Red Before Black is the fourteenth studio album by American death metal band Cannibal Corpse, released on November 3, 2017.

[10] This is the band's final album to feature guitarist Pat O'Brien before producer Erik Rutan officially replaced him in 2021.

When interviewed in 2017 drummer Paul Mazurkiewicz stated that the band never go by any specific blueprints when they start writing for an album, pointing out that this was also the case with Red Before Black.

[12] After hearing the song 'Only One Will Die', penned by bassist Alex Webster, all members of the band thought it should be the first track of the album.

It started out as an unnamed piece written by guitarist Pat O'Brien with Mazurkiewicz contributing with a title and the lyrics later.