Evisceration Plague

Evisceration Plague is the eleventh studio album by American death metal band Cannibal Corpse. Released on February 3, 2009 by Metal Blade Records, the album was produced at Mana Recording Studios by Hate Eternal guitarist Erik Rutan.

The album entered the US Billboard 200 at number 66, selling 9,600 copies its first week.

Background
Bassist Alex Webster said about the record:

"In Cannibal Corpse, our goal has always been to try and make each new album we record our heaviest. That goal was a bit more challenging this time since we were extremely satisfied with our last album Kill, but we knew that by working with producer Erik Rutan at Mana Recording Studios again, we would be able to start at that same level of heaviness and take it even further... Evisceration Plague has the best guitar sound we've ever recorded, and the entire band has never played with more precision and power."

In another interview with Terrorizer magazine, drummer Paul Mazurkiewicz stated his thoughts on the album saying: "I think working with Erik again has definitely brought things up a little for us. I mean all the band were involved in the writing process of this album along with Rutan and so I think this one's a tad more individual than Kill."

Release and promotion
The cover art was released December 14 and samples were made available through Amazon.com. The album was released with a bonus track in Europe and DVD as a deluxe edition. An autographed version of the album is now available for pre-order on the Metal Blade Records website.

It is the fifth Cannibal Corpse album to contain a title track (following Butchered at Birth, The Bleeding, Gallery of Suicide and The Wretched Spawn) and a video was produced for the song.

They also released a comic book where each song has its own comic.

A video for the song "Evisceration Plague" was released on May 9, 2009 on the YouTube account of Metal Blade Records.

A video was produced for the song "Priests of Sodom". The video was released on March 25, 2010.

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

Cannibal Corpse

 * George "Corpsegrinder" Fisher – vocals
 * Pat O'Brien – lead guitar
 * Rob Barrett – rhythm guitar
 * Alex Webster – bass
 * Paul Mazurkiewicz – drums

Guest musicians

 * Erik Rutan – guitar solo on "Unnatural"

Production

 * Erik Rutan – production, engineering, mixing
 * Shawn Ohtani – additional engineering
 * Brian Elliot – additional engineering
 * Mike McCracken – studio drum assistant
 * Alan Douches – mastering
 * Neil Kernon – production, mixing only "Skull Fragment Armor"
 * Justion Leeah – engineering only "Skull Fragment Armor"

Artwork and design

 * Vincent Locke – cover art
 * Brian Ames – design
 * Alex Solca – photography

Studios

 * Mana Recording Studios, St. Petersburg, FL, USA – recording, mixing
 * West Westside Music – mastering
 * Sonic Ranch, Tornillo, TX, USA – recording only "Skull Fragment Armor"