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Hammer Smashed Face
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| Hammer Smashed Face (EP) | |||||
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| EP by Cannibal Corpse | |||||
| Released | March 23, 1993 | ||||
| Recorded | 1993 – Niagara Falls, New York | ||||
| Genre | Death metal | ||||
| Length | EP: 26:17 Single: 15:17 |
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| Label | Metal Blade | ||||
| Producer | Dennis Fura and Cannibal Corpse | ||||
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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. "Hammer Smashed Face" 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 lower-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 shown at the upper-right, depicting a man who has been repeatedy pulverized with a hammer, and then had the hammer thrust into his temple.
The lyrics tell the story of a man who has a second personality which drives him insane, so he goes on a killing spree with a hammer.
- "Hammer Smashed Face" also contains a cover of "Zero The Hero" by Black Sabbath.
- The title "Hammer Smashed Face" is referenced frequently, among other Cannibal Corpse titles and lyrics, in Metalocalypse by Nathan Explosion. A one time character also refers to it, and in the same episode, a character is killed literally by being smashed in the face with a hammer identical to the one on the cover of the EP.
- Bassist Alex Webster has stated that "Hammer Smashed Face" is definately the band's most popular song.
EP Version:
- "Hammer Smashed Face" – 4:04
- "The Exorcist" (Possessed cover) – 4:37
- "Zero the Hero" (Black Sabbath cover) – 6:35
- "Meat Hook Sodomy" – 5:47
- "Shredded Humans" – 5:12
Single Version:
- "Hammer Smashed Face" – 4:04
- "The Exorcist" (Possessed cover) – 4:37
- "Zero the Hero" (Black Sabbath cover) – 6:35
| Cannibal Corpse |
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| George Fisher | Pat O'Brien | Rob Barrett | Alex Webster | Paul Mazurkiewicz |
| Former members: Jeremy Turner | Jack Owen | Bob Rusay | Chris Barnes |
| Official discography |
| Albums and EPs: Eaten Back to Life (1990) | Butchered At Birth (1991) | Tomb of the Mutilated (1992) | Hammer Smashed Face (1993) | The Bleeding (1994) | Vile (1996) | Gallery of Suicide (1998) | Bloodthirst (1999) | Live Cannibalism (2000) | Gore Obsessed (2002) | Worm Infested (2003) | The Wretched Spawn (2004) | Kill (2006) | Vile Live (2007) | Eleventh studio album (2008) |
| Demos: Cannibal Corpse (1989) | Created to Kill (1995) |
| DVDs: Monolith of Death Tour '96-'97 (1997) | Live Cannibalism (2000) | Hammer Smashed Laiterie (2006) |
| Singles: Hammer Smashed Face (1993) |
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