i used to really dig these guys a lot. still like some of their stuff. saw them live several times. met and hung out with them (and several other bands) over the years, and i think most death metal dudes are based, despite the horrific imagery.
once while hanging out with pat o'brien (cannibal corpse's guitar player who was in the news a couple years ago for some shit, look it up), my buddies and i mentioned to him that we were from maine. he asked us what it was like up there, and somebody in my crew casually mentioned that it's very white. not a lot of black people. he responds:
>sounds like a pretty good place to live to me
got a good laugh out of that.