{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2025}} {{Infobox album | name = Gallery of Suicide | type = studio | artist = [[Cannibal Corpse]] | cover = galleryofsuicide.jpg | alt = 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. | released = {{Start date|1998|4|21}} | recorded = | venue = | studio = [[Morrisound Recording]]s, Tampa, Florida | genre = [[Death metal]] | length = {{Duration |m=44 |s=13}} | label = [[Metal Blade Records|Metal Blade]] | producer = Jim Morris | prev_title = [[Vile (album)|Vile]] | prev_year = 1996 | next_title = [[Bloodthirst (album)|Bloodthirst]] | next_year = 1999 }} {{Music ratings | rev1 = [[AllMusic]] | rev1Score = {{Rating|2.5|5}}<ref>{{AllMusic |class=album |id=mw0000036144 |label=''Gallery of Suicide'' - Cannibal Corpse |last=Erlewine |first=Thomas}}</ref> | rev2 = ''[[Martin Popoff|Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal]]'' | rev2score = 7/10<ref>{{cite book |last1=Popoff |first1=Martin |author-link1=Martin Popoff |title=The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 3: The Nineties |publisher=[[Collector's Guide Publishing]] |year=2007 |location=[[Burlington, Ontario]], [[Canada]] |isbn=978-1-894959-62-9 |page=71}}</ref> | noprose = yes }}
'''''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]]''.
== Background and recording == [[Pat O'Brien (guitarist)|Pat O'Brien]] had the track "Stabbed in the Throat" written in its entirety by the time of his earliest sessions with the band. George Fisher recalled working with producer Jim Morris: "I talked with him about some of the lyrics and he was dying with laughter! One time, he was laughing while I was recording – so I said, 'Dude, did I mess up?' and he said, 'No, no – how are you doing this? What the fuck are you doing? These lyrics are out of control...' There's some fast shit on there!"<ref name=":0"/>
== Music and lyrics == ''Gallery of Suicide'' has been referred to as "an hour-long [[symphony]] of [[cruelty]]."<ref name=":0" /> 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 |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/mw0000036144 |access-date=2025-01-07 |language=en}}</ref> [[George Fisher (musician)|George Fisher]] said: "Pat added technique to the band that we didn't have before. We're not super-technical, but we were definitely heading in that direction." Fisher also stated his belief that ''Gallery'' is one of the most experimental releases of the band's career, expressing that the album's blast beats reminded him of [[black metal]]. He said, "It wasn't on purpose – it just turned out that way." Webster assessed: "It's one of the darkest albums we ever did: there’s dark melodies, dark lyrics... I mean, all our albums are dark, with songs about murder and so on, but there's something extra-dark about that one!" <ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=McIverpublished |first=Joel |date=2024-12-28 |title="There's an unlimited amount of bad things happening in the world, real and imagined. It's not hard for us to come up with stuff": The story of Cannibal Corpse's Gallery Of Suicide, the album that helped keep 90s death metal alive |url=https://www.loudersound.com/features/cannibal-corpse-gallery-of-suicide-story-behind-album |access-date=2025-05-20 |website=Louder |language=en}}</ref> "Sentenced to Burn" has been called one of the band's "catchiest" songs by ''[[Loudwire]],'' making use of [[Groove (music)|groove]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=DiVita |first=Joe DiVitaJoe |date=2015-09-28 |title=10 Best Cannibal Corpse Songs |url=https://loudwire.com/10-best-cannibal-corpse-songs/ |access-date=2026-02-06 |website=Loudwire |language=en}}</ref>
In addition to "Blood Drenched Execution," O'Brien co-wrote "From Skin to Liquid" with Webster. Thematically, the song's title implies the topic of [[Corpse decomposition|decomposition]] of a [[cadaver]]. Webster said: "It was the first really, really slow song we ever did and it also had no lyrics. [...] I feel like "From Skin to Liquid" was one of the first songs that we did that kind of showed that we were able to be heavy without using our old bag of tricks necessarily all the time. We were heavy without being fast and without having gory lyrics or any lyrics. [...] It's got a really creepy vibe to it."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Blabbermouth |date=2008-09-17 |title=A Conversation With CANNIBAL CORPSE's ALEX WEBSTER |url=https://blabbermouth.net/news/a-conversation-with-cannibal-corpse-s-alex-webster |access-date=2025-02-17 |website=BLABBERMOUTH.NET |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":0" />
== Artwork == The album's cover artwork was done by [[Vince Locke]]. According to ''[[Metal Hammer]]'', the album's cover artwork "depicts a grim [[dungeon]] in which a group of characters are [[Suicide by hanging|hanging]], [[Gunshot wound|shooting]] and [[Disembowelment|disembowelling]] themselves." George Fisher explained: "People go in there and commit suicide, and if you're unfortunate enough to be curious to see what this gallery is about, or crazy enough, you can go inside." A censored version of the album cover was also created. [[Alex Webster]] described the censored cover as "really dark and eerie-looking."<ref name=":0"/>
== Reception == 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 | website=[[AllMusic]]}}</ref> Drummer [[Paul Mazurkiewicz]] believes the album is underrated. Former guitarist [[Pat O'Brien (guitarist)|Pat O'Brien]] said, "Some albums, people are gonna like, and some albums people aren't going to like as much or they're not going to like. I remember when I first joined the band, when we did Gallery of Suicide, there were a lot of people who hated it, but now a lot of people seem to like it; it's kinda weird."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Cannibal Corpse │ Exclaim! |url=https://exclaim.ca/music/article/cannibal_corpse-staring_through_eyes_of_banned |access-date=2025-01-23 |website=Cannibal Corpse │ Exclaim! |language=en}}</ref>
== Track listing == {{Track listing | total_length = 44:13(INT) 47:16(JP) | extra_column = Vocal patterns | title1 = I Will Kill You | lyrics1 = [[Alex Webster]] | music1 = Webster | extra1 = Webster | length1 = 2:47 | title2 = Disposal of the Body | lyrics2 = Webster | music2 = Webster | extra2 = {{flatlist| * Webster * [[George Corpsegrinder Fisher]] }} | length2 = 1:54 | title3 = Sentenced to Burn | lyrics3 = Webster | music3 = Webster | extra3 = {{flatlist| * Webster * Fisher }} | length3 = 3:06 | title4 = Blood Drenched Execution | lyrics4 = {{flatlist| * [[Paul Mazurkiewicz]] * Fisher }} | music4 = {{flatlist| * Webster * [[Pat O'Brien (guitarist)|Pat O'Brien]] }} | extra4 = {{flatlist| * Mazurkiewicz * Fisher }} | length4 = 2:40 | title5 = Gallery of Suicide | lyrics5 = Mazurkiewicz | music5 = {{flatlist| * Webster * [[Jack Owen]] }} | extra5 = {{flatlist| * Mazurkiewicz * Fisher }} | length5 = 3:55 | title6 = Dismembered and Molested | lyrics6 = Webster | music6 = {{flatlist| * Webster * Owen }} | extra6 = Fisher | length6 = 1:53 | title7 = From Skin to Liquid | 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 (band)|Sacrifice]] | length14 = 1:56 }}
== Personnel == 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 * [[George "Corpsegrinder" Fisher]] – vocals * [[Pat O'Brien (guitarist)|Pat O'Brien]] – lead guitar * [[Jack Owen]] – rhythm guitar * [[Alex Webster]] – bass * [[Paul Mazurkiewicz]] – drums
;Production * Jim Morris – production, engineering, mixing, mastering
;Artwork and design * [[Vince Locke|Vincent Locke]] – cover art * Brian J. Ames – design * Al Messerschmidt – photography * Alison Mohammed – photography
;Studios * [[Morrisound Recording]]s, Tampa, Florida – production, engineering, mixing * Audio JJ – mastering
==Charts== {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" |+Chart performance for ''Gallery of Suicide'' ! scope="col"| Chart (1998) ! scope="col"| Peak<br />position |- {{album chart|BillboardHeatseekers|22|artist=Cannibal Corpse|M|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211117182806/https://www.billboard.com/artist/cannibal-corpse/chart-history/tln/|title=Cannibal Corpse Chart History (Heatseekers Albums)|work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|access-date=March 6, 2026}} |}
== References == {{Reflist}}
== External links == * {{AllMusic |class=album |id=mw0000036144 |label=''Gallery of Suicide''}} * [http://www.metalblade.com/us/releases/cannibal-corpse-gallery-of-suicide/ ''Gallery of Suicide''] at [[Metal Blade Records]]
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