Hacked Up for Barbecue
{{Short description|1996 album by Mortician}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2021}}
{{Infobox album
| name = Hacked Up for Barbecue
| type = studio
| artist = Mortician
| cover = Mortician - Hacked up for Barbecue.jpg
| alt =
| released = October 1996
| recorded = July 1996{{cite web |title=Mortician - Hacked Up for Barbeque |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/hacked-up-for-barbecue-mw0000082742 |website=Allmusic |access-date=26 August 2022}}
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Brutal death metal, Deathgrind
| length = 50:29
| label = Relapse
| producer = {{flatlist|
- Desmond Tolhurst
- Mortician
- William J. Yurkiewicz (exec.)
- Matthew F. Jacobson (exec.)
}}
| prev_title = House by the Cemetery EP
| prev_year = 1995
| next_title = Zombie Apocalypse
| next_year = 1998
}}
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1Score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/hacked-up-for-barbecue-mw0000082742|title=Hacked Up for Barbecue - Mortician | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic|via=www.allmusic.com}}
|rev3 = The San Diego Union-Tribune
|rev3score = {{rating|2.5|4}}{{cite news |last1=Niesel |first1=Jeff |title=ALBUM REVIEWS - SHORT TAKES - METAL |work=The San Diego Union-Tribune |date=August 14, 1997 |location=Entertainment |page=37}}
}}
Hacked Up for Barbecue is the debut studio album by American death metal band Mortician,{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AwJJR5vvlIsC&pg=PA43|title=Death Metal Music: The Passion and Politics of a Subculture|first=Natalie J.|last=Purcell|date=September 17, 2015|publisher=McFarland|via=Google Books}}{{cite journal |last1=Christie |first1=Ian |title=Metal |journal=CMJ New Music Monthly |date=Mar 1997 |issue=43 |page=48}} released on October 1996 by Relapse Records. The album was later reissued as a two-on-one package with the band's 1998 EP Zombie Apocalypse.
Critical reception
Tom Schulte of Allmusic gave Hacked Up for Barbeque three out of five stars, saying that it "should herald a long career of brutal noise, paying homage to sick flicks. One can wager that the gorecore here is better than any of the Z-movies quoted." The San Diego Union-Tribune called the album "wicked and menacing," writing that Mortician "somehow discovers drama between blasts of heavy guitar and drums."
Track listing
{{tracklist
| total_length = 50:29
| title1 = Bloodcraving
| length1 = 5:13
| note1 = When a Stranger Calls
| title2 = Embalmed Alive
| length2 = 0:50
| title3 = Cremated
| length3 = 1:34
| title4 = Three on a Meathook
| length4 = 3:06
| note4 = Three on a Meathook
| title5 = Brutally Mutilated
| length5 = 0:39
| title6 = Deranged Insanity
| length6 = 2:28
| note6 = Unhinged
| title7 = Cannibal Feast
| length7 = 1:40
| note7 = Cannibal Ferox
| title8 = Blown to Pieces
| length8 = 0:58
| title9 = Fog of Death
| length9 = 3:31
| note9 = The Fog
| title10 = Brutal Disfigurement
| length10 = 1:26
| title11 = Apocalyptic Devastation
| length11 = 3:13
| note11 = The Road Warrior
| title12 = Inquisition
| length12 = 1:21
| title13 = Hacked Up for Barbecue
| length13 = 4:18
| note13 = The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
| title14 = Abolition
| length14 = 0:51
| title15 = Necrocannibal
| length15 = 3:59
| title16 = Ripped in Half
| length16 = 0:25
| title17 = Morbid Butchery
| length17 = 2:01
| note17 = Maniac
| title18 = Decapitated
| length18 = 1:02
| title19 = Drilling for Brains
| length19 = 0:49
| note19 = Blood Sucking Freaks
| title20 = Eaten Alive by Maggots
| length20 = 1:53
| note20 = Mortuary
| title21 = Witches' Coven
| length21 = 3:19
| note21 = Suspiria
| title22 = Worms
| length22 = 0:53
| title23 = Annihilation
| length23 = 1:03
| title24 = Mortician
| length24 = 3:21
| note24 = Phantasm, Phantasm III: Lord of the Dead
}}
Personnel
;Mortician
- Will Rahmer — bass, vocals
- Roger Beaujard — guitar, drum programming
;Production
- Desmond Tolhurst and Mortician — producers
- Matthew F. Jacobson and William J. Yurkiewicz Jr. — executive producers
- Desmond Tolhurst — engineer
- Roger J. Beaujard — assistant engineer
- Dave Shirk and Bill Yurkiewicz — mastering
- Wes Benscoter — cover art
Notes
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