The Wretched Spawn

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The Wretched Spawn
Studio album by Cannibal Corpse
Released	February 24, 2004
Recorded	2003 at Sonic Ranch Studios in El Paso, Texas
Genre	Death metal
Length	44:21
Label	Metal Blade Records
Producer(s)	Neil Kernon & Cannibal Corpse
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link
Cannibal Corpse chronology
15 Year Killing Spree (2003)	The Wretched Spawn (2004)	KILL (2006)
Alternate Cover
Alternate "clean" cover

The Wretched Spawn is a 2004 album by death metal band Cannibal Corpse. The album is considered one of the most technical the band has made; the technicality of the guitar work can be heard in songs such as 'Frantic Disembowlment' and 'Nothing Left To Mutilate'. The cover art by Vincent Locke features a woman giving birth to demonic offspring, devouring her as she gives birth. The cover is shown in Metal: A Headbanger's Journey. Like many Cannibal Corpse albums, there is a censored outer-sleeve and for 'The Wretched Spawn' it is a close-up of the skull sculpture in the top middle of the uncensored cover. This is the last studio album that Jack Owen, one of Cannibal Corpse's founding members, can be heard on before he departed from the band. The album was distributed with a making-of DVD produced by Nick Sahakian.

[edit] Track listing

1. "Severed Head Stoning" – 1:45
2. "Psychotic Precision" – 2:56
3. "Decency Defied" – 2:59
4. "Frantic Disembowelment" – 2:50
5. "The Wretched Spawn" – 4:09
6. "Cyanide Assassin" – 3:11
7. "Festering in the Crypt" – 4:38
8. "Nothing Left to Mutilate" – 3:49
9. "Blunt Force Castration" – 3:27
10. "Rotted Body Landslide" – 3:24
11. "Slain" – 3:32
12. "Bent Backwards and Broken" – 2:58
13. "They Deserve to Die" – 4:43

[edit] Chart Positions

Billboard Top Heatseekers: #27
Billboard Top Independent Albums: #20

[edit] External links

• Fabryka Industrial Rock webzine Interview with Neil Kernon, the album producer (2006)