# The Wretched Spawn > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/The_Wretched_Spawn > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/The_Wretched_Spawn.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wretched_Spawn > Source revision: 1349642991 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) 2004 studio album by Cannibal Corpse The Wretched Spawn Studio album by Cannibal Corpse Released February 24, 2004 (2004-02-24) Recorded October–November 2003 Studio Sonic Ranch, El Paso, TX Genre Death metal Length 44:22 Label Metal Blade Producer Neil Kernon Cannibal Corpse chronology Gore Obsessed (2002) The Wretched Spawn (2004) Kill (2006) Censored cover Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating AllMusic [1] Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal 7/10[2] Metal Storm 8.5/10[3] Scream Magazine [4] ***The Wretched Spawn*** is the ninth studio album by American [death metal](/source/Death_metal) band [Cannibal Corpse](/source/Cannibal_Corpse). It was released on February 24, 2004 by [Metal Blade Records](/source/Metal_Blade_Records). The cover art is by [Vincent Locke](/source/Vincent_Locke). This is the last studio album to feature guitarist [Jack Owen](/source/Jack_Owen), one of the band's founding members, and up to the 2012 album *[Torture](/source/Torture_(album))*, the last with an album cover depicting violence and gore. The album was distributed with a making-of [DVD](/source/DVD) produced by Nick Sahakian. *The Wretched Spawn* is Cannibal Corpse's fourth album to be named after one of the tracks on the album, after *[Butchered at Birth](/source/Butchered_at_Birth)*, *[The Bleeding](/source/The_Bleeding_(album))* and *[Gallery of Suicide](/source/Gallery_of_Suicide)*. ## Music and lyrics "For songs like "Nothing Left to Mutilate", and "Decency Defied", I looked to friends for ideas they had. "Decency [Defied]" was based on a friend who had a nightmare that her tattoos were being torn off while she was still alive. "Nothing Left to Mutilate" was based on ideas from a friend who was studying pheromones in college, and told me all about how a woman's scent drives men crazy. So if my imagination doesn't kick in, I draw from other things. "Slain" was based on the Eastwood film *[High Plains Drifter](/source/High_Plains_Drifter)*. And "Festering in the Crypt" is my own idea of dealing with the finality of death."- Jack Owen[5] Other themes explored on the album include [decapitation](/source/Decapitation) and [stoning](/source/Stoning).[6] ## Track listing No. Title Lyrics Music Length 1. "Severed Head Stoning" Webster O'Brien Webster 1:45 2. "Psychotic Precision" Mazurkiewicz O'Brien 2:56 3. "Decency Defied" Owen Owen 2:59 4. "Frantic Disembowelment" Mazurkiewicz O'Brien 2:50 5. "The Wretched Spawn" Webster Webster 4:09 6. "Cyanide Assassin" Webster Webster 3:11 7. "Festering in the Crypt" Owen Owen 4:38 8. "Nothing Left to Mutilate" Owen Owen 3:49 9. "Blunt Force Castration" Mazurkiewicz O'Brien 3:27 10. "Rotted Body Landslide" Webster Webster 3:24 11. "Slain" Owen Owen 3:32 12. "Bent Backwards and Broken" Webster Webster 2:58 13. "They Deserve to Die" Webster Webster 4:44 Total length: 44:22 Bonus DVD No. Title Length 1. "The Making of The Wretched Spawn" 58:40 ## Credits **Cannibal Corpse** - [George "Corpsegrinder" Fisher](/source/George_%22Corpsegrinder%22_Fisher) – vocals - [Pat O'Brien](/source/Pat_O'Brien_(guitarist)) – lead guitar - [Jack Owen](/source/Jack_Owen) – rhythm guitar - [Alex Webster](/source/Alex_Webster) – bass - [Paul Mazurkiewicz](/source/Paul_Mazurkiewicz) – drums ## Charts Chart Peak position French Albums (SNEP)[7] 136 German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[8] 74 US Independent Albums (Billboard)[9] 20 US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard)[10] 27 ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Birchmeier, Jason. [*The Wretched Spawn* - Cannibal Corpse](https://www.allmusic.com/album/mw0000324069) at [AllMusic](/source/AllMusic_(identifier)) 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** [Popoff, Martin](/source/Martin_Popoff); Perri, David (2011). *The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 4: The '00s*. [Burlington, Ontario](/source/Burlington%2C_Ontario), [Canada](/source/Canada): [Collector's Guide Publishing](/source/Collector's_Guide_Publishing). pp. 72–73. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [9781-926592-20-6](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9781-926592-20-6). 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Undercraft (May 1, 2004). ["Cannibal Corpse - The Wretched Spawn review"](http://www.metalstorm.net/pub/review.php?review_id=502). *www.metalstorm.net*. [Metal Storm](/source/Metal_Storm_(webzine)). Retrieved February 13, 2016. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** Nørsterud, Bjørn (2004). "CANNIBAL CORPSE "The Wretched Spawn"". *[Scream Magazine](/source/Scream_Magazine)* (review) (in Norwegian). No. 85. p. 40. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["Interview with Jack Owen"](https://web.archive.org/web/20080804131528/http://www.themetalweb.com/cannibalcorpseinterview.html). The Metal Web. Archived from [the original](http://www.themetalweb.com/cannibalcorpseinterview.html) on August 4, 2008. Retrieved April 25, 2009. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** updated, Metal Hammerlast (November 10, 2017). ["The 5 most gruesome Cannibal Corpse songs"](https://www.loudersound.com/features/the-5-most-gruesome-cannibal-corpse-songs). *Louder*. Retrieved January 26, 2026. {{[cite web](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Cite_web)}}: |last= has generic name ([help](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:CS1_errors#generic_name)) 1. **[^](#cite_ref-ac_France_Cannibal_Corpse_7-0)** "[Lescharts.com – Cannibal Corpse – The Wretched Spawn](https://lescharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Cannibal+Corpse&titel=The+Wretched+Spawn&cat=a)". Hung Medien. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-ac_Germany_Cannibal_Corpse_8-0)** "[Offiziellecharts.de – Cannibal Corpse – The Wretched Spawn](https://www.offiziellecharts.de/album-details-25044)" (in German). [GfK Entertainment charts](/source/GfK_Entertainment_charts). 1. **[^](#cite_ref-ac_BillboardIndependent_Cannibal_Corpse_9-0)** "[Cannibal Corpse Chart History (Independent Albums)](https://www.billboard.com/artist/Cannibal-Corpse/chart-history/IND)". *[Billboard](/source/Billboard_(magazine))*. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-10)** ["Cannibal Corpse Chart History (Heatseekers Albums)"](https://web.archive.org/web/20211117182806/https://www.billboard.com/artist/cannibal-corpse/chart-history/tln/). *[Billboard](/source/Billboard_(magazine))*. Retrieved March 6, 2026. ## External links - [*The Wretched Spawn*](https://www.allmusic.com/album/mw0000324069) at [AllMusic](/source/AllMusic_(identifier)) - [*The Wretched Spawn*](http://www.metalblade.com/us/releases/cannibal-corpse-the-wretched-spawn/) at [Metal Blade Records](/source/Metal_Blade_Records) v t e Cannibal Corpse Alex Webster Paul Mazurkiewicz Rob Barrett George "Corpsegrinder" Fisher Erik Rutan Bob Rusay Chris Barnes Jack Owen Pat O'Brien Studio albums Eaten Back to Life Butchered at Birth Tomb of the Mutilated The Bleeding Vile Gallery of Suicide Bloodthirst Gore Obsessed The Wretched Spawn Kill Evisceration Plague Torture A Skeletal Domain Red Before Black Violence Unimagined Chaos Horrific Live albums Live Cannibalism EPs Hammer Smashed Face Box sets 15 Year Killing Spree Video albums Monolith of Death Tour '96–'97 Live Cannibalism Centuries of Torment: The First 20 Years Global Evisceration Related articles Discography Six Feet Under Monstrosity Malevolent Creation Deicide Paths of Possession Serpentine Dominion Vince Locke Authority control databases MusicBrainz release group --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [The Wretched Spawn](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wretched_Spawn) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wretched_Spawn?action=history)). 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