Hacked Up for Barbecue

Hacked Up for Barbecue is an album by the American death metal band Mortician.[4][5] It was released in 1996. It was reissued as a two-on-one package with the band's Zombie Apocalypse EP.

Hacked Up for Barbecue
Studio album by
ReleasedJuly 1996
RecordedFebruary 1996
GenreDeath metal, deathgrind
Length50:29
LabelRelapse Records[1]
ProducerDesmond Tolhurst
Will Rahmer
Roger Beaujard
Mortician chronology
House by the Cemetery EP
(1995)
Hacked Up for Barbecue
(1996)
Zombie Apocalypse
(1998)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
The San Diego Union-Tribune[3]

Critical reception

The San Diego Union-Tribune wrote: "Wicked and menacing, Mortician, a New York-based death-metal band, somehow discovers drama between blasts of heavy guitar and drums."[3]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Bloodcraving" (When a Stranger Calls)5:13
2."Embalmed Alive"0:50
3."Cremated"1:34
4."Three on a Meathook" (Three on a Meathook)3:06
5."Brutally Mutilated"0:39
6."Deranged Insanity" (Unhinged)2:28
7."Cannibal Feast" (Cannibal Ferox)1:40
8."Blown to Pieces"0:58
9."Fog of Death" (The Fog)3:31
10."Brutal Disfigurement"1:26
11."Apocalyptic Devastation" (The Road Warrior)3:13
12."Inquisition"1:21
13."Hacked Up for Barbecue" (The Texas Chain Saw Massacre)4:18
14."Abolition"0:51
15."Necrocannibal"3:59
16."Ripped in Half"0:25
17."Morbid Butchery" (Maniac)2:01
18."Decapitated"1:02
19."Drilling for Brains" (Blood Sucking Freaks)0:49
20."Eaten Alive by Maggots" (Mortuary)1:53
21."Witches' Coven" (Suspiria)3:19
22."Worms"0:53
23."Annihilation"1:03
24."Mortician" (Phantasm, Phantasm III: Lord of the Dead)3:21
Total length:50:29

Personnel

Mortician
Production
  • Recorded and mixed July 1996
  • Desmond Tolhurst and Mortician producers
  • Matthew F. Jacobson and William J. Yurkiewicz Jr. executive producers
  • Desmond Tolhurst engineer
  • Roger J. Beaujard assistant engineer
  • Mastered August 1996 at M Works
  • Dave Shirk and Bill Yurkiewicz mastering
  • Wes Benscoter cover art

References

  1. "Mortician Biography, Songs, & Albums". AllMusic.
  2. "Hacked Up for Barbecue - Mortician | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" via www.allmusic.com.
  3. Niesel, Jeff (August 14, 1997). "ALBUM REVIEWS - SHORT TAKES - METAL". The San Diego Union-Tribune. Entertainment. p. 37.
  4. Purcell, Natalie J. (September 17, 2015). "Death Metal Music: The Passion and Politics of a Subculture". McFarland via Google Books.
  5. Christie, Ian (March 1997). "Metal". CMJ New Music Monthly (43): 48.
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