Centuries of Torment: The First 20 Years is the third video album by American death metal band Cannibal Corpse, released in 2008. It contains a three-hour documentary on the history of the band and several concert performances as extra features. It was released on July 8Amazon.com: Centuries of Torment: Cannibal Corpse: Movies & TV in USA and July 14Amazon.co.uk: Cannibal Corpse - Centuries Of Torment : Cannibal Corpse: DVD in Europe. This DVD has also been certified platinum in Canada.
Scott Alisoglu described the documentary and bonus material as containing "pretty much every tidbit of information you would ever want."
Background The documentary contains not only interviews with the band members, but from musicians within the Florida death metal scene as well. Webster said:
Webster said the documentary "had Barnes all over it." He continued: "We had to make sure he got involved; he’s been out of the band since 1995, but his lyrics and the creative drive that he had in the beginning really helped shape the lyrical direction that the band went in. [...] We obviously had our differences, but he did add a whole lot to the band. Out of all of the ex-members, he’s obviously the one that people talk about the most and he definitely needs to be involved when we’re doing retrospectives."
Former guitarist Bob Rusay did not appear in the documentary. In an interview with Blabbermouth, bassist Alex Webster was quoted saying:
Disc one
Cannibal Corpse history
1987–1995 Intro Demo Eaten Back to Life Butchered at Birth Tomb of the Mutilated The Bleeding
1996–2007 Vile Gallery of Suicide Bloodthirst Gore Obsessed The Wretched Spawn Kill
Disc two Cannibal Corpse performances With Full Force 2007 (Löbnitz, Germany) "Unleashing the Bloodthirsty" "Murder Worship" "Disposal of the Body"
Toronto 2006 "The Time to Kill Is Now" "Disfigured" "Death Walking Terror" "Covered With Sores" "Born in a Casket" "I Cum Blood" "Decency Defied" "Make Them Suffer" "Dormant Bodies Bursting" "Five Nails Through the Neck" "Devoured by Vermin" "Hammer Smashed Face" "Stripped, Raped and Strangled"
Party San 2005 "Puncture Wound Massacre" "Sentenced to Burn" "Fucked With a Knife" "Psychotic Precision" "Pulverized" "Pounded into Dust" "The Wretched Spawn"
New York 2000 "The Spine Splitter" "Dead Human Collection"
Jacksonville 1996 "Mummified in Barbed Wire"
Nashville 1994 "Entrails Ripped from a Virgin's Cunt" "Pulverized"
Buffalo 1989 "Shredded Humans" "Rotting Head"
Music videos "Staring Through the Eyes of the Dead" "Devoured by Vermin" "Sentenced to Burn" "Decency Defied" "Death Walking Terror" "Make Them Suffer" "Stripped, Raped and Strangled" 2007 (with The Black Dahlia Murder's Trevor Strnad)
Disc three Bonus chunks Compelled to Illustrate Every Ban Broken Covered with Ink Maniacal Merch Relentless Touring Word Infested Sickening Metalocalypse Diverse Offerings Staring Through the Eyes of the Band Kill Crane
Band line up Current members George "Corpsegrinder" Fisher – vocals (1995–present) Erik Rutan – lead guitar, backing vocals (2021–present; touring 2019–2021) Rob Barrett – lead guitar (1993–1997); rhythm guitar (2005–present) Alex Webster – bass (1988–present) Paul Mazurkiewicz – drums (1988–present)
Past members Chris Barnes – vocals (1988–1995) Bob Rusay – lead guitar (1988–1993) Jack Owen – rhythm guitar (1988–2004) Jeremy Turner – rhythm guitar (2004–2005) Pat O'Brien – lead guitar (1997–2021; inactive 2018-2021)
Specifications Studio: Metal Blade Aspect ratio: 4:3 Fullscreen Format: Best of, Box set, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC Audio language: English
Certifications
References
External links Official Cannibal Corpse website DVD Teaser
Exclusive Clip: Getting signed to Metal Blade Exclusive Clip: Eaten Back To Life and lyrics Exclusive Clip: First American tour Exclusive Clip: First European tour Exclusive Clip: Vocals and lyrics Exclusive Clip: About playing live Exclusive Clip: About George Fisher Exclusive Clip: Making Kill