Cannibal Corpse drummer Paul Mazurkiewicz recently guested on Pod Scum and discussed his rock n' roll side-project, Umbilicus. He also discusses Cannibal Corpse's legendary artwork, and the 1995 departure of vocalist Chris Barnes, who was replaced by George "Corpsegrinder" Fisher. Check out the interview below. 

On replacing Barnes with Fisher:

"It's crazy to think that we did that, and here we are bigger than ever. It's tough to pull off. The early era - the Barnes era, what I guess everyone calls it - that's the beginning of the band; that's what obviously started us out and how we got going and all, and we were doing fairly well. We're up the ladder here, we're moving, we're a force to be reckoned with now. So to change a singer in the middle of that seems a little crazy, but it had to happen. You look back now, and we all obviously feel we've bettered the band. George is just a better vocalist overall, and we've moved forward. 

Barnes has been out of the band how long now? Twenty-five years or so. But both eras, they mean something, of course. That's the beginning of the band, so you're gonna get those purists that are gonna go, 'I love that era more because…' I've got no problem with that. It is what it is. He was a part of the band and we did do well. It wasn't like he was nothing, or nothing was happening with that time. It was a big thing to deal with, and luckily we were able to persevere and get through that and to be bigger than ever."

Cannibal Corpse, have announced dates for their European / UK Tour 2023, with support from Dark Funeral, Ingested, and Stormruler.

Dates:

March
10 - Hengelo, Netherlands - Metropool
11 - Speyer, Germany - Halle 101
12 - Lausanne, Switzerland - Metropol
14 - Toulouse, France - Le Bikini
15 - Pamplona, Spain - Sala Totem
16 - Madrid, Spain - La Paqui
17 - Barcelona, Spain - Razzmatazz 2
18 - Lyon, France - Ninkasi Gerland / Kao
19 - Stuttgart, Germany - Im Wizemann
21 - Rennes, France - Antipode
22 - Paris, France - Elysee Montmartre
23 - Cologne, Germany - Essigfabrik
24 - Zurich, Switzerland - Komplex 457
25 - Prague, Czech Republic - Palak Akropolis
26 - Budapest, Hungary - Barba Negra
28 - Munich, Germany - Backstage Werk
29 - Vienna, Austria - Arena
30 - Cracow, Poland - Hyde Park
31 - Leipzig, Germany - Hellraiser

April
1 - Coesfeld, Germany - Fabrik
2 - Berlin, Germany - Huxley's Neue Welt
4 - Copenhagen, Denmark - Amager Bio
5 - Stockholm, Sweden - Klubben
6 - Oslo, Norway - Inferno Festival Norway
7 - Gothenburg, Sweden - Pustervik
8 - Aarhus, Denmark - Train
9 - Hamburg, Germany - Gruenspan
11 - Hannover, Germany - Capitol
12 - Leiden, Netherlands - Gebr. De Nobel
13 - Antwerp, Belgium - Trix<
14 - Strasbourg, France - La Laiterie
15 - Geiselwind, Germany - Music Hall
16 - Lille, France - Le Splendid
18 - Bristiol, UK - O2 Academy
19 - Glasgow, UK - Barrowlands
21 - Manchester, UK - Academy
22 - London, UK - O2 Forum Kentish Town
23 - Nottingham, UK - Rock City

(Photo - Alex Morgan)