Macabre (band)

Macabre is an extreme metal band from the USA. They were formed in 1985 in Chicago, Illinois, and have never had a line-up change. They blend thrash metal, death metal, and grindcore (sometimes with nursery rhymes and folk melodies) to form their own unique style dubbed murder metal. Lyrically, they have a strong focus on serial killers, mass murderers and a touch of sick gore humour. Most lyrics are based upon true stories and are about real infamous personalities. They also have a side project called the Macabre Minstrels that play acoustic camp fire songs. Their current label is Decomposed Records.

Macabre's music was strongly influenced by US and UK hardcore, grindcore, and death metal acts, ranging from The Accüsed and Cryptic Slaughter to Possessed and Napalm Death. Macabre's sickening sense of humour alienated casual metal listeners. However, it helped to gain a small but strong cult status among gore metal fans.

Discography

• Grim Reality (1987)
• Shitlist (1987, 7")
• Gloom (1989)
• Nightstalker (1993, 7")
• Sinister Slaughter (1993)
• Behind the Wall of Sleep (1994, EP)
• Unabomber (1999, EP)
• Dahmer (2000)
• Capitalist Casualties / Macabre (2000, split with Capitalist Casualties)
• (2002)
• Drill Bit Lobotomy (2003, 7")
• Murder Metal (2003)
• Macabre Electric & Acoustic Two CD Set (2004, 2CD set including the CDs Murder Metal and Macabre Minstrels)
• True Tales of Slaughter and Slaying (2006, DVD)
• Grim Reality (2009) _{- re-issue featuring the remastered 80's version and a Neil Kernon remix version}
• Human Monsters (2010, EP)
• Grim Scary Tales (2010)

Members

• Corporate Death - guitars, vocals
• Nefarious - bass guitar, vocals
• Dennis the Menace - drums

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