Gen Z is trying to cancel Cannibal Corpse on X, but fans are defending Corpsegrinder.
The discussion started when someone mentioned the band Mindless Self Indulgence and their song ‘Panty Shot,’ saying, ‘Separate the art from the artist,’ but pointing out that this is the ‘art.’ The song’s lyrics talk about a minor in a sexual way. In 2021, MSI singer Jimmy Urine was also accused of sexually assaulting a minor.
Cannibal Corpse got involved when someone in the thread shared the lyrics to their song ‘Necropedophile’ with a comment, saying, “Wait till they see this one.” That led to some people criticizing the band’s lyrics, while others defended Cannibal Corpse, explaining death metal and how they’re different from MSI.
“This mf and anyone who listens to him should be shot dead execution style i do not want to share the society with mentally ill freaks,” one person on the platform wrote.
Another one defended the band’s lead singer, Corpsegrinder. “Gen Z discovering Cannibal Corpse and trying to cancel them is hilarious. Meanwhile, Corpsegrinder is out here playing claw machine games and donating the stuffed animals to kids in need,” they said, sharing some photos of Corpsegrinder playing claw machines and giving the toys to children who need them.
“Gen Z scene kids trying to cancel Cannibal Corpse for lyrics written before they were born is the reason why metal is dying as a culture,” another commenter on X wrote.
“For us, we just do our thing, I guess,” the band’s drummer Paul Mazurkiewicz previously said to defend Cannibal Corpse’s violent lyrics and artwork. “We don’t even really think about any of these issues or the mentality of that. I don’t know. We just write our songs. Some have a little bit more brutality, I guess, towards women. It doesn’t seem to be a lot more in the newer albums than the older stuff.”
He continued, “But I don’t know… I think girls know what they’re getting into, if they’re going [to a death metal concert]. If you’re a female into death metal, you know the mentality of the music and what it’s about and all that. So I would think most girls that are going to see death metal are into it and not just gonna go to do something and then go and be offended because whatever something about women is going on here. I think it seems like a lot of it’s just an overreaction and blown out of proportion, maybe, a litte bit. I just wanna play death metal.”
Mazurkiewicz said that although he writes intense lyrics, they don’t represent his personal beliefs. He might write less extreme songs now compared to their early days, but they are still very brutal.
You can see all the tweets below.
Wait till they see this one pic.twitter.com/voNKRdrArG
— Alpha (@A1phaMK) August 4, 2024
this mf and anyone who listens to him should be shot dead execution style i do not want to share the society with mentally ill freaks
— 세라 (@flervn) August 8, 2024
Gen Z discovering Cannibal Corpse and trying to cancel them is hilarious.
Meanwhile Corpsegrinder is out here playing claw machine games and donating the stuffed animals to kids in need. pic.twitter.com/Kvs0NRu9g0
— Mad Matt (@_ExMortis) August 7, 2024
Gen Z scene kids trying to cancel Cannibal Corpse for lyrics written before they were born is the reason why metal is dying as a culture
— Tommy Vext (@TVext) August 7, 2024
