Macabre (band)

Macabre is an American extreme metal band from Chicago.^[1] Since their formation in 1985, the band has featured the same three members with no lineup changes. The group's style blends thrash metal, death metal, and grindcore (sometimes with nursery rhymes and folk melodies). Lyrically, Macabre have a strong focus on serial killers, mass murderers and humorous elements.^[2] The group is currently signed to Nuclear Blast.

Macabre
Macabre performing in 2001
Background information
Origin	Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Genres	Death metal thrash metal grindcore
Years active	1985–present
Labels	Vinyl Solutions Nuclear Blast Season of Mist Decomposed
Members	Charles Lescewicz Dennis Ritchie Lance Lencioni

Influences

Macabre's music was strongly influenced by US and UK hardcore, grindcore, and death metal acts, ranging from Venom, The Accüsed, Suicidal Tendencies, and Cryptic Slaughter to Possessed and Napalm Death. Macabre's dark sense of humor alienated casual metal listeners, however it helped to gain a small but strong cult status.^[2]

Some of the serial killers mentioned in their songs are:

• Bob Berdella (The Kansas City Butcher)
• Henry Lee Lucas (The Confession Killer)
• David Berkowitz (Son of Sam)
• Ted Bundy
• Ted Kaczynski (The Unabomber)
• Vlad the Impaler
• Ed Gein (The Butcher of Plainfield)
• Charles Manson
• Jeffrey Dahmer (The Milwaukee Cannibal)
• John Wayne Gacy (The Killer Clown)
• Jack the Ripper
• Edmund Kemper (The Co-ed Killer)
• Peter Kürten (The Vampire of Düsseldorf)
• Herman Mudgett (H.H. Holmes)
• Richard Ramirez (The Night Stalker)
• Gary Ridgway (The Green River Killer)
• Zodiac
• Joe Ball (The Alligator Man)

Members

• Nefarious (Charles Lescewicz) – bass, vocals (1984–present)
• Dennis the Menace (Dennis Ritchie) – drums (1984–present)
• Corporate Death (Lance Lencioni) – guitar, vocals (1984–present)^[2]

Discography

Studio albums

• Gloom (1989)
• Sinister Slaughter (1993)
• Dahmer (2000)
• Murder Metal (2003)
• Grim Scary Tales (2011)
• Carnival of Killers (2020)

Demos, Video, LP, EP, Compilations

• Shitlist (1987)
• Grim Reality (1987)
• Shitlist" (1988, 7")
• Nightstalker" (1991, 7")
• Behind the Wall of Sleep (1994, EP)
• Unabomber (1999, EP)
• Capitalist Casualties / Macabre(2001, split with Capitalist Casualties)
• Morbid Campfire Songs (2002, as the Macabre Minstrels)
• Drill Bit Lobotomy (2002, 7")
• Macabre Electric & Acoustic Two CD Set (2004, 2-CD set including the CDs Murder Metal and Macabre Minstrels)
• True Tales of Slaughter and Slaying (2006, DVD)
• Grim Reality (2008) _{− re-issue featuring the remastered 1980s version and a Neil Kernon remix version}
• Human Monsters (2010, EP)
• Slaughter Thy Poser(2012, EP)

References

1. Birchmeier, Jason "Macabre Biography", AllMusic. Retrieved April 1, 2015
2. Colin Larkin, ed. (1995). The Guinness Who's Who of Heavy Metal (Second ed.). Guinness Publishing. pp. 208/9. ISBN 0-85112-656-1.

External links

• Official website