Cannibal Corpse
ERIK RUTAN AND ROB BARRETT DELIVER PLENTY OF HELLISH SHRED AND HARMONIC TENSION ON CHAOS HORRIFIC
By Gregory Adams
“When I think of Cannibal Corpse, it’s extreme heaviness,” Erik Rutan says
ALEX MORGAN
EVEN SET AGAINST 35 years of historically bludgeoning riffage, few Cannibal Corpse moments concave the chest quite like the G# -tuned death march that begins “Blood Blind,” the first single from the act’s 16th fetid full-length, Chaos Horrific. Credit this monstrously chunky moment to guitarist Erik Rutan, who has been producing Cannibal Corpse records since 2006’s Kill and was fully integrated into the lineup on 2021’s Violence Unimagined. He’s been a great fit. As a fan and friend of the band since the release of 1990’s Eaten Back to Life, Rutan knows the guiding principles of death metal’s most offal-flinging outfit.