Cannibal Corpse endured a difficult tour of Russia this year. Facing vocal protests about their presence in the country from Orthodox Christians, who unsurprisingly felt that the band's message was a little off-point. Six of the eight scheduled shows were stopped for a variety of mysterious reasons, including unspecified technical reasons, a venue being behind on rent similar to Mykki Blanco's recent Moscow show and a police raid searching for drugs.
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Rock music has always courted controversy, and so has the packaging that surrounds it. This, though, is a collection of album artwork and covers that have at some point been banned, changed, covered up, removed from sale or otherwise censored.
As a compromise, the original artwork was placed inside the sleeve. Would Metallica have had the same impact if their debut album was called Metal Up Your Ass and featured a dagger-wielding hand emerging from a toilet?
The graphic imagery featuring a mutilated Christ surrounded by severed heads led to some retailers refusing to stock the album, and it being recalled across the whole of India.
An alternative cover featuring the Slayer logo and removing most of the detail was later issued. Where to start with Cannibal Corpse?! Metal as fuck. The reason was far more juvenile: on the original cover Alice poked a thumb through his cape to make it look like his, uh, snake was poking out. He had his entire arm airbrushed out for his trouble.
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