Macabre (band)

Macabre is a murder 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 & 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" (7", 1987)
* "Gloom" (1989)
* "Nightstalker" (7", 1993)
* "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)

Members

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

Trivia

* Corporate Death actually visited the Jeffrey Dahmer trial and some locations connected to Dahmer.
* Band members visited John Wayne Gacy while he was incarcerated before his execution.

External links

* [http://www.murdermetal.com Official website]
* [http://www.myspace.com/macabre Macabre @ MySpace]