The result of that relentless stabbing can't be pretty, especially from a first-person perspective.
Let's not kid ourselves. Everything about Cannibal Corpse is soaked in Nightmare Fuel.
- A lot of their album art is pretty scary, par for the course with Death Metal.
- Song titles such as "Necropedophile" and "Meat Hook Sodomy" are enough to explain why much of their music is disturbing.
- The lyrics of their earlier stuff tend to be a lot more nightmarish (especially "I Cum Blood" and "Entrails Ripped from a Virgin's Cunt"), although they have been toned down in their extremity since about the mid-1990s, when they got Corpsegrinder as a vocalist. In terms of actually terrifying songs, "Devoured by Vermin" and "Blood-Drenched Execution" definitely fit the bill.
- "Orgasm Through Torture" has the band's signature gory lyrics, but the song itself is nightmare fuel period. Try to listen to the main riff alone at night.
- "Fucked With a Knife" has lyrics that are about Exactly What It Says on the Tin.
- The video for "Inhumane Harvest" takes its sweet time building up tension, showing two men dragging another through several rooms, including a hallway lined with chained-up victims, with the song's title and lyrics letting you know what fate awaits him. Once the poor guy finally gets to the operating room, things get even worse, as the organ removal (which includes Eye Scream) is performed while he's still alive and awake, and the next victim in line is Forced to Watch.
