Cannibal Corpse are on the prowl again. Red Before Black, the gore-obsessed death-metal act's fourteenth album, hits shelves November 3rd via Metal Blade. Today, the Buffalo bruisers premiered a glossy, horror-inspired visual for its first single, "Code of the Slashers." Directed by Zev Deans (Behemoth, Ghost, Portal), the clip follows a pair of bloodthirsty butchers employed by Cannibal Corp., a meat company which specializes in some interesting cuts of meat, to say the least. Of course, I'm talking about human flesh, which the butchers procure in a prolonged, nocturnal hunting trip that proves not only successful, but also predictably, gratuitously violent – the zombies must have their dinner after all.
"After crawling through abandoned buildings, crashing our van into a tree in the middle of a scene, witnessing a real stabbing, and drenching ourselves in fake blood in a derelict park at 5 a.m., we can safely say this was a proper introduction to the slasher genre for Panorama Programming," says Deans.
Watch now, and read on for Red Before Black's artwork and track listing. Later this fall, Cannibal Corpse will head out on a massive North American tour with Gatecreeper and Power Trip, to be followed by a European trek with the Black Dahlia Murder and No Return early next year; find the complete itinerary below.
Red Before Black track listing:
1. "Only One Will Die"
2. "Red Before Black'
3. "Code of the Slashers"
4. "Shedding My Human Skin"
5. "Remaimed"
6. "Firestorm Vengeance"
7. "Heads Shoveled Off"
8. "Corpus Delicti"
9. "Scavenger Consuming Death"
10. "In the Midst of Ruin"
11. "Destroyed Without a Trace"
12. "Hideous Ichor"
Cannibal Corpse tour dates:
Nov. 3 – Jacksonville, FL – Mavericks @
Nov. 4 – Pensacola, FL – Vinyl Music Hall @
Nov. 5 – Birmingham, AL – Saturn @
Nov. 6 – Memphis, TN – New Daisy Theater @
Nov. 8 – Dallas, TX – Trees @
Nov. 9 – Houston, TX – White Oak @
Nov. 10 – Austin, TX – Sound on Sound Festival @
Nov. 12 – Phoenix, AZ – Club Red @
Nov. 13 – Santa Ana, CA – The Observatory @
Nov. 14–15 – San Francisco, CA – Slims @
Nov. 17 – Seattle, WA – Neumos @
Nov. 18 – Portland, OR – Hawthorne Theater @
Nov. 19 – Boise, ID – Knitting Factory @
Nov. 20 – Salt Lake City, UT – The Complex @
Nov. 22 – Denver, CO – Summit @
Nov. 24 – Chicago, IL – Thalia Hall @
Nov. 25 – Detroit, MI – St. Andrews Hall @
Nov. 26 – Cleveland, OH – Agora Ballroom @
Nov. 28 – Boston, MA – Royale @
Nov. 29 – New York, NY – Stage 48 @
Nov. 30 – Philadelphia, PA – TLA @
Dec. 01 – Richmond, VA – Broadberry @
Dec. 02 – Wilmington, NC – The Throne Theater @
Dec. 03 – Greensboro, NC – Pete's @
Dec. 05 – Louisville, KY – Mercury Ballroom @
Dec. 06 – Nashville, TN – Exit/In @
Dec. 07 – Atlanta, GA – Masquerade @
Dec. 08 – Tampa, FL – The Orpheum @
Feb. 09 – Hannover, Germany – Musikzentrum !
Feb. 10 – Copenhagen, Denmark – Vega !
Feb. 11 – Gothenburg, Sweden – Sticky Fingers !
Feb. 12 – Stockholm, Sweden – Klubben !
Feb. 13 – Oslo, Norway – Parkteatret !
Feb. 15 – Kolding, Denmark – Godset !
Feb. 16 – Hamburg, Germany – Gruenspan !
Feb. 17 – Geiselwind, Germany – Music Hall !
Feb. 18 – Bochum, Germany – Matrix !
Feb. 20 – Kassel, Germany – 130bpm !
Feb. 21 – Prague, Czech Republic – Palac Aropolis !
Feb. 22 – Bratislava, Slovakia – Majestic Music Club !
Feb. 23 – Munich, Germany – Backstage !
Feb. 24 – Magdeburg, Germany – Factory !
Feb. 25 – Stuttgart, Germany – im Wizemann !
Feb. 27 – Geneva, Switzerland – L'Usine !
Feb. 28 – Milan, Italy – Live Club !
Mar. 01 – Grenoble, France – Belle Electric !
Mar. 02 – Toulouse, France – Le Metronum !
Mar. 03 – Bilbao, Spain – Santana 27 !
Mar. 04 – Madrid, Spain – Penelope !
Mar. 06 – Barcelona, Spain – Razzmatazz 2 !
Mar. 07 – St. Etienne, France – Le Fil !
Mar. 08 – Caen, France – Cargo !
Mar. 09 – Antwerp, Belgium – Trix !
Mar. 10 – Cologne, Germany – Essigfabrik !
Mar. 11 – Eindhoven, Netherlands – Dynamo !
Mar. 13 – Norwich, UK – Waterfront !
Mar. 14 – Manchester, UK – O2 Ritz !
Mar. 15 – Glasgow, UK – O2 ABC !
Mar. 16 – Bristol, UK – Bierkeller !
Mar. 17 – Nottingham, UK – Rock City !
Mar. 18 – London, UK – O2 Forum Kentish Town !
Mar. 19 – Dublin, Ireland – Tivoli #
Mar. 20 – Limerick, Ireland – Dolan's Warehouse #
Mar. 22 – Belfast, Ireland – Limelight 2 #
@ w/ Gatecreeper, Power Trip
! w/ The Black Dahlia Murder, No Return
# w/ No Return
