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
@@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.
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.
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.
@@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
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
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
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
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!
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/
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
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.
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
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.
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."
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
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 .
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
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.
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.
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!
thx Luciferium, this vid is so good. I always had respect for CC, but now it's kicked up a notch after seeing them clown and poke fun at themselves and their music like that. If you can't laugh at yourself, what are you? These guys rule. CANNIBAL. FREAKING. COOOORPSE!
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.
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.
i know some people consider this band overrated entertaining death metal but leaving aside they imbecile lyric,they were talent compositors at that time
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.
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
@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.
I love the way he holds his bass and plays so damn good
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!
😮
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
@KTV 4U it is most certainly not lol, it varies a ton depending on studio and how the band prefers to record
😂
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.
@@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.
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.
Cc members as a whole are def technicians
Scott Burns was beast of a producer. He helped make so many good metal albums in this era.
Alex Webster is such a badass
Joe- & one of the best in metal.
Super nice guy Alex is for sure!
He is using badass bass bridge
@@jamesmurphysimp4806 xD
2:35 is the most amazing collaboration I've ever seen between a bass player and drummer!!!!!
Alex is a beast
Webster is a beast at the bass
NIGHTMARE_VON Ltd basses are better
NIGHTMARE_VON Yes they did the esp 400 series was released in 1986
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.
@@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
@@kaineobrien970 then you have Steve digiorio playing death metal fretless without a pick.
It's cool hearing them all play "Covered With Sores" together. That's my favorite song from Butchered at Birth.
personally like living dissection more
Maybe Rancid Amputation is the best one from the album. Maybe.
Innards Decay is a high opponent tho. Also, Vomit The Soul.
I think the title track to Butchered At Birth is their most graphic song.
Vomit the Soul. My favourite duet of all time.
Just seeing that Sadus sticker on Alex's bass tells you how badass of a bassist he is
And the Suffocation sticker is also very cool
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
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
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
this is one of my fav albums ever - deff my fav cannibal corpse record -
everything about it is so unique
Glitch Funk Resistance or in other words, Death Metal
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?
Butchered has always been my favorite album by corpse it was kinda a underated album
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🤔
his bass playing is actualy purely amazing
Covered in Sores opening riff is one of my favourites riffs. It's killer as!
Alex Webster looks like a teenager they picked up a random high school lmao
lol
I mean they all looked like that
@@mephistopheles7545 except for maybe bob russay. Dude looks like his in his mid 40s.
@@duckywannabesoftware aging was rough on the guy that’s for sure
@@mephistopheles7545 yeah feel bad for the guy. Still a badass guitarist tho.
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 ;)
There's also a Suffocation sticker on the bass, as well. :)
A Morbid Angel sticker was later added
Wow them back in the 90's, it makes me happy to see them in they're early years :)
Alex Webster by far one of the finest musicians I've ever met and seen LIVE
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!
You mean Sepultura Arise? Sadus had Swallowed In Black in 1990.
@@Donnie_Thornberry Arise is a song by Sadus
I love how Chris flips the bird to the beat of the song.
what the hell is that giant white spider doing crawling over Alex's fret ?
RIGHT!
Jesus, it’s huge! Why doesn’t anyone warn him?!?
His hand spiders have 8 legs this one has 4 fingers and 1 thumb
These guys were so ahead of their time. Unbelievable
He's actually one of my influences to play on bass. :3 I
Oh I would never wanna know what cannibal would be like with Barnes today he’s completely lost it
I think Innards Decay is the most underrated Cannibal Corpse song ever.
You're soooo right.
I think it's living dissection
@@gorgoroth6072 EVERYBODY BLEEDING
Solid point. Love that shit
great song,my fav album
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/
I hope to play a little golf with Bob Rusay before he retires.
lol when i researched to see what he's up to I think he does lol
Jeez! Death metal on p bass is absolute creative, clever, and so badass.
Back when Webster used a 4-string
And a Fender
A P-bass \m/
Ibanez atj
GavinTheAmazing no it’s a p bass for sure I had one
@@gavin6666 you joking right?
holy this is my favourite video probably on the whole site alex blows me away with those bass skills
sweet bass :3
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
People really underestimate this music, a lot of death metal is really complex, technical and difficult to play. I absolutely love it.
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.
Very low on the final mix of the album, guitars and drums buried it
Now thats how you should record songs , All in one room
COVERED WITH SORES=amazing song-just love the doomy introXD
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
man, alex is beautiful, i mean not only he's a bass god, he's also beautiful
RIGHT
Que jóvenes , cómo vuela el tiempo , nunca había visto.este material , saludos desde argentina 🇦🇷🇦🇷🇦🇷 aguante canníbal corpse!!
i love the drums amazinggggg ta ta ta ta ta ta ta ta tatatatatata
Covered with Sores! My fav song from the album! Thanks!!!!!!!!!!!!
Notice his right-hand technique. Plucking downwards instead of sideways, for a slap-like tone.
What do you mean sideways? I w
always pluck down.
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.
+mkfanforever58 hi
thats how i play for the most of the times...of course depends on a song
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."
Having fun doing what you love most.
Nothing can top that.
Thanks for the vid.
jesus that snare probably needs a cigarette
Websters fingers' movement at the start of the video, the section around the 12th fret; it looks like an Alien face hugger
Barnes with the Gorguts (whom he also guest sessioned with right around this time) shirt FTW!
This made me check out gorguts. this shits awesome thanks man 🙌
@4:50 a wild Chris appears in his natural habitat, probably stoned out of his mind.
Hahahahahahahahahahahahaha!!!!!!!!!
Alex Webster is the best Death Metal bassist ever... AWESOME!
Thanks for the upload! Awesome
Alex Webster, one of the greatest bassists EVER!!!!
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
Special guest appearence from Jack Owens hair.
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 .
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
The godfather of metal slap bass.hes earned it over years of blistering riffage.
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.
Along with Eric Langlois of Cryptopsy, those are my three favorite bassists.
The second song is Innards Decay, the last track on the album. GREAT SONG!!
Yes it is
saw this tour in 1991: wednesday December 18th at Volkshaus Zürich....killer times!!!!!!!!!!!!
excelent video, my favorit moment of Cannibal Corpse
how can Alex Webster sit like that with his bass ?? :D
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
Because Alex can do ANYTHING with his bass. The guy is crazy.
its more comfy when sittin doin 16notes and gallop
its called joints what makes his leg go like being flexible and shit... ;-)
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.
Wow, yeah I had a good time listening to the drums that entire time.
BAT A BAT A BAT A BAT A BAT A BAT A BAT A BAT A BAT A BAT A BAT A BAT A
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.
This comment still holds up 11 years later
Alex is even better at bass in 2021 with a new album out soon :)
Some people are just born to be musical.
You should see him in 2021
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
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
thanks for putting this up man!!!
BUTCHERED AT BIRTH WOULD OF BEEN MORE EPIC IF THEY WOULD OF PUT THE BASS AS LOUD AS THIS
i love u for this vid! awesome \m/
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!
I can't dig anything after chris barnes left
@@ahmettcavus I think vile was good but after their sound became too different for me
Quit gatekeeping metal. Anyone can get into this.
I’m just barely gen z and this is one of my favorite albums of music in general
thx Luciferium, this vid is so good. I always had respect for CC, but now it's kicked up a notch after seeing them clown and poke fun at themselves and their music like that. If you can't laugh at yourself, what are you? These guys rule.
CANNIBAL. FREAKING. COOOORPSE!
Alex with a pressision bass, fking awesome.
Saw them in France in 1991. Absolutely amazing :-o
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
wow... thanx for sharing this...
i think im addicted 2 this video.
especially the part that starts at 2:35
going to the studio my first time in about 2 weeks.
Still surtainly looks way awesome!
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.
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.
hail alex webster...thnx for uploading...
\m/
That p bass actually has quite a tight tone
you have very good taste :P i agree both my main influances in bass.
The heaviest live band ive ever heard.. The show grinded everyone into the floor..
Alex looks so cool the way he is playing that bass
i know some people consider this band overrated entertaining death metal but
leaving aside they imbecile lyric,they were talent compositors at that time
Awesome video! Thanks for sharing :)
Absolutely one of the most Bad-Ass breaks in Heavy Metal I've ever seen and heard in my life!!!..At 1:04
I remember when you first posted this
too bad the bass wasn't very pronounced on Butchered at Birth.
the sound in general is pretty terrible on Butchered
they were still dialing it in ... i noticed that you can hear the bass pretty good on The Bleeding...
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.
I agree, sounded more guitar and drums than bass....
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
The first song is Covered With Sores from Butchered At Birth album
Alex Webster is the beast
amazing session
Anyone know where I can watch the full video? (All recording)
Centuries of Torment dvd
+最上もがみ no problem!
+ jumpfart666 Thanks man. I was gonna ask the same question and now I know where to look. \m/!
Hell yeah... thanks my brother \m/
this album has so many killer riffs
Butchered at birth had a really odd sounding distorted guitar tone .
Jay Z No mids all gain
No mids, yet you can still make out every single note. The metal world needs the raw production of Scott Burns again.
@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.
My favorite Cannibal Corpse album
Chris barnes #1
thanks!! i did and that background is nice man!!!
I was -7 years old
-3 for me broham \m/
-1.
I was born the same year "Tomb of the Mutilated" was released.
Lol I was -9
my dad must have just nut when this was recorded
Damn I was -11 years old
2:41 for thumbnail
КЛАСС !!!
Beautiful
Webster is the best
@ShadowsOfTheRedeemed Drums-Covered With Sores. Bass-Innards Decay.
clak, clak,clak, clak, clak, clak. Dude, you just screwed up. Let's return to the clak clak clak part.
Esteban Aguayo shut up
You big dummy
Happy Birthday Alex!
3:39 ))
Cool vid. Thanks for uploading.
They were better with Barnes.
+Christopher Burgert I wouldn't say that but I do like the original Cannibal Corpse band logo better than the current one.
I just wish Bob Rusay didn't give up on music.
I 've always tought butchered is the sickest cc album.