Hammer Smashed Face

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Hammer Smashed Face EP
EP by Cannibal Corpse
Released	March 23, 1993
Recorded	1992
Genre	Death metal
Label	Metal Blade
Producer(s)	Scott Burns
Cannibal Corpse chronology
Tomb of the Mutilated (1992)	Hammer Smashed Face EP (1993)	The Bleeding (1994)

Hammer Smashed Face is Cannibal Corpse's first EP. It was released in 1993 through Metal Blade Records. There is also a "Hammer Smashed Face" single containing only the first three songs. It is one of the band's most popular songs, mainly due to a shortened version appearing in the film Ace Ventura: Pet Detective. Since it is listed on Tomb of the Mutilated, it was banned from Germany until June 2006, when it was played at a 2006 performance at Essen. Two different covers were made, one is the single version shown to the right, which is a close up of a skull candle which is in the right corner of the Tomb of the Mutilated album cover, and an EP version with a much gorier cover, depicting a man who has been pulverised with a hammer.

This album also contains a surprising cover of "Zero The Hero" by Black Sabbath.

The title "Hammer Smashed Face" was referenced in Metalocalypse by Nathan Explosion.

[edit] Track listing

Single Version:

1. "Hammer Smashed Face"
2. "The Exorcist"
3. "Zero The Hero"

EP Version:

1. "Hammer Smashed Face"
2. "The Exorcist" (Possessed cover)
3. "Zero The Hero"
4. "Meat Hook Sodomy"
5. "Shredded Humans"