{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2025}} {{Infobox album | name = Gore Obsessed | type = studio | artist = [[Cannibal Corpse]] | cover = Goreobsessesed.jpg | alt = Zombies devour a body | released = {{Start date|2002|2|26}} | recorded = | venue = | studio = [[Sonic Ranch]], [[Tornillo, Texas|Tornillo, TX]], [[United States|US]] | genre = [[Death metal]] | length = {{Duration |m=38 |s=15}} | label = [[Metal Blade Records|Metal Blade]] | producer = * [[Neil Kernon]] * Cannibal Corpse | prev_title = [[Live Cannibalism]] | prev_year = 2000 | next_title = [[The Wretched Spawn]] | next_year = 2004 | misc = {{Extra album cover | header = Censored cover | type = studio | cover = Cannibal_Corpse_-_Gore_Obsessed_Censored_Front.jpg | border = | alt = Artwork by Vince Locke | caption = }} }} {{Music ratings | rev1 = [[AllMusic]] | rev1Score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name="AM review">{{AllMusic |class=album |id=mw0000218220 |label=''Gore Obsessed'' - Cannibal Corpse |last=Hinds |first=Andy}}</ref> | rev2 = ''[[Martin Popoff|Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal]]'' | rev2score = 5/10<ref>{{cite book |last1=Popoff |first1=Martin |last2=Perri|first2=David|author-link1=Martin Popoff |title=The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 4: The '00s |publisher=[[Collector's Guide Publishing]] |year=2011 |location=[[Burlington, Ontario]], [[Canada]] |isbn=9781-926592-20-6 |page=72}}</ref> <!-- Article needs reviews expanded into prose --> | noprose = yes }}
'''''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]].<ref>{{Citation |title=Gore Obsessed - Cannibal Corpse {{!}} Album {{!}} AllMusic |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/mw0000218220 |access-date=2026-02-23 |language=en}}</ref>
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."<ref>{{Citation |title=Gore Obsessed - Cannibal Corpse {{!}} Album {{!}} AllMusic |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/mw0000218220 |access-date=2025-10-25 |language=en}}</ref>
== Track listing == {{Track listing | total_length = 38:15
| title1 = Savage Butchery | lyrics1 = Webster | music1 = {{flatlist| * Webster * Owen }} | length1 = 1:50
| title2 = Hatchet to the Head | lyrics2 = Mazurkiewicz | music2 = O'Brien | length2 = 3:34
| title3 = Pit of Zombies | lyrics3 = Webster | music3 = Webster | length3 = 3:58
| title4 = Dormant Bodies Bursting | lyrics4 = Mazurkiewicz | music4 = Owen | length4 = 2:00
| title5 = Compelled to Lacerate | lyrics5 = Webster | music5 = Webster | length5 = 3:29
| title6 = Drowning in Viscera | lyrics6 = Mazurkiewicz | music6 = O'Brien | length6 = 3:36
| title7 = Hung and Bled | lyrics7 = Webster | music7 = Webster | length7 = 4:13
| title8 = Sanded Faceless | lyrics8 = Mazurkiewicz | music8 = O'Brien | length8 = 3:51
| title9 = Mutation of the Cadaver | lyrics9 = Webster | music9 = Webster | length9 = 3:09
| title10 = When Death Replaces Life | lyrics10 = {{flatlist| * Owen * Mazurkiewicz }} | music10 = Owen | length10 = 4:59
| title11 = Grotesque | lyrics11 = Webster | music11 = Webster | length11 = 3:42 }} {{Track listing | headline = Limited edition bonus track | total_length = | title12 = No Remorse | note12 = [[Metallica]] cover | lyrics12 = [[James Hetfield|Hetfield]] | music12 = {{flatlist| * Hetfield * [[Lars Ulrich|Ulrich]] }} | length12 = 6:16 }}
== Personnel == Writing, performance and production credits are adapted from the album liner notes.<ref>{{Cite AV media notes |title=Gore Obsessed |others=[[Cannibal Corpse]] |year=2002 |type=booklet |publisher=[[Metal Blade Records]]}}</ref>
=== Personnel === ;Cannibal Corpse * [[George Fisher (musician)|George "Corpsegrinder" Fisher]] – vocals * [[Pat O'Brien (guitarist)|Pat O'Brien]] – lead guitar * [[Jack Owen]] – rhythm guitar * [[Alex Webster]] – bass * [[Paul Mazurkiewicz]] – drums
;Production * [[Neil Kernon]] – [[Record producer|production]], [[Audio mixing (recorded music)|mixing]] * Cannibal Corpse – production * Justin Leeah – [[Audio engineer|engineering]] * Ramon Breton – [[Audio mastering|mastering]]
;Artwork and design * [[Vince Locke|Vincent Locke]] – [[cover art]] * [http://www.amcknight.com Alex McKnight] – [[photography]]
=== Studios === * [[Sonic Ranch]], [[Tornillo, Texas|Tornillo, TX]], [[United States|US]] – [[Sound recording and reproduction|recording]] * Oceanview Digital Mastering – mastering
== Charts == {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" |- ! Chart ! Peak<br/>position |- {{Album chart|Germany|id=26182|71|artist=Cannibal Corpse|album=Gore Obsessed}} |- {{Album chart|BillboardIndependent|11|artist=Cannibal Corpse}} |- {{album chart|BillboardHeatseekers|28|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=mw0000218220 |label=''Gore Obsessed''}} * [http://www.metalblade.com/us/releases/cannibal-corpse-gore-obsessed/ ''Gore Obsessed''] at [[Metal Blade Records]]
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