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'''''Gallery of Suicide''''' is the sixth studio album by American [[death metal]] band [[Cannibal Corpse]]. It was released in 1998 through [[Metal Blade Records]]. It is also the first Cannibal Corpse album to feature former [[Nevermore (band)|Nevermore]] guitarist [[Pat O'Brien (guitarist)|Pat O'Brien]].
'''''Gallery of Suicide''''' is the sixth studio album by American [[death metal]] band [[Cannibal Corpse]], released on April 21, 1998, through [[Metal Blade Records]].


It is the first Cannibal Corpse album to feature former [[Nevermore (band)|Nevermore]] guitarist [[Pat O'Brien (guitarist)|Pat O'Brien]]. It is also the band's last album to be recorded at [[Morrisound Recording]]s in [[Tampa]], where the band had recorded since 1990's ''[[Eaten Back to Life]]''.
== Track listing ==
{{Track listing
| total_length = 44:13


==Composition==
| title1 = I Will Kill You
The album's [[Heavy metal guitar|guitar work]] has been described as “incessant” and “buzzing.” Bassist [[Alex Webster]] said the addition of [[Pat O'Brien (guitarist)|Pat O'Brien]] on [[lead guitar]] brought "that [[Shred guitar|shredding]] firepower that we’d never had before".<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.loudersound.com/features/cannibal-corpse-death-metal-history-interview-2012 | title=Blood, guts and Jim Carrey: How Cannibal Corpse became death metal's first million selling band | date=13 March 2024 }}</ref><ref>{{Citation |title=Gallery of Suicide - Cannibal Corpse {{!}} Album {{!}} AllMusic |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/mw0000036144 |access-date=2025-01-07 |language=en}}</ref>
| lyrics1 = [[Alex Webster]]
| music1 = Webster
| length1 = 2:47


==Reception==
| title2 = Disposal of the Body
Stephen Thomas Erlewine of [[Allmusic]] called the album "monotonous" and "predictable" in an underwhelming review.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/mw0000036144 | title=Gallery of Suicide - Cannibal Corpse &#124; Album &#124; AllMusic | website=[[AllMusic]] }}</ref>
| lyrics2 = Webster, [[George Corpsegrinder Fisher]]
| music2 = Webster
| length2 = 1:54


== Track listing ==
| title3 = Sentenced to Burn
{{Track listing
| lyrics3 = Webster
| total_length = 44:13(INT) 47:16(JP)
| music3 = Webster
| extra_column = Vocal patterns
| length3 = 3:06
| title1 = I Will Kill You

| lyrics1 = [[Alex Webster]]
| title4 = Blood Drenched Execution
| music1 = Webster
| lyrics4 = [[Paul Mazurkiewicz]], Fisher
| extra1 = Webster
| music4 = Webster, [[Pat O'Brien (guitarist)|Pat O'Brien]]
| length4 = 2:40
| length1 = 2:47
| title2 = Disposal of the Body

| lyrics2 = Webster
| title5 = Gallery of Suicide
| music2 = Webster
| lyrics5 = Mazurkiewicz
| extra2 = {{flatlist|
| music5 = Webster, [[Jack Owen]]
* Webster
| length5 = 3:55
* [[George Corpsegrinder Fisher]]

}}
| title6 = Dismembered and Molested
| length2 = 1:54
| lyrics6 = Webster
| title3 = Sentenced to Burn
| music6 = Webster, Owen
| lyrics3 = Webster
| length6 = 1:53
| music3 = Webster

| extra3 = {{flatlist|
| title7 = From Skin to Liquid
* Webster
| note7 = instrumental
* Fisher
| music7 = Webster, O'Brien
}}
| length7 = 5:30
| length3 = 3:06

| title4 = Blood Drenched Execution
| title8 = Unite the Dead
| lyrics4 = {{flatlist|
| lyrics8 = Webster
* [[Paul Mazurkiewicz]]
| music8 = Webster, Owen
* Fisher
| length8 = 3:05
}}

| music4 = {{flatlist|
| title9 = Stabbed in the Throat
* Webster
| lyrics9 = Mazurkiewicz
| music9 = O'Brien
* [[Pat O'Brien (guitarist)|Pat O'Brien]]
}}
| length9 = 3:26
| extra4 = {{flatlist|

* Mazurkiewicz
| title10 = Chambers of Blood
* Fisher
| lyrics10 = Webster
}}
| music10 = Webster
| length10 = 4:11
| length4 = 2:40
| title5 = Gallery of Suicide

| lyrics5 = Mazurkiewicz
| title11 = Headless
| music5 = {{flatlist|
| lyrics11 = Mazurkiewicz
| music11 = Webster
* Webster
* [[Jack Owen]]
| length11 = 2:22
}}

| extra5 = {{flatlist|
| title12 = Every Bone Broken
| lyrics12 = Mazurkiewicz
* Mazurkiewicz
* Fisher
| music12 = Owen
}}
| length12 = 3:18
| length5 = 3:55

| title6 = Dismembered and Molested
| title13 = Centuries of Torment
| lyrics13 = Webster
| lyrics6 = Webster
| music6 = {{flatlist|
| music13 = Webster
* Webster
| length13 = 4:04
* Owen

}}
| title14 = Crushing the Despised
| extra6 = Fisher
| lyrics14 = Webster
| length6 = 1:53
| music14 = Webster, Owen
| title7 = From Skin to Liquid
| length14 = 1:56
| note7 = instrumental
| music7 = {{flatlist|
* Webster
* O'Brien
}}
| length7 = 5:30
| title8 = Unite the Dead
| lyrics8 = Webster
| music8 = {{flatlist|
* Webster
* Owen
}}
| extra8 = Webster
| length8 = 3:05
| title9 = Stabbed in the Throat
| lyrics9 = Mazurkiewicz
| music9 = O'Brien
| extra9 = Mazurkiewicz
| length9 = 3:26
| title10 = Chambers of Blood
| lyrics10 = Webster
| music10 = Webster
| extra10 = Webster
| length10 = 4:11
| title11 = Headless
| lyrics11 = Mazurkiewicz
| music11 = Webster
| extra11 = {{flatlist|
* Mazurkiewicz
* Fisher
}}
| length11 = 2:22
| title12 = Every Bone Broken
| lyrics12 = Mazurkiewicz
| music12 = Owen
| extra12 = Mazurkiewicz
| length12 = 3:18
| title13 = Centuries of Torment
| lyrics13 = Webster
| music13 = Webster
| extra13 = {{flatlist|
* Webster
* Fisher
}}
| length13 = 4:04
| title14 = Crushing the Despised
| lyrics14 = Webster
| music14 = {{flatlist|
* Webster
* Owen
}}
| extra14 = {{flatlist|
* Webster
* Fisher
}}
| title15 = Sacrifice
| note15 = Japanese Bonus Track
| length15 = 3:03
| music15 = Sacrifice
| length14 = 1:56
}}
}}


== Credits ==
== Personnel ==
Writing, performance and production credits are adapted from the album liner notes.<ref>{{Cite AV media notes |title=Gallery of Suicide |others=[[Cannibal Corpse]] |year=1998 |type=booklet |publisher=[[Metal Blade Records]]}}</ref>
Credits adapted from the album liner notes.<ref>{{Cite AV media notes |title=Gallery of Suicide |others=[[Cannibal Corpse]] |year=1998 |type=booklet |publisher=[[Metal Blade Records]]}}</ref>


;Cannibal Corpse
=== Personnel ===
;Cannibal Corpse
* [[George "Corpsegrinder" Fisher]] – vocals
* [[George "Corpsegrinder" Fisher]] – vocals
* [[Jack Owen]] – guitar (solos on 2, 3, 5, 8)
* [[Pat O'Brien (guitarist)|Pat O'Brien]] – guitar
* [[Pat O'Brien (guitarist)|Pat O'Brien]] – guitar (solos on 4, 9, 12, 13)
* [[Jack Owen]] – guitar
* [[Alex Webster]] – bass
* [[Alex Webster]] – bass
* [[Paul Mazurkiewicz]] – drums
* [[Paul Mazurkiewicz]] – drums


;Production
;Production
* Jim Morris – [[Record producer|production]], [[Audio engineer|engineering]], [[Audio mixing (recorded music)|mixing]], [[Audio mastering|mastering]]
* Jim Morris – production, engineering, mixing, mastering


;Artwork and design
;Artwork and design
* [[Vince Locke|Vincent Locke]] – [[cover art]]
* [[Vince Locke|Vincent Locke]] – cover art
* Brian J. Ames – [[design]]
* Brian J. Ames – design
* Al Messerschmidt – [[photography]]
* Al Messerschmidt – photography
* Alison Mohammed – photography
* Alison Mohammed – photography


=== Studios ===
;Studios
* [[Morrisound Recording]]s, [[Tampa, Florida|Tampa, FL]], [[United States|US]] – production, engineering, mixing
* [[Morrisound Recording]]s, Tampa, Florida – production, engineering, mixing
* Audio JJ – mastering
* Audio JJ – mastering


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[[Category:Albums recorded at Morrisound Recording]]
[[Category:Albums recorded at Morrisound Recording]]
[[Category:Death metal albums]]

Latest revision as of 19:36, 7 January 2025

Gallery of Suicide
Cover art by Vincent Locke, depicts many slaughtered people including an almost naked woman. She has many slash wounds, and is shown disemboweling herself with a knife. Some other hanged people are also shown.
Studio album by
Cannibal Corpse
ReleasedApril 21, 1998 (1998-04-21)
StudioMorrisound Recordings, Tampa, Florida
GenreDeath metal
Length44:13
LabelMetal Blade
ProducerJim Morris
Cannibal Corpse chronology
Vile
(1996) 		Gallery of Suicide
(1998) 		Bloodthirst
(1999)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal7/10[2]

Gallery of Suicide is the sixth studio album by American death metal band Cannibal Corpse, released on April 21, 1998, through Metal Blade Records.

It is the first Cannibal Corpse album to feature former Nevermore guitarist Pat O'Brien. It is also the band's last album to be recorded at Morrisound Recordings in Tampa, where the band had recorded since 1990's Eaten Back to Life.

Composition

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The album's guitar work has been described as “incessant” and “buzzing.” Bassist Alex Webster said the addition of Pat O'Brien on lead guitar brought "that shredding firepower that we’d never had before".[3][4]

Reception

[edit]

Stephen Thomas Erlewine of Allmusic called the album "monotonous" and "predictable" in an underwhelming review.[5]

Track listing

[edit]
No.TitleLyricsMusicVocal patternsLength
1."I Will Kill You"Alex WebsterWebsterWebster2:47
2."Disposal of the Body"WebsterWebster
1:54
3."Sentenced to Burn"WebsterWebster
  • Webster
  • Fisher
3:06
4."Blood Drenched Execution"
  • Mazurkiewicz
  • Fisher
2:40
5."Gallery of Suicide"Mazurkiewicz
  • Mazurkiewicz
  • Fisher
3:55
6."Dismembered and Molested"Webster
  • Webster
  • Owen
Fisher1:53
7."From Skin to Liquid" (instrumental) 
  • Webster
  • O'Brien
 5:30
8."Unite the Dead"Webster
  • Webster
  • Owen
Webster3:05
9."Stabbed in the Throat"MazurkiewiczO'BrienMazurkiewicz3:26
10."Chambers of Blood"WebsterWebsterWebster4:11
11."Headless"MazurkiewiczWebster
  • Mazurkiewicz
  • Fisher
2:22
12."Every Bone Broken"MazurkiewiczOwenMazurkiewicz3:18
13."Centuries of Torment"WebsterWebster
  • Webster
  • Fisher
4:04
14."Crushing the Despised"Webster
  • Webster
  • Owen
  • Webster
  • Fisher
1:56
15."Sacrifice" (Japanese Bonus Track) Sacrifice 3:03
Total length:44:13(INT) 47:16(JP)

Personnel

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Credits adapted from the album liner notes.[6]

Cannibal Corpse
Production
  • Jim Morris – production, engineering, mixing, mastering
Artwork and design
  • Vincent Locke – cover art
  • Brian J. Ames – design
  • Al Messerschmidt – photography
  • Alison Mohammed – photography
Studios

References

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  1. ^ Erlewine, Thomas. Gallery of Suicide - Cannibal Corpse at AllMusic
  2. ^ Popoff, Martin (2007). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 3: The Nineties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 71. ISBN 978-1-894959-62-9.
  3. ^ "Blood, guts and Jim Carrey: How Cannibal Corpse became death metal's first million selling band". 13 March 2024.
  4. ^ Gallery of Suicide - Cannibal Corpse | Album | AllMusic, retrieved 2025-01-07
  5. ^ "Gallery of Suicide - Cannibal Corpse | Album | AllMusic". AllMusic.
  6. ^ Gallery of Suicide (booklet). Cannibal Corpse. Metal Blade Records. 1998.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
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