4:37 |
| 3. | "Zero the Hero" (Black Sabbath cover) | 6:35 |
| 4. | "Meat Hook Sodomy" | 5:47 |
| 5. | "Shredded Humans" | 5:12 |
| Total length: | 26:17 | |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Hammer Smashed Face" | 4:04 |
| 2. | "The Exorcist" (Possessed cover) | 4:37 |
| 3. | "Zero the Hero" (Black Sabbath cover) | 6:35 |
| Total length: | 15:17 | |
Personnel
[edit]- Cannibal Corpse
- Chris Barnes – vocals
- Bob Rusay – guitars
- Jack Owen – guitars
- Alex Webster – bass
- Paul Mazurkiewicz – drums
- Production
- Scott Burns, Dennis Fura and Cannibal Corpse – production
References
[edit]- ↑ "The Moshville Times - Interview Archive: Alex Webster (Cannibal Corpse)". The Moshville Times. April 1, 2013.
- 1 2 Morgan, Anthony (June 2007). ""Ghosts of the Undead" – Six Feet Under vocalist Chris Barnes delivers ten bludgeons of his philosophical hatchet with seventh record Commandment". Lucem Fero. Archived from the original on April 14, 2008. Retrieved May 30, 2008.
