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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 & 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)
• Macabre Minstrels: Morbid Campfire Songs (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}
• Grim Scary Tales (2010)

Members

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

External links

• Official website
• Macabre at MySpace