Editing Cannibal Corpse (section)

===''Gallery of Suicide, Bloodthirst and Gore Obsessed'' (1997–2003)===
{{Main|Gallery of Suicide|The Wretched Spawn}}
In February 1997, Rob Barrett left Cannibal Corpse due to musical differences and rejoined his previous bands [[Malevolent Creation]], [[Solstice (US band)|Solstice]], and HatePlow. Pat O'Brien replaced Barrett on guitar.<ref name=":4" /><ref name=":5" /> He had been recommended to the band by their soundperson, as well as by [[Steve Tucker (musician)|Steve Tucker]], who had been playing with [[Morbid Angel]] at that time. Webster recalled, "When Rob left, we’d written about three songs for the new album. We carried on writing and took a couple of months before we chose another guitar player. This was one change that we didn’t have to make in a hurry, for once!" The band started recording new material in October 1997. Fisher shared a house with Mazurkiewicz and another friend during this time. He recalled, "it was a crazy time. We were slobs and just [[party]]ing!"<ref name="McIverpublished">{{Cite web |last=McIverpublished |first=Joel |date=2024-12-28 |title=“There's an unlimited amount of bad things happening in the world, real and imagined. It's not hard for us to come up with stuff”: The story of Cannibal Corpse's Gallery Of Suicide, the album that helped keep 90s death metal alive |url=https://www.loudersound.com/features/cannibal-corpse-gallery-of-suicide-story-behind-album |access-date=2025-05-20 |website=Louder |language=en}}</ref>

The band's sixth studio album, ''[[Gallery of Suicide]]'', was released on April 21, 1998. It was O'Brien's first studio appearance with the band.<ref>{{Citation |title=Gallery of Suicide - Cannibal Corpse {{!}} Album {{!}} AllMusic |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/gallery-of-suicide-mw0000036144 |access-date=2025-05-14 |language=en}}</ref> The album proved popular with fans of [[black metal]], and Cannibal Corpse would ultimately tour with Swedish bands [[Marduk (band)|Marduk]] and [[Dark Funeral]] during this time. Webster stated: "Black and death metal come from the exact same roots, from mid-80s stuff like [[Sodom (band)|Sodom]], [[Kreator]], [[Celtic Frost]] and [[Possessed (band)|Possessed]], so there was no reason why they couldn’t tour together, and that worked out really well."<ref name="McIverpublished"/>

The band's seventh studio album, ''[[Bloodthirst (album)|Bloodthirst]]'', was released on October 19, 1999. Steve Huey of ''[[AllMusic]]'' opined: "It's rather remarkable how little the band's sound has changed over the course of an entire decade."<ref>{{Citation |title=Bloodthirst - Cannibal Corpse {{!}} Album {{!}} AllMusic |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/bloodthirst-mw0000256178 |access-date=2025-05-14 |language=en}}</ref>

The band's first live album, ''[[Live Cannibalism]]'', was released on September 26, 2000.<ref>{{Citation |title=Live Cannibalism - Cannibal Corpse {{!}} Album {{!}} AllMusic |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/live-cannibalism-mw0000618881 |access-date=2025-05-14 |language=en}}</ref>

The band's eighth studio album, ''[[Gore Obsessed]]'', was released on February 26, 2002.<ref>{{Citation |title=Gore Obsessed - Cannibal Corpse {{!}} Album {{!}} AllMusic |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/gore-obsessed-mw0000218220 |access-date=2025-05-14 |language=en}}</ref>

The band toured the US during the winter of 2004 with [[Hypocrisy (band)|Hypocrisy]], [[Exhumed (band)|Exhumed]] and [[Vile (band)|Vile]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Blabbermouth |date=2003-12-18 |title=CANNIBAL CORPSE, HYPOCRISY: U.S. Tour Dates Announced |url=https://blabbermouth.net/news/cannibal-corpse-hypocrisy-u-s-tour-dates-announced#google_vignette |access-date=2025-05-20 |website=BLABBERMOUTH.NET |language=en}}</ref>