Butchered at Birth

Butchered at Birth
a zombie butcher pulls a stillborn corpse from a half-skeletonized dead woman while another stabs her torso. Dead babies in various states of decay are behind them.
Studio album by
Cannibal Corpse
ReleasedJuly 1, 1991
Recorded1991
StudiosMorrisound Recording, Tampa, Florida
GenreDeath metal
Length36:34
LabelMetal Blade
ProducerScott Burns
Cannibal Corpse chronology
Eaten Back to Life
(1990)		 Butchered at Birth
(1991)		 Tomb of the Mutilated
(1992)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusicStarStarStarStar
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal6/10
Kerrang!StarStarStarStarStar
MusicHound RockStarStarStar

Butchered at Birth is the second album by the American death metal band Cannibal Corpse. It was released on July 1, 1991, through Metal Blade Records.

The album was recorded at Morrisound Recording in Tampa, Florida, and was produced by Scott Burns. It is considered to be musically and lyrically more extreme than the band's debut, Eaten Back to Life. The album's music represents an evolution to "pure death metal" from the thrash metal–oriented sound of its predecessor. Barnes stated that the album is a concept album about butchery. Its cover artwork was created by comic book artist Vince Locke, and depicts a pregnant woman being dissected by zombies.

Butchered remains a notorious entry in the band's discography, and has been censored by various entities at different points in its history.

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