Hacked Up for Barbecue

Hacked Up for Barbecue is the debut studio album by American death metal band Mortician, released on January 28, 1997 by Relapse Records. The album was later reissued as a two-on-one package with the band's 1998 EP Zombie Apocalypse.

Hacked Up for Barbecue
Studio album by Mortician
Released	1997
Recorded	July 1996
Genre	Death metal, grindcore
Length	50:29
Label	Relapse
Producer	Desmond Tolhurst Mortician William J. Yurkiewicz (exec.) Matthew F. Jacobson (exec.)
Mortician chronology
House by the Cemetery EP (1995) Hacked Up for Barbecue (1997) Zombie Apocalypse (1998)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic
The San Diego Union-Tribune

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

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Bloodcraving" (When a Stranger Calls)	5:13
2.	"Embalmed Alive"	0:50
3.	"Cremated"	1:34
4.	"Three on a Meathook" (Three on a Meathook)	3:06
5.	"Brutally Mutilated"	0:39
6.	"Deranged Insanity" (Unhinged)	2:28
7.	"Cannibal Feast" (Cannibal Ferox)	1:40
8.	"Blown to Pieces"	0:58
9.	"Fog of Death" (The Fog)	3:31
10.	"Brutal Disfigurement"	1:26
11.	"Apocalyptic Devastation" (The Road Warrior)	3:13
12.	"Inquisition"	1:21
13.	"Hacked Up for Barbecue" (The Texas Chain Saw Massacre)	4:18
14.	"Abolition"	0:51
15.	"Necrocannibal"	3:59
16.	"Ripped in Half"	0:25
17.	"Morbid Butchery" (Maniac)	2:01
18.	"Decapitated"	1:02
19.	"Drilling for Brains" (Blood Sucking Freaks)	0:49
20.	"Eaten Alive by Maggots" (Mortuary)	1:53
21.	"Witches' Coven" (Suspiria)	3:19
22.	"Worms"	0:53
23.	"Annihilation"	1:03
24.	"Mortician" (Phantasm, Phantasm III: Lord of the Dead)	3:21
Total length:		50:29

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