CANNIBAL CORPSE Bassist Checks In From The Road

Bassist Alex Webster of Florida-based death metal veterans CANNIBAL CORPSE has penned the latest entry of his new tour blog for the SWRsound.com web site. An excerpt follows below.

"We're about halfway through the Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Fest, and so far everything has been awesome. The crowds at the shows have continued to be killer with more huge pits day after day.

"Since this is an open-air festival tour, we've dealt with all sorts of different weather — including 116° heat in Phoenix (reduced slightly late in the day by the shade created from a small dust storm); an impressive display of lightning in Albuquerque, which thankfully stayed miles away from the festival site; a 'dust pit' in Denver that left us, the audience and our gear covered with a layer of dirt by the end of the show; wet and (relatively) cool conditions in the Midwest; and all the sweat-inducing heat and humidity you'd expect from the Southeast at the Atlanta show.

"One of our favorite things we do on this tour is a daily signing at the Hot Topic tent. This starts at 3 p.m. and usually lasts about an hour. We've been having a great time meeting our fans at these signings — it's a perfect way to get fired up for the upcoming performance.

"After our shows we've started getting in the routine of having dinner and then watching some of the main stage bands. This is an amazing tour to be on, not only as a musician, but also as a fan."

Read more at SWRsound.com.

CANNIBAL CORPSE has just released its ENTIRE discography in one digital package on iTunes. A Metal Blade Records press release states: "We know a lot of you probably have either worn out your copies of 'The Bleeding' or you just might need to fill out your collection. Plus, CANNIBAL CORPSE has always been a band that plays songs from their entire catalogue while on tour so here's your chance to learn the rest of the songs you might not know! Head over to iTunes to grab this digital bundle for an incredibly low price. In total, you'll receive 16 albums and 196 songs."

Albums include:

"Eaten Back To Life" (12 tracks)
"Butchered At Birth" (10 tracks)
"Tomb Of The Mutilated" (10 tracks)
"Hammer Smashed Face" (3 tracks)
"The Bleeding" (11 tracks)
"Vile" (11 tracks)
"Gallery Of Suicide" (14 tracks)
"Bloodthirst" (11 tracks)
"Live Cannibalism" (18 tracks)
"Gore Obsessed" (11 tracks)
"Worm Infested" (6 tracks)
"The Wretched Spawn" (13 tracks)
"Kill" (13 tracks)
"Evisceration Plague" (12 tracks)
Bonus Demo Tracks (18 tracks)
Bonus Live Tracks (23 tracks)

Purchase on iTuneshere.

As previously reported, CANNIBAL CORPSE issued a limited-edition 96-page comic book exclusively at the Hot Topic booth on this summer's Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival. Drawn entirely by Vince Locke, who illustrated the acclaimed graphic novel "A History of Violence" and each of the band's album covers, the "Evisceration Plague" comic graphically depicts a story for every song on the band's album of the same name — arranged in order, no less. As an added bonus, each copy comes with a copy of the album.

CANNIBAL CORPSE will embark on the European Plague Tour in the fall. Direct support will come from DYING FETUS. On the mainland, the package will be completed by EVOCATION and OBSCURA, while TRIGGER THE BLOODSHED and ANNOTATIONS OF AN AUTOPSY will support the bands in the U.K.

CANNIBAL CORPSE's latest album, "Evisceration Plague", has sold 31,000 copies in the United States since its February 3, 2009 release, according to Nielsen SoundScan.