The Bleeding (album)

The Bleeding
Studio album by
ReleasedApril 12, 1994 (1994-04-12)
RecordedNovember 12 – December 3, 1993
StudioMorrisound Recording, Tampa, FL
GenreDeath metal
Length36:54
LabelMetal Blade
ProducerScott Burns
Cannibal Corpse chronology
Tomb of the Mutilated
(1992)
The Bleeding
(1994)
Vile
(1996)
Remastered cover (2006)
Remastered cover (2009)

The Bleeding is the fourth studio album by American death metal band Cannibal Corpse, released on April 12, 1994 through Metal Blade Records. It is the last album featuring singer and founding member Chris Barnes and is the first album featuring guitarist Rob Barrett. According to SoundScan numbers, The Bleeding is the fifth top-selling death metal LP in the United States, amassing over 98,300 copies sold. The Bleeding is also Cannibal Corpse's most successful album to date.[1][2]

A video was made for the song "Staring Through the Eyes of the Dead". A re-mastered version of The Bleeding is available and features new cover art, a bonus track ("The Exorcist", a Possessed cover) and the music video of "Staring Through the Eyes of the Dead". This music video would later be featured in Beavis and Butt-Head.

  1. ^ Birchmeier, Jason. The Bleeding - Cannibal Corpse at AllMusic
  2. ^ "It's Official: Cannibal Corpse Are the Top-Selling Death Metal Band of the SoundScan Era". Blabbermouth.net. November 17, 2003. Archived from the original on December 2, 2003. Retrieved June 1, 2008.