Vile (album)

Vile
a green corpse with stitches on its chest, a mutilated head and face, and no lower body with maggots pouring from its innards. The corpse’s penis appears to be lying in front of it.
Studio album by
ReleasedMay 21, 1996
RecordedJanuary 1996
StudioMorrisound Recording, Tampa, Florida
GenreDeath metal
Length37:40
Label
Producer
Cannibal Corpse chronology
The Bleeding
(1994)
Vile
(1996)
Gallery of Suicide
(1998)

Vile is the fifth studio album by American death metal band Cannibal Corpse. It was released on May 21, 1996 through Metal Blade Records. It is their first album to feature vocalist George Fisher and the last album featuring guitarist Rob Barrett until 2006's Kill. It was also the last Cannibal Corpse album to feature Scott Burns as producer. This album also marks the first time the band ever tuned down, from previously playing in Eb to Bb Standard, although a few of the songs on Vile are in Db ("Mummified in Barbed Wire", "Disfigured", "Absolute Hatred", "Eaten from Inside", "Orgasm Through Torture").[1]

The album was re-released in 2006 with new liner notes and a bonus DVD (titled "Vile Live") featuring a full concert from the Vile tour, during which many songs from the album are performed.

Vile was the first death metal album to appear on the Billboard 200 chart, debuting at No. 151.[2]

  1. ^ "MetalTabs.com Forum - Cannibal Corpse's Vile Tuning". metaltabs.com. Retrieved May 7, 2021.
  2. ^ "Cannibal Corpse". Billboard. Retrieved October 14, 2019.