Cannibal Corpse - Butchered at Birth Studio Footage 1991

[@deadlittlepuppy]

Alex Webster is such a badass

[@CJ-qt2ps]

Joe- & one of the best in metal.

[@getchapull7779]

Super nice guy Alex is for sure!

[@jamesmurphysimp4806]

He is using badass bass bridge

[@soumadipchowdhury6273]

@@jamesmurphysimp4806 xD

[@Snandra66]

I find it kinda funny how these guys recording this amazing brutal shit while just sitting in a circle on chairs like they're doing an MTV Unplugged show lol

[@Snandra66]

@KTV 4U it is most certainly not lol, it varies a ton depending on studio and how the band prefers to record

[@dereklofgreen9080]

😂

[@12to3Guitars]

Nowadays, there's a lot of punching-in and even recording note by note. It's crazy. The pursuit of perfection that isn't attainable.

[@SpinoRexy733]

@@12to3Guitars Except if you aim for the stars, you might hit the moon, in other words, if you pursue perfection, even if you don't obtain it, you'd still be better than when you started and find the next best thing.

[@kaineobrien970]

Webster is a beast at the bass

[@IgnisPerseverans]

NIGHTMARE_VON Ltd basses are better

[@IgnisPerseverans]

NIGHTMARE_VON Yes they did the esp 400 series was released in 1986

[@kaineobrien970]

i just don't really know how he plays death metal without a pick. I'm a guitar player and I can play a bass because of my knowledge of the guitar but there's no way in hell I can play with my fingers like that. I give death metal bassists that do that props.

[@thegreasyoasis9291]

@@kaineobrien970 I can play Alex Webster's lines just fine using my fingers; he normally uses three, I use two ( naturally that would be way harder, so the only way ive built up the speed is with bands like maiden

[@07BSPtC]

@@kaineobrien970 then you have Steve digiorio playing death metal fretless without a pick.

[@lecturehc]

Unbelievable. They sound and play so tight, everything nearly sounds like they did on the album. Morrisound is a magical place, no other studio comes even remotely close to this environment.

[@iamgribs]

Cc members as a whole are def technicians

[@itssheaboi]

Scott Burns was beast of a producer. He helped make so many good metal albums in this era.

[@Dovahkiin0327]

I love the way he holds his bass and plays so damn good

[@harryzimmerman7991]

Shows how professional Alex is, he's playing his part and other guys in the room goofing off and he's so focused it's like they're not even there!

[@IronFleshOfficial]

😮

[@thedjentleman1662]

Just seeing that Sadus sticker on Alex's bass tells you how badass of a bassist he is

[@vb__channel]

And the Suffocation sticker is also very cool

[@xLGPhaZoN]

It's cool hearing them all play "Covered With Sores" together. That's my favorite song from Butchered at Birth.

[@biggydolly7379]

personally like living dissection more

[@WilderAutumnBlaze]

Maybe Rancid Amputation is the best one from the album. Maybe.

[@WilderAutumnBlaze]

Innards Decay is a high opponent tho. Also, Vomit The Soul.

[@michaelpritchett9856]

I think the title track to Butchered At Birth is their most graphic song.

[@tauiwi]

Vomit the Soul. My favourite duet of all time.

[@alangf259]

2:35 is the most amazing collaboration I've ever seen between a bass player and drummer!!!!!

[@VVRAITH6]

Alex is a beast

[@Donald_Trumpin_onem]

i saw them once...and you can actually hear everything perfectly, and they play it just perfect so youd think ur just hearing a recording from the album

[@glitchfunkresistance9872]

This album is actually quite unique in all of metal, because nobody since done any such mid-tempo grind songs, where it's not thrash, but not yet grind, kind of in the middle. Very soothing effect it had on me, I used to sleep to this album on repeat, seriousle

[@NecropsY1]

this is one of my fav albums ever - deff my fav cannibal corpse record - everything about it is so unique

[@Glass_Caskets]

Glitch Funk Resistance or in other words, Death Metal

[@helmzmen]

what do you even mean? Both grind and thrash are super fast paced so how is it between on of them if it's mid tempo?

[@superunknown2812]

Butchered has always been my favorite album by corpse it was kinda a underated album

[@guitarofdestiny]

My friend in highschool used to say he slept to this album too! I always thought that was hilarious but maybe there's something to it🤔

[@NightWolfmofo07]

These guys are so badass and even more awesome in person...I got to see them for the first time on my birthday and got a picture with Alex...really laid back dudes...I will forever be a fan

[@joshjones5686]

Alex Webster looks like a teenager they picked up a random high school lmao

[@michi4277]

lol

[@mephistopheles7545]

I mean they all looked like that

[@duckywannabesoftware]

@@mephistopheles7545 except for maybe bob russay. Dude looks like his in his mid 40s.

[@mephistopheles7545]

@@duckywannabesoftware aging was rough on the guy that’s for sure

[@duckywannabesoftware]

@@mephistopheles7545 yeah feel bad for the guy. Still a badass guitarist tho.

[@crankanteater]

his bass playing is actualy purely amazing

[@michaelpritchett9856]

I hope to play a little golf with Bob Rusay before he retires.

[@fmbighair]

lol when i researched to see what he's up to I think he does lol

[@Evilvengeance666]

Alex Webster by far one of the finest musicians I've ever met and seen LIVE

[@AK4769er]

Covered in Sores opening riff is one of my favourites riffs. It's killer as!

[@Kerry_kit_slayer]

what the hell is that giant white spider doing crawling over Alex's fret ?

[@paulbeahm3891]

RIGHT!

[@rudi_tabootie]

Jesus, it’s huge! Why doesn’t anyone warn him?!?

[@XanderMetalHead]

His hand spiders have 8 legs this one has 4 fingers and 1 thumb

[@ZprRemix]

Good to see that Sadus sticker on this fender bass :) Alex said that he still plays some slap stuff on it from time to time ;)

[@DEthe5150]

There's also a Suffocation sticker on the bass, as well. :)

[@gavin6666]

A Morbid Angel sticker was later added

[@Dubbag]

I think Innards Decay is the most underrated Cannibal Corpse song ever.

[@diegopenamata]

You're soooo right.

[@gorgoroth6072]

I think it's living dissection

[@LordofDiamondsMetal]

@@gorgoroth6072 EVERYBODY BLEEDING

[@PatrioticNurse948]

Solid point. Love that shit

[@nicolashunter4131]

great song,my fav album

[@WillEatForFood]

Back when Webster used a 4-string

[@eliottbilik3241]

And a Fender

[@budaroddy]

A P-bass \m/

[@Adindadiba_official]

Ibanez atj

[@justinmosher195]

GavinTheAmazing no it’s a p bass for sure I had one

[@jery3385]

@@gavin6666 you joking right?

[@syracuse6651]

Now thats how you should record songs , All in one room

[@gladosmakescake5613]

Wow them back in the 90's, it makes me happy to see them in they're early years :)

[@metalmoshingmad777]

I love how Chris flips the bird to the beat of the song.

[@Skeletal33]

These guys were so ahead of their time. Unbelievable

[@dj-fuzz]

He's actually one of my influences to play on bass. :3 I

[@JamesWilson-2011]

Oh I would never wanna know what cannibal would be like with Barnes today he’s completely lost it

[@Shadefecator]

I love the stickers on Alex' bass! I just listened to Sadus - Arise, in fact. Also, Suffocation hadn't put out anything other than their debut EP, Human Waste, which probably was released just as this was recorded. And to think that Suffocation would release the behemoth that is Effigy of the forgotten later that year and become one of the most influental death metal acts. Alex "Liking-things-before-it's-cool-like-a-hipster" Webster!

[@WildChildMcCloud]

You mean Sepultura Arise? Sadus had Swallowed In Black in 1990.

[@thedjentleman1662]

@@WildChildMcCloud Arise is a song by Sadus

[@ArtOfRuin981]

jesus that snare probably needs a cigarette

[@JasonDemakis]

Barnes with the Gorguts (whom he also guest sessioned with right around this time) shirt FTW!

[@vJiinxz]

@4:50 a wild Chris appears in his natural habitat, probably stoned out of his mind.

[@MikeHunt.420]

Hahahahahahahahahahahahaha!!!!!!!!!

[@jackcoleman1784]

Special guest appearence from Jack Owens hair.

[@masrawy2400]

I'm wondering, Didn't Alex need to spend years practising ?? He's amazing in 2010 and in 1991 .. He was born to be a bass god.

[@10xthebass16]

This comment still holds up 11 years later Alex is even better at bass in 2021 with a new album out soon :)

[@MySpaceDxC_Suffo_AtTheGates]

Some people are just born to be musical.

[@-Erebus]

You should see him in 2021

[@mclovinpo]

You think he just was good when he picked it up? They all said they sucked ass in their first previous band, takes LOT OF ORACTICE

[@GROWL211]

He was playing bass for several hours a day at this point already, bands' second album, so he is pretty much a pro in this vid

[@oscarjohnston8293]

Jeez! Death metal on p bass is absolute creative, clever, and so badass.

[@amortuus_]

man, alex is beautiful, i mean not only he's a bass god, he's also beautiful

[@bumbum2569]

RIGHT

[@markwangmann]

This is why I love this music. Check out the serious fret work from Jack Owen and Bob Rusay and the mad strumming from Alex Webster. so tight. Thats why bands like this sound so awesome live. Cannibal Corpse "Butchered at Birth" '91 Total old school \m/

[@SeverinoSE]

Notice his right-hand technique. Plucking downwards instead of sideways, for a slap-like tone.

[@mkfanforever58]

What do you mean sideways? I w always pluck down.

[@SeverinoSE]

mkfanforever58 He's hitting the strings in the direction of the pickups, perpendicularly to the body of the bass, not parallel and down towards the floor. Just like he were slapping. It gives a more percussive, attacky, clicky whatever tone.

[@fieldyznuts997]

+mkfanforever58 hi

[@KeeperOfCliffsTone]

thats how i play for the most of the times...of course depends on a song

[@joshstarkey8883]

Sometimes digging in sideways and really plucking the string sounds cool and has its place too. Like for emphasis on certain notes, do the percussive thing most of the time and mix in the plucks. Sounds like "Tikita-tikita-tikita TWANG."

[@faustinosegovia4939]

Que jóvenes , cómo vuela el tiempo , nunca había visto.este material , saludos desde argentina 🇦🇷🇦🇷🇦🇷 aguante canníbal corpse!!

[@DrDES-dp6un]

Alex Webster is the best Death Metal bassist ever... AWESOME!

[@OurRawHeart]

Websters fingers' movement at the start of the video, the section around the 12th fret; it looks like an Alien face hugger

[@xTroels]

how can Alex Webster sit like that with his bass ?? :D

[@grimz715]

with the bass neck being so damn long awkward ass positions are often more comfortable i find lol other wise frets 1-7 seem sooo far away haha

[@BubblingSyphilisSund]

Because Alex can do ANYTHING with his bass. The guy is crazy.

[@sigit666]

its more comfy when sittin doin 16notes and gallop

[@BigMuff75]

its called joints what makes his leg go like being flexible and shit... ;-)

[@joshstarkey8883]

It's actually really comfortable, when I started out on bass I played like that exclusively for the first few months until I figured out a comfortable strap position.

[@NecropsY1]

imo their best lineup, i dont care what anyone says bobrusay was perfect for cannibal corpse, them being less technical made them create the best music

[@danadane2501]

Alex Webster is right up there with Steve Digorgio in my humble opinion . Flies up and down the fretboard and at times bangs on a few notes using that ultra intricate right hand technique.

[@raulramirez9657]

Along with Eric Langlois of Cryptopsy, those are my three favorite bassists.

[@MaliciousObscurity]

BUTCHERED AT BIRTH WOULD OF BEEN MORE EPIC IF THEY WOULD OF PUT THE BASS AS LOUD AS THIS

[@ac130kz]

sweet bass :3

[@KeeperOfCliffsTone]

isnt it, i was blown away when i found out alex played on same precision bass like me :D that being said..if you can play most brutal death metal on a precision bass..then you can play everything on a precision bass

[@GheeJuice]

People really underestimate this music, a lot of death metal is really complex, technical and difficult to play. I absolutely love it.

[@0DesertEagle0]

I think you speak for everyone when you say this. I absolutely love this sort of music. And watching this video really shows how much effort they put in when making this sort of music. Sounds amazing. And how about that drum sound. Really unique snare and bass drum sounds.

[@RageReviewsARG]

Very low on the final mix of the album, guitars and drums buried it

[@SuperBrictson]

Alex Webster, one of the greatest bassists EVER!!!!

[@lokfuerer]

saw this tour in 1991: wednesday December 18th at Volkshaus Zürich....killer times!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@ThrashRoC]

Technically one of the REALLY BEST BANDS on this Planet , They BEAT the SHITout of ther Axes/Basses/drums in SUCH a Clean Playing ..Man this is AWESOME . I m a fan since Years . This is EXTREME Rock @ Best Level

[@chodkoel]

The second song is Innards Decay, the last track on the album. GREAT SONG!!

[@danielfoley89]

Yes it is

[@Barb_Wire]

holy this is my favourite video probably on the whole site alex blows me away with those bass skills

[@ALGURION]

i love the drums amazinggggg ta ta ta ta ta ta ta ta tatatatatata

[@michaelfrancismccarthy]

This is precious footage. Awesome to see Chris with the other dudes, he looks so happy. Also amazing to see Alex' right hand fingers. What a fuckin machine

[@humantacos9800]

I miss the discipline recording took back then. Now you just record a riff at a time and bass player learns the songs as he records

[@nugsovile4333]

Alex looks so cool the way he is playing that bass

[@randyyoung5919]

Ahhh the golden age of DM...most millenials just cant hang with it ya know? This is real, Organic, analog, tight playing from truly talented guys. Cant say I dig much after Vile but heh...no CC, no DM...Nuff said...oh wait COVERED IN SORES RULES! AND BaB is sooo underrated!

[@ahmettcavus]

I can't dig anything after chris barnes left

[@Nekro_bird]

@@ahmettcavus I think vile was good but after their sound became too different for me

[@tvsavery666]

Quit gatekeeping metal. Anyone can get into this.

[@butcheredalive]

I’m just barely gen z and this is one of my favorite albums of music in general

[@khalez1471]

I 've always tought butchered is the sickest cc album.

[@robertthebrute]

COVERED WITH SORES=amazing song-just love the doomy introXD

[@licka]

Having fun doing what you love most. Nothing can top that. Thanks for the vid.

[@dieselroarmt875]

i know some people consider this band overrated entertaining death metal but leaving aside they imbecile lyric,they were talent compositors at that time

[@Jemasonj]

Covered with Sores! My fav song from the album! Thanks!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@DangeredCat]

Wow, yeah I had a good time listening to the drums that entire time.

[@THRASHMETALFUNRIFFS]

BAT A BAT A BAT A BAT A BAT A BAT A BAT A BAT A BAT A BAT A BAT A BAT A

[@Themurrays4662]

Damn, these guys are fucking awesome! Cannibal Corpse is still my favorite band. I started listening to them when I was 12 years old in 1994. It’s cool to see how locked in they were at such a young age. While I love all of their more recent releases; their first 4 albums will always be my favorites. Doesn’t get any better than that .

[@atrumluminarium]

That p bass actually has quite a tight tone

[@ai_headbanger]

this album has so many killer riffs

[@mondongoflores3870]

Alex with a pressision bass, fking awesome.

[@godetonter4764]

My favorite Cannibal Corpse album

[@EdgeStormcrow]

The heaviest live band ive ever heard.. The show grinded everyone into the floor..

[@chriscampbell3066]

Thanks for the upload! Awesome

[@handcannon6754]

i think im addicted 2 this video. especially the part that starts at 2:35

[@elegyfordoom]

thanks for putting this up man!!!

[@soulbrother5435]

Alex Webster is the beast

[@PhantomDancer4321]

this is the full video that you can also find on the 15 years killing spree dvd, there is no longer video

[@briannamtar4679]

too bad the bass wasn't very pronounced on Butchered at Birth.

[@kitpalmer1583]

the sound in general is pretty terrible on Butchered

[@mikeyyeda4892]

they were still dialing it in ... i noticed that you can hear the bass pretty good on The Bleeding...

[@Evil12Killer]

Drums and Barnes sound wicked, guitars sound a bit too choked, although it has its charm on heavy palm mutes, but overall the riffs are very sloppy, huge difference with the very tight and clinical tomb of the mutilated where Owen recorded every riff. Idk what the fuck happened to webster on butchered, he doesnt pop through at all.

[@CenobiteBeldar]

I agree, sounded more guitar and drums than bass....

[@grzegorzwojcik153]

Evil12Killer Having a lot of vintage hifi stereos, I finally came up to the point where I can hear bass throughout the whole album, I mean it took me some time to train my ear to pick the bass lines, but it is certainly possible. Its a oittle clicking sound exactly in the middle and is most prominent on Gutted

[@andtuningforall4957]

One of the most visceral cannibal albums ever.

[@AlexRamosDrTaz]

Amazing. I mean, look at them when Webster's going over his bass line in the control room! They're just like the guys in Meshuggah. They don't take themselves too damn seriously. That P Bass should be worth a shitload of cash by now... even Steve Harris has to bow down to it, haha.

[@loboahriman7680]

Most bands are like that in the studio. I've worked in a studio before and rarely are bands, particularly metal bands, super serious. They're always excited and jumping around.

[@godetonter4764]

Covered With Sores I generally skip past, but Innards Decay is great

[@OtakuBK]

Webster is the best

[@fredsickgrind7470]

Saw them in France in 1991. Absolutely amazing :-o

[@IvanMartinez-uq9ot]

Chris barnes #1

[@John-hw4hi]

This is the most death metal guitar tone ever. Just pure atonal noise.

[@teamatfort444]

Gandalf yeah for real. It’s the only guitar tone that sounds like actual blood and gore if that makes sense. Living dissection just sounds disgusting

[@tvojoosrategace]

Awesome guitar tone on Butchered At Birth there is.

[@Turbo320ful]

Anyone know where I can watch the full video? (All recording)

[@jumpfart666]

Centuries of Torment dvd

[@jumpfart666]

+最上もがみ no problem!

[@harindranvenkatesh]

+ jumpfart666 Thanks man. I was gonna ask the same question and now I know where to look. \m/!

[@sksk6265]

Hell yeah... thanks my brother \m/

[@gpzmac3557]

Innards... sounds awesome here but it seems that the bass at butchered... got the same "in-justice" treatment... Just isnt there. Nowhere to be found.

[@alangf259]

Absolutely one of the most Bad-Ass breaks in Heavy Metal I've ever seen and heard in my life!!!..At 1:04

[@joshuagarcia8547]

The godfather of metal slap bass.hes earned it over years of blistering riffage.

[@jayz6008]

Butchered at birth had a really odd sounding distorted guitar tone .

[@teamatfort444]

Jay Z No mids all gain

[@LordofDiamondsMetal]

No mids, yet you can still make out every single note. The metal world needs the raw production of Scott Burns again.

[@LordofDiamondsMetal]

@William Edward's The reason that it used to sound that way is because people didn't really know how to record, mix, and master death metal yet because it was so new. So you had producers experimenting, trying out random shit to see if it would work. Nowadays, everybody just runs their guitars through a Peavey 5150, a cabinet with Celestion Vintage 30 speakers, and they clap an SM57 or two on the cabinet. Yeah, you get a good tone every time, but it's the same tone. Or even worse, they use an AxeFX. It's not so much that people are obsessed with mids, it's that they're afraid to experiment and change their process, instead of just going with what they know works. There was a time when death metal records would often be defined and remembered for their production. That time is over.

[@DemianX6x6x6X]

i love u for this vid! awesome \m/

[@blakeman135]

I was -7 years old

[@caylanmayo5733]

-3 for me broham \m/

[@DEthe5150]

-1. I was born the same year "Tomb of the Mutilated" was released.

[@Miloman5599]

Lol I was -9

[@Thirst4livingwater]

my dad must have just nut when this was recorded

[@lemursven9195]

Damn I was -11 years old

[@WinkoDrum]

The first song is Covered With Sores from Butchered At Birth album

[@soullessSiIence]

clak, clak,clak, clak, clak, clak. Dude, you just screwed up. Let's return to the clak clak clak part.

[@dman3438]

Esteban Aguayo shut up

[@thegreathawk2244]

You big dummy

[@ot63]

BaB was is my favorite CC album. Nothing beats Innards Decay's intro. Kicks my ass every time I listen to it.

[@СергейВласенкоХА]

КЛАСС !!!

[@Barb_Wire]

I wish there was more footage from this era. Or any from the eaten back to life era..

[@ChristophScuba]

They were better with Barnes.

[@michaelpritchett9856]

+Christopher Burgert I wouldn't say that but I do like the original Cannibal Corpse band logo better than the current one.

[@michaelpritchett9856]

I just wish Bob Rusay didn't give up on music.

[@metfan999]

going to the studio my first time in about 2 weeks. Still surtainly looks way awesome!

[@СергейДмитриев-й9ч]

3:39 ))

[@Feeeeb]

Webster's bass was so heavy that all Jack's hair fell out when the camera went off

[@okle001]

why did chris barnes leave? so much better than corpse grinder

[@420FusRoDahErryday]

Cuzz the direction he wanted to take his vocal style wasnt the same direction the band wanted to go musically. Also, the band wanted to be more involved in the lyrical process, which Chris didnt enjoy. Still an awesome vocalist though, and hes a better fit in six feet under anyway

[@brianforbes1538]

That's a fact, it's about time for a reunion tour !

[@RardTangler]

Idk man, I like Corpse Grinder. His voice has more range and is clearer, crisper than Barnes. My ex saw them, fuck, 16-17 years ago in Houston and met them back stage. When asked them about Chris, I quote, "He's not worth a zit on Rob Halfords asshole!" So I'm guessing there was some animosity.

[@Nscalestuff]

@Blubber I agree. Butchered at birth and tomb of the mutilated was about the peak of his vocal talent.

[@100KGNatty]

@@RardTangler Corpsegrinder is technically a better singer than Barnes, but Barnes has something unique to his low gutteral growl that makes me more of a Barnes fan, it fitted the music and style of gore more since he wrote all those obscene songs.

[@shadeofeternity4990]

Demonic possession at the end

[@puppetmetal]

@ShadowsOfTheRedeemed Drums-Covered With Sores. Bass-Innards Decay.

[@JoseOrtiz-cw7dp]

That was the Fender Bass his mother bought for him in is birthday

[@trambollo]

excelent video, my favorit moment of Cannibal Corpse

[@ptola]

wow... thanx for sharing this...