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===''Eaten Back to Life'' and ''Butchered at Birth'' (1990β1991)=== {{main|Eaten Back to Life|Butchered at Birth}} [[File:Cannibal_Corpse_1.png|thumb|The band's original logo, which was created by original vocalist Chris Barnes. The logo was changed after Barnes' departure in 1995 to avoid litigation regarding royalties.]] The band's debut album, ''[[Eaten Back to Life]]'', was released in August 1990. The band played several local area shows to support the album.<ref name="Cannibal Corpse β Exclaim!" /> Inspired by and seeking the new commercial and recording opportunities of the then-emerging [[Florida death metal]] scene, the band relocated to Tampa.<ref name=":02">{{cite web|last1=Stevenson|first1=Arielle|date=October 22, 2009|title=The way the music died: The earliest days of Tampa Death Metal|url=http://www.tampabay.com/features/music/the-way-the-music-died-the-earliest-days-of-tampa-death-metal/1046088|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091027025354/https://www.tampabay.com/features/music/the-way-the-music-died-the-earliest-days-of-tampa-death-metal/1046088/|archive-date=October 27, 2009|website=[[Tampa Bay Times]]|publisher=[[Times Publishing Company]]|access-date=April 26, 2016}}</ref> The band released its second album ''[[Butchered at Birth]]'' on July 1, 1991. Webster recalled, "We went over to Europe in '91 for ''Butchered at Birth'' and saw this great reaction from all these people on the other side of the ocean. We were like, 'Wow, all these people know who we are!' We were getting two or three hundred people a night at these shows, which was really great for a band with only two albums out. It was a great surprise."<ref name="loudersound.com" /> The band members quit their day jobs and dropped out of college during this time.<ref name="Cannibal Corpse β Exclaim!" /><ref name="Metal Blade Records" /> Friction arose between the band members while touring in support of ''Butchered at Birth''. According to Webster, Barnes was managing a tour by himself for the first time, and there were uncertainties regarding how the tour's finances were being handled. The band privately dissolved and split into two separate camps during this time. Owen claimed to have been "in the middle" of the situation. Mazurkiewicz and Webster moved into an apartment just four doors down from the band's practice space, and composed the music to "Hammer Smashed Face" as a means to vent their frustrations with Barnes.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Dick |first1=Chris |title=Precious Metal: Decibel Presents the Stories Behind 25 Extreme Metal Masterpieces |publisher=McFarland |pages=154β155}}</ref> Cannibal Corpse toured Europe with [[Atheist (band)|Atheist]] and [[Gorguts]] in early 1992. That same year, the band toured with [[Obituary (band)|Obituary]], [[Malevolent Creation]] and [[Agnostic Front]] on the ''Complete Control Tour''. Cannibal Corpse and Malevolent Creation shared a tour bus during this tour, and the latter of which future Cannibal Corpse guitarist [[Rob Barrett]] was playing with. According to Barrett, "We were like one big family, and I am pretty sure that is why I got the call to join with them the next year."<ref name="nysmusic.com">{{Cite web |date=2014-08-04 |title=Interview: Rob Barrett of Death Metal Legends, Cannibal Corpse |url=https://nysmusic.com/2014/08/04/interview-rob-barrett-of-death-metal-legends-cannibal-corpse/ |access-date=2025-01-27 |website=NYS Music |language=en-us}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Pratt |first=Greg |date=2019-01-31 |title=That Tour Was Awesome: Complete Control (1992) |url=https://www.decibelmagazine.com/2019/01/31/that-tour-was-awesome-complete-control-1992/ |access-date=2025-05-14 |website=Decibel Magazine |language=en-US}}</ref>
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