Butchered at Birth

Butchered at Birth is the second studio album by American death metal band Cannibal Corpse. It was released on July 1, 1991 through Metal Blade Records.

The album was recorded at Morrisound Recording in Tampa, Florida and was produced by Scott Burns. It is considered to be musically and lyrically more extreme than the band's debut, Eaten Back to Life. The album's music represents an evolution to "pure death metal" from the thrash metal-oriented sound of its predecessor. Barnes stated that the album is a concept album about butchery. Its cover artwork was created by comic book artitst Vincent Locke, and depicts a pregnent woman being dissected by zombies.

Butchered remains a notorious entry in the band's discography, and has been censored by various entities at different points in its history.