Gore Obsessed

Gore Obsessed
Zombies devour a body
Studio album by
Cannibal Corpse
ReleasedFebruary 26, 2002 (2002-02-26)
StudiosSonic Ranch, Tornillo, TX, US
GenreDeath metal
Length38:15
LabelMetal Blade
Producers
Cannibal Corpse chronology
Live Cannibalism
(2000)		 Gore Obsessed
(2002)		 The Wretched Spawn
(2004)
Censored cover
Artwork by Vince Locke
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusicStarStarStarStar
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal5/10

Gore Obsessed is the eighth studio album by American death metal band Cannibal Corpse, released on February 26, 2002 by Metal Blade Records.

The album's tempos "alternate from rat-tat-tat machine gun-style onslaughts to chugging mid-tempo mosh sections," according to AllMusic. The album features a cover of "No Remorse" by Metallica.

The Japanese version of the album includes "Compelled to Lacerate" as a live bonus track.

Critical reception

Andy Hines of AllMusic gave the album four stars out of five, saying: "This is great stuff."

Track listing

No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Savage Butchery"Webster
  • Webster
  • Owen
1:50
2."Hatchet to the Head"MazurkiewiczO'Brien3:34
3."Pit of Zombies"WebsterWebster3:58
4."Dormant Bodies Bursting"MazurkiewiczOwen2:00
5."Compelled to Lacerate"WebsterWebster3:29
6."Drowning in Viscera"MazurkiewiczO'Brien3:36
7."Hung and Bled"WebsterWebster4:13
8."Sanded Faceless"MazurkiewiczO'Brien3:51
9."Mutation of the Cadaver"WebsterWebster3:09
10."When Death Replaces Life"
  • Owen
  • Mazurkiewicz
Owen4:59
11."Grotesque"WebsterWebster3:42
Total length:38:15
Limited edition bonus track
No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
12."No Remorse" (Metallica cover)Hetfield
6:16

Personnel

Writing, performance and production credits are adapted from the album liner notes.

Personnel

Cannibal Corpse
Production
Artwork and design

Studios

Charts

Chart Peak
position
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)71
US Independent Albums (Billboard)11
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard)28

References

  1. ↑ Hinds, Andy. Gore Obsessed - Cannibal Corpse at AllMusic
  2. ↑ Popoff, Martin; Perri, David (2011). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 4: The '00s. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 72. ISBN 9781-926592-20-6.
  3. ↑ Gore Obsessed - Cannibal Corpse | Album | AllMusic, retrieved February 23, 2026
  4. ↑ Gore Obsessed - Cannibal Corpse | Album | AllMusic, retrieved October 25, 2025
  5. ↑ Gore Obsessed (booklet). Cannibal Corpse. Metal Blade Records. 2002.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  6. ↑ "Offiziellecharts.de – Cannibal Corpse – Gore Obsessed" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts.
  7. ↑ "Cannibal Corpse Chart History (Independent Albums)". Billboard.
  8. ↑ "Cannibal Corpse Chart History (Heatseekers Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved March 6, 2026.