Influence and legacy Cannibal Corpse has been called "one of metal's goriest, most vile outfits." MusicRadar included the band on the site's list of the "scariest" bands or artists. Greg Prato of AllMusic said, "For the most part, as far as the genre of death metal goes, there is Cannibal Corpse, and there is a bunch of copycats." Bands known for emulating the band's sound during the 1990s have been dubbed "Cannibal Clones" by some publications. According to Chris Dick of Decibel, "I used to get alot of demos back then and 9 out of 10 bands clearly had listened to Tomb of the Mutilated." The band was influential in pushing the extremity of lyrical subject matter in extreme metal. In the early years of the Florida death metal scene, the group was considered one of the most shocking for its transgression of taste in its depiction of torture, murder, and mutilation, often in highly sexual, misogynistic and sadistic terms. Its extremity influenced the emergence of the even more extreme subgenre of goregrind. Cannibal Corpse has been cited as an influence by extreme metal and heavy metal bands of numerous subgenres, including The Black Dahlia Murder, Disgorge, Whitechapel, All Shall Perish, Suicide Silence, Carnifex, Slipknot, As I Lay Dying, All That Remains and Escape the Fate. Controversy and censorship Cannibal Corpse's lyrics, song titles, album covers and merchandise artwork frequently feature transgressive and macabre imagery, including depictions of extreme violence, which the band has always defended as artistic expression that is clearly fictional. Bassist Alex Webster commented, "most Western music is people singing from the heart — singing to a girlfriend, so a lot of people are freaked out by our songs". The band's album art (most often by Vincent Locke) and lyrics, drawing heavily on horror fiction and horror films, are highly controversial. At various points in the band's career, several countries, such as Germany and Russia, have banned the group from performing within their borders, or have banned the sale and display of original Cannibal Corpse album covers.
influence and legacy cannibal corpse has been called "one of metal's goriest most vile outfits" musicradar included the band on the site's list of the "scariest" bands or artists greg prato of allmusic said "for the most part as far as the genre of death metal goes there is cannibal corpse and there is a bunch of copycats" bands known for emulating the band's sound during the 1990s have been dubbed "cannibal clones" by some publications according to chris dick of decibel "i used to get alot of demos back then and 9 out of 10 bands clearly had listened to tomb of the mutilated" the band was influential in pushing the extremity of lyrical subject matter in extreme metal in the early years of the florida death metal scene the group was considered one of the most shocking for its transgression of taste in its depiction of torture murder and mutilation often in highly sexual misogynistic and sadistic terms its extremity influenced the emergence of the even more extreme subgenre of goregrind cannibal corpse has been cited as an influence by extreme metal and heavy metal bands of numerous subgenres including the black dahlia murder disgorge whitechapel all shall perish suicide silence carnifex slipknot as i lay dying all that remains and escape the fate controversy and censorship cannibal corpse's lyrics song titles album covers and merchandise artwork frequently feature transgressive and macabre imagery including depictions of extreme violence which the band has always defended as artistic expression that is clearly fictional bassist alex webster commented "most western music is people singing from the heart — singing to a girlfriend so a lot of people are freaked out by our songs" the band's album art (most often by vincent locke) and lyrics drawing heavily on horror fiction and horror films are highly controversial at various points in the band's career several countries such as germany and russia have banned the group from performing within their borders or have banned the sale and display of original cannibal corpse album covers