Editing Cannibal Corpse (section)

===Australia===
{{further|Censorship in Australia}}
As of October 23, 1996, the sale of any Cannibal Corpse audio recording then available was banned in [[Australia]] and all copies of such had been removed from music shops.<ref name=greenleft>{{cite web|last=Sinnet |first=Natasha |date=October 23, 1996 |title=Censorship and heavy metal |work=[[Green Left Weekly]] |url=http://www.greenleft.org.au/1996/251/13234 |access-date=February 6, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081110172945/http://www.greenleft.org.au/1996/251/13234 |archive-date=November 10, 2008 }}</ref> At the time, the [[Australian Recording Industry Association]] and the Australian Music Retailers Association were implementing a system for identifying potentially offensive records, known as the "labelling code of practice".<ref name=ariaconsumer>{{cite web |url=http://www.aria.com.au/pages/documents/classification.pdf.pdf.pdf |title=What music is your child listening to? |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=<!--Not stated--> |publisher=[[Australian Recording Industry Association]] |type=leaflet |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040712061804/http://www.aria.com.au:80/pages/documents/classification.pdf.pdf.pdf |archive-date=July 12, 2004 |url-status=dead |access-date=July 22, 2024}}</ref><ref name=amraintro>{{cite web |title=Labelling Guidelines |work=Labelling code of practice for recorded music containing potentially offensive lyrics and/or themes |publisher=Australian Music Retailers Association |date=March 2003 |url=http://www.amra.org.au/pdf/ARIA-AMRA_Code_april2003.PDF |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110216171929/http://www.amra.org.au/pdf/ARIA-AMRA_Code_april2003.PDF |archive-date=February 16, 2011 |access-date=February 6, 2009 |url-status=dead |df=mdy }}</ref>

All ten of Cannibal Corpse's albums, the live album ''[[Live Cannibalism]]'', the boxed set ''[[15 Year Killing Spree]]'', the EP ''[[Worm Infested]]'', and the single "[[Hammer Smashed Face]]" were re-released in Australia between 2006 and 2007, finally classified by ARIA and allowed for sale in Australia. However, they are all "restricted" and only sold to those over 18 years of age. Some are sold in "censored" and "uncensored" editions, which denotes the change of cover art.<ref name=labeledtitles5>{{cite web |url=http://www.aria.com.au/pages/documents/Level3-010406-310307.pdf |title=AMRA Restricted Warning – 01.4.06 – 30.9.06 |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=<!--Not stated--> |publisher=[[Australian Recording Industry Association]] |type=table |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080719082414/http://www.aria.com.au/pages/documents/Level3-010406-310307.pdf |archive-date=July 19, 2008 |url-status=dead |access-date=July 22, 2024}}</ref> Despite this, when displayed in some stores, even the "uncensored" editions are censored manually.{{citation needed|date=July 2024}}

After discussion of banning them from touring, Australian comedy act [[The Chaser]] did a [[lounge music]] version of their song "[[Butchered at Birth|Rancid Amputation]]" on their show ''[[The Chaser's War on Everything]]'', arguing that being able to perform the same song as lounge music on television proves that the music, and not the lyrics, is the problem.<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ryli3byylns |title=Chaser's War On Everything - Cannibal Corpse Parody |date=2010-08-03 |last= |access-date=2024-10-30 |via=YouTube}}</ref>