Hammer Smashed Face

Hammer Smashed Face is the first single by Cannibal Corpse, released in 1993 through Metal Blade Records. There are two versions of the release, a single version that features the title song "Hammer Smashed Face" with two covers of songs by Black Sabbath and Possessed, and the EP version which includes the three tracks of the single version along with two original Cannibal Corpse tracks. The single version and the EP version both have different cover artwork. Critical reception: "Hammer Smashed Face" is one of the band's most popular songs, mainly due to a shortened version appearing in the 1994 comedy film Ace Ventura: Pet Detective. Since it is included on Tomb of the Mutilated, it was banned from Germany until June 2006, when it was played at a 2006 performance at Essen. When asked if he had a favorite Cannibal Corpse album, singer Chris Barnes described the Hammer Smashed EP as "one of the underrated ones." Barnes also hailed the group's cover of Black Sabbath's "Zero the Hero" as "one of the greatest."

[Verse 1] Something inside me It is coming out I feel like killing you Let loose of the anger, held back too long My blood runs cold Through my anatomy dwells another being Rooted in my cortex, servant to its bidding [Chorus] Brutality now becomes my appetite Violence is now a way of life Sledge's my tool to torture As it pounds down on your forehead [Verse 2] Eyes bulging from their sockets Every swing of my mallet Smash your fucking head until brains seep in Through the cracks, blood does leak Distorted beauty, catastrophe Steaming slop, splattered all over me Lifeless body, slouching dead Lecherous abscess where you once had a head Avoiding the prophecy of my new found lust You will never live again, soon your life will end I'll see you die at my feet, eternally I smash your face Facial bones collapse as I crack your skull in half [Bridge] Crushing Cranial Contents [Verse 3] Draining the snot, I rip out the eyes Squeezing them in my hands, nerves are incised Peeling the flesh off the bottom of my weapon Involuntarily pulpifying facial regions [Bridge] Suffer, and then you die Torture (Torture), pulverized [Verse 4] At one with my sixth sense, I feel free To kill as I please, no one can stop me Created to kill, the carnage continues Violently reshaping human facial tissue [Chorus] Brutality becomes my appetite Violence is now a way of life Sledge's my tool to torture As it pounds down on your forehead