On November 3rd, Cannibal Corpse will release their 14th full-length, Red Before Black (Metal Blade Records.)
The band has released a video for the single, “Code of the Slashers.”
“After crawling through abandoned buildings, crashing our van into a tree in the middle of a scene, witnessing a real stabbing and drenching ourselves in fake blood in a derelict park at 5am, we can safely say this was a proper introduction to the slasher genre for (us). We brought a slab of fresh meat back from a rotting metropolis, and we’re serving it to you raw. Come and get it,” says director Zev Deans (Behemoth‘s “Messe Noire”, Ghost‘s “Square Hammer”, Portal‘s “Curtain.”)
“Throughout our career, we’ve tried to improve the precision of both our musical execution and our album production, while still maintaining full-on aggression. ‘Red Before Black‘ continues in that direction, but might go even further on the aggressive side of things. It’s definitely precise, but it has a rawness to it that goes beyond anything we’ve done recently,” says bassist Alex Webster. “We really worked super hard crafting these songs, practicing them, and getting them where we wanted to be more so than on any of our previous albums,” adds drummer Paul Mazurkiewicz. “And as Alex said, musically I think it’s the most raw sound we’ve had – and at the same time I think it’s our most focused, tightest and catchiest record.”
Red Before Black track-listing
1. Only One Will Die
2. Red Before Black
3. Code of the Slashers
4. Shedding My Human Skin
5. Remaimed
6. Firestorm Vengeance
7. Heads Shoveled Off
8. Corpus Delicti
9. Scavenger Consuming Death
10. In the Midst of Ruin
11. Destroyed Without a Trace
12. Hideous Ichor
In support of Red Before Black, Cannibal Corpse will first head out on a USA tour in November/December with Power Trip and Gatecreeper, before heading overseas in early 2018 for a European trek with The Black Dahlia Murder, No Return, and In Arkadia. See below for all dates.
Cannibal Corpse tour dates
w/ Power Trip, Gatecreeper
Nov. 3 – Jacksonville, FL – Mavericks
Nov. 4 – Pensacola, FL – Vinyl Music Hall
Nov. 5 – Birmingham, AL – Saturn
Nov. 6 – Memphis, TN – New Daisy Theater
Nov. 8 – Dallas, TX – Trees
Nov. 9 – Houston, TX – White Oak
Nov. 10 – Austin, TX – Sound on Sound Festival
Nov. 12 – Phoenix, AZ – Club Red
Nov. 13 – Santa Ana, CA – The Observatory
Nov. 14 – San Francisco, CA – Slims
Nov. 15 – San Francisco, CA – Slims
Nov. 17 – Seattle, WA – Neumos
Nov. 18 – Portland, OR – Hawthorne Theater
Nov. 19 – Boise, ID – Knitting Factory
Nov. 20 – Salt Lake City, UT – The Complex
Nov. 22 – Denver, CO – Summit
Nov. 24 – Chicago, IL – Thalia Hall
Nov. 25 – Detroit, MI – St. Andrews Hall
Nov. 26 – Cleveland, OH – Agora Ballroom
Nov. 28 – Boston, MA – Royale
Nov. 29 – New York, NY – Stage 48
Nov. 30 – Philadelphia, PA – TLA
Dec. 1 – Richmond, VA – Broadberry
Dec. 2 – Wilmington, NC – The Throne Theater
Dec. 3 – Greensboro, NC – Pete’s
Dec. 5 – Louisville, KY – Mercury Ballroom
Dec. 6 – Nashville, TN – Exit/In
Dec. 7 – Atlanta, GA – Masquerade
Dec. 8 – Tampa, FL – The Orpheum