Macabre - Murder Metal (2003)

Macabre's most recent release, now six years old, is just as entertaining as when it first dropped. Though they pretty much only play shows around the Chicago area, we can always look forward to them (one day, someday) playing at a festival outside of Illinois. High production value like "Dahmer," an even louder, sharper and violent sound than before, and even more humor, this is it. "Jack The Ripper" is a song comprised completely of a letter said killer sent to the London police. "The Wüstenfeld Man Eater" is about Armin Meiwes, the German cannibal who put a want ad in the newspaper looking for a young man to be eaten, also the subject of a song by Rammstein called "Mein Teil." "The Iceman" is about hired hitman Richard Kuklinski, a Polish guy who couldn't be made by the mob so he was just contracted instead. My favorites off this are "The Hillside Strangers," "The Iceman," "The Wüstenfeld Man Eater" and "Morbid Minister."

Artist: Macabre
Album: Murder Metal
Year: 2003
Genre: Death metal, thrash metal, "murder metal"
Quality: 320kbps (very high)

1. Acid Bath Vampire (John George Haigh) - 3:43
2. You're Dying To Be With Me (Dennis Nilsen) - 2:44
3. Fatal Foot Fetish (Jerry Brudos) - 2:08
4. The Hillside Stranglers (Angelo Buono, Jr. & Kenneth Bianchi) - 1:39
5. Dorthea's Dead Folks Home (Dorthea Puente) - 1:10
6. The Iceman (Richard Kuklinski) - 2:45
7. Poison (Graham Frederick Young) - 1:52
8. Werewolf Of Bedburg (Peter Stumpp) - 4:29
9. Morbid Minister (Gary M. Heidnik) - 1:28
10. The Wüstenfeld Man Eater (Armin Meiwes) - 3:10
11. Diary Of Torture (Robert Berdella) - 2:15
12. Jack The Ripper (Jack The Ripper) - 4:08
13. Fritz Haarmann Der Metzger (Fritz Haarmann) - 12:50

103 MB

"The Iceman"



"The Hillside Strangers" (ignore the over-seriousness of this 'slideshow')

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Macabre - Sinister Slaughter (1993)

1993's Macabre breakthrough album "Sinister Slaughter," hard for many to access and a favorite among many others. A collection of songs about various killers, murderers, psychopaths and rageaholics throughout time from the Zodiac Killer to Richard Speck to Albert Fish and Charles Whitman. I do not have a single track on here I don't like, but my personal favorite is "Vampire Of Düsseldorf," about Peter Kurten, a serial killer from Germany who struck the hardest in 1929, killing a wide range of people from an 8-year old girl to a middle-aged mechanic and at least 7 others with 9 attempts at murder. He would stab most to death and said at his trial that it was purely of a sexual nature; that the excessive stab wounds on certain victims were because it took longer to achieve an orgasm. Anyways, the song itself has a catchy piano opening and the chorus is also by far the catchiest for me. "Sniper In The Sky" is about Charles Whitman, the man who killed 14 people at the University of Texas in 1966 from the tower and observation deck of an administrative building. I made sure to list which killer each song is about because they are each interesting reads. The album cover is a parody of The Beatles' "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club," with celebrities' heads replaced by notorious killers. One of my favorite album covers ever. Enjoy!

Artist: Macabre
Album: Sinister Slaughter
Year: 1993
Genre: Thrash metal, grind, death metal, "murder metal"
Quality: 320kbps (very high)

1. Nightstalker (Richard Ramirez) - 2:06
2. The Ted Bundy Song (Ted Bundy) - 1:19
3. Sniper In The Sky (Charles Whitman) - 1:51
4. Montreal Massacre (Marc Lépine) - 1:26 (note: he is noted as Mark Lupine on any Macabre-related site and on the CD, but this is the official French-Canadian listing for this person)
5. Zodiac (Zodiac Killer) - 3:46
6. James Pough, What The Hell Did You Do?! (James Edward Pough) - 2:10
7. The Boston Stranger (Albert DeSalvo) - 1:10
8. Mary Bell (Mary Bell) - 0:44
9. Mary Bell (Reprise) (Mary Bell) - 0:46
10. Killing Spree (Postal Killer) (Patrick Sherrill) - 1:22
11. Is It Soup Yet? (Daniel Rakowitz) - 1:19
12. White Hen Decapitator (Michael Bethke) - 2:31
13. Howard Unrah (What Have You Done Now?!) (Howard Unrah) - 2:29
14. Gacy's Lot (John Wayne Gacy) - 2:21
15. There Was A Young Man Who Blew Up A Plane (Jack Gilbert Graham) - 2:10
16. Vampire Of Düsseldorf (Peter Kürten) - 2:43
17. Shotgun Peterson (Christopher Peterson) - 2:49
18. What's That Smell? (Jeffrey Dahmer) - 3:02
19. Edmund Kemper Had A Horrible Temper (Edmund Kemper) - 2:35
20. What The Heck, Richard Speck (Eight Nurses You Wrecked) (Richard Speck) - 2:05
21. Albert Was Worse Than Any Fish In The Sea (Albert Fish) - 1:35

100 MB

"White Hen Decapitator"



"Nightstalker"



"Mary Bell"



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Macabre - Dahmer (2000)

A musical biography of the life of Jeffrey Dahmer. Interesting, funny, morbid, and really good! For those who can appreciate a darkened laugh. Reading up on Dahmer a little can help while listening to this too, as some of the lesser-known references might register faster. Regardless, even if you have no interest in serial killers, Macabre is incredible and the "Sinister Slaughter" and "Murder Metal" albums will be uploaded soon too.

Artist: Macabre
Album: Dahmer
Year: 2000
Genre: Death metal, "murder metal," thrash
Quality: 320kbps (very high)

1. Dog Guts - 3:15
2. Hitchhiker - 3:30
3. In The Army Now - 1:28
4. Grandmother's House - 2:24
5. Bloodbank - 2:18
6. Exposure - 2:16
7. Ambassador Hotel - 3:53
8. How 'Bout Some Coffee? - 1:58
9. Bath House - 1:53
10. Jeffrey Dahmer And The Chocolate Factory - 1:01
11. Apartment #213 - 2:38
12. Drill Bit Lobotomy - 1:39
13. Jeffrey Dahmer Blues - 2:28
14. McDahmers - 1:31
15. Into The Toilet With You - 1:43
16. Coming To Chicago - 1:36
17. Scrub A Dub Dub - 3:23
18. Konerak - 1:51
19. Media Circus - 0:22
20. Temple Of Bones - 1:40
21. Trial - 2:04
22. Do The Dahmer - 1:35
23. Baptized - 1:31
24. Christopher Scarver - 2:23
25. Dahmer's Dead - 0:33
26. The Brain - 1:19

119 MB

"Scrub A Dub Dub"



"Coming To Chicago"



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Misery Index - Traitors (2008)

Baltimore, Maryland's pride, born from being former members of Dying Fetus, another local outfit playing similar tunes. Over the years Misery Index has gotten more experimental but have stuck to their typical formula for the most part, which is in no way bad. If anything they are faster, tighter and more brutal than ever. The production values have definitely risen and so have their abilities.

Artist: Misery Index
Album: Traitors
Year: 2008
Genre: Death metal, speed metal
Quality: Variable (very high)

1. We Never Come In Peace - 1:59
2. Theocracy - 4:31
3. Partisans Of Grief - 3:36
4. Traitors - 2:23
5. Ghosts Of Catalonia - 5:00
6. Occupation - 4:43
7. Ruling Class Canceled - 2:07
8. The Arbiter - 2:02
9. American Idolatry - 2:19
10. Thrown Into The Sun - 3:58
11. Black Sites - 4:44

64.1 MB

"We Never Come In Peace"



"Traitors"



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Behemoth - Demigod (2004)

A rather huge departure from their previous album "Zos Kia Cultus (Here And Beyond)," strengthening their battery of fast, fast blackened death metal. Though already rather popular in the metal underground for that album, this one kickstarted another resurgence in popularity for the band.

Artist: Behemoth
Album: Demigod
Year: 2004
Genre: Blackened death metal
Quality: 320kbps (very high)

1. Sculpting The Throne Ov Seth - 4:41
2. Demigod - 3:31
3. Conquer All - 3:29
4. The Nephilim Rising - 4:21
5. Towards Babylon - 3:22
6. Before The Æons Came - 2:58
7. Mysterium Coniunctionis (Hermanubis) - 3:40
8. Xul - 3:11
9. Slaves Shall Serve - 3:09
10. The Reign Ov Shemsu-Hor - 8:26

86.2 MB

"Slaves Shall Serve"



"Conquer All"



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Majority Rule - Interviews With David Frost (2001)

There's a lot of people in the D.C.-area and Richmond and up and down the east coast that wishes this band never broke up. Tons of people still remember how insane Majority Rule shows were, whether they were playing the show with Darkest Hour, Pg99, City Of Caterpillar, Municipal Waste, whoever. Their music was a blend of extremely heavy with calming center to each song-- it was never quite heavy metal, never quite hardcore, never quite punk. It brought together an interesting audience and everyone went crazy for them whenever they played; the crowd was always whipped into a high-energy frenzy. They formed in 1996 and performed until 2004 with their second and last album, "Emergency Numbers," but "Interviews With David Frost" has something unforgettable about it and all these years after high school, I still blast this record every week.

Artist: Majority Rule
Album: Interviews With David Frost
Year: 2001
Genre: Hardcore, metal, punk
Quality: 320kbps (very high)

1. The Sin In Grey - 4:42
2. At 3 Am - 4:06
3. Burial Suit - 2:22
4. Xoxo 5:17
5. Progress Of Elimination - 3:36
6. Endings - 4:40
7. Kill The Cheat - 4:29

62.8 MB

"At 3 Am" (wrong album art)



"The Sin In Grey"



http://www.myspace.com/majrule - Majority Rule's Myspace page

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Sepultura - Arise (1991)

The album that broke Sepultura through to many fans around the world and follow up to 1989's "Beneath The Remains." They had begun to experiment much more than before with sounds like classic Latin percussion elements, a more punk-ish edge and the pulsating sounds of industrial rock and metal that was gaining popularity at the same time around them. Not many Sepultura fans will choose other Sepultura albums over this one as their pick for the most ambitious and over all great release.

Artist: Sepultura
Album: Arise
Year: 1991
Genre: Thrash metal / death metal
Quality: 320kbps (very high)

1. Arise - 3:18
2. Dead Embryonic Cells - 4:52
3. Desperate Cry - 6:41
4. Murder - 3:26
5. Subtraction - 4:48
6. Altered State - 6:33
7. Under Siege (Regnum Irae) - 4:53
8. Meaningless Movements - 4:40
9. Infected Voice - 3:19
10. Orgasmatron (Mötorhead cover) - 4:14
11. Intro - 1:33
12. C.I.U. (Criminals In Uniform) - 4:17
13. Desperate Cry (Scott Burns Mix) - 6:42

129 MB

"Arise"



"Dead Embryonic Cells"



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Behemoth - The Apostasy (2007)

The blasphemous follow-up to their "Demigod," you can expect more extremely intense heavy-as-and-fast-as-hell Polish blackened death here. This is their first album to also chart on the Billboard 200, which depending on who you ask, is good or bad. They put out a music for "At The Left Hand Ov God," which these days is not unusual for a metal band really but for this particular style and genre, having one of such high production when you aren't Amon Amarth is rare. Many song titles refer to Jesus and the desecration of; "Rome 64 C.E." refers to the city of Rome during the time when it had supposedly burned during the Great Fire of Rome, where the apostle Peter and others died, which becomes the direct reference point for "Slaying The Prophets Ov Isa." Isa is the Arabic word for Jesus. "Pazuzu" is about the Babylonian mythological creature of the same name, representative of the southwestern wind, the bearer of disease. "Christgrinding Avenue" refers to the Via Dolorosa, the street in Jerusalem where Jesus carried his cross on his way to the crucifixion as noted in the Stations of the Cross. Enjoy!

Artist: Behemoth
Album: The Apostasy
Year: 2007
Genre: Blackened death metal
Quality: 320kbps (very high)

1. Rome 64 C.E. - 1:16
2. Slaying The Prophets Ov Isa - 3:23
3. Prometherion - 3:03
4. At The Left Hand Ov God - 4:58
5. Kriegsphilosophie - 4:23
6. Be Without Fear - 3:17
7. Arcana Hereticae - 2:28
8. Libertheme - 4:53
9. Inner Sanctum - 5:01
10. Pazuzu - 2:37
11. Christgrinding Avenue - 3:50

83.7 MB

"Rome 64 C.E." intro plus "Slaying The Prophets Ov Isa"



Music video for "At The Left Hand Ov God" (ludicrous amount of cheese on top of high production)



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Judas Priest - A Touch Of Evil Live (2009)

The fifth live album by Judas Priest, and first since they reunited in 2003. They are in top form here, with great live versions of tunes like "Judas Rising," "Between The Hammer & The Anvil," "Eat Me Alive" and the epic "Painkiller." There are a few newer tracks on here, which in their defense, are the better songs off the disastrous "Nostradamus." This was released on July 14, 2009 and should motivate you to want to see them during this summer tour. Buy this then go buy concert tickets.

Artist: Judas Priest
Album: A Touch Of Evil Live
Year: 2009
Genre: Live, New Wave Of British Heavy Metal, metal, perfection
Quality: Variable bitrate (high)

1. Judas Rising - 4:23
2. Hellrider - 5:38
3. Between The Hammer & The Anvil - 4:35
4. Riding On The Wind - 3:29
5. Death - 7:52
6. Beyond The Realms Of Death - 6:52
7. Dissident Aggressor - 3:04
8. A Touch Of Evil - 6:10
9. Eat Me Alive - 4:35
10. Prophecy - 6:07
11. Painkiller - 7:12

97.4MB

HERE'S A TRAILER FOR THE ALBUM!



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Death - The Sound Of Perseverance (1998)

Death's final studio album, thought of as more of a progressive and experimental album than their previous releases with most songs averaging in at the 6-minute mark. It also contains the vastly different and very emotional instrumental "Voice Of The Soul," and their brilliant rendition of Judas Priest's "Painkiller," which shows vocalist Chuck Schuldiner pushing his vocal limits seemingly combining his own voice with that of Rob Halford's, and even throwing in a very unexpected and rare clean vocal ending (and not in a bad way at all). Although most would say without hesitation that "Symbolic" is better, this is still an incredible album to go out on before they released a live album in 2001 to raise funds for Chuck Schuldiner's brain cancer treatment.

Artist: Death
Album: The Sound Of Perseverance
Year: 1998
Genre: "Progressive" heavy metal, technical metal
Quality: 320kbps (very high)

1. Scavenger Of Human Sorrow - 6:55
2. Bite The Pain - 4:29
3. Spirit Crusher - 6:45
4. Story To Tell - 6:34
5. Flesh And The Power It Holds - 8:25
6. Voice Of The Soul - 3:42
7. To Forgive Is To Suffer - 5:55
8. A Moment Of Clarity - 7:22
9. Painkiller (Judas Priest cover) - 6:03

128MB

"Scavenger Of Human Sorrow"



"To Forgive Is To Suffer"



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White Zombie - Astro Creep 2000 (1995)

The full title is actually "Astro Creep 2000: Songs Of Love, Destruction And Other Synthetic Delusions Of The Electric Head." Released in 1995, this album was a huge departure from their previous records and has a much heavier, much darker tone to it, also leaving behind the sleazy, mid-to-fast-paced rock 'n' roll metal sound that was present on 1992's "La Sexorcisto." "Astro Creep" had a more stable sound, a far more evil tune to it and the lyrics center more on the Satan, Hell, murder, zombies, and even drawing some inspiration from a movie called "Blade Runner," as presented on the Grammy-nominated "More Human Than Human."

Artist: White Zombie
Album: Astro Creep 2000: Songs Of Love, Destruction And Other Synthetic Delusions Of The Electric Head
Year: 1995
Genre: "Groove metal" heavy metal, hard rock, awesome
Quality: 320kbps (very high)

1. Electric Head, Pt. 1 (The Agony) - 4:54
2. Super-Charger Heaven - 3:37
3. Real Solution #9 - 4:44
4. Creature Of The Wheel - 3:25
5. Electric Head, Pt 2. (The Ecstasy) - 3:53
6. Grease Paint And Monkey Brains - 3:49
7. I, Zombie - 3:31
8. More Human Than Human - 4:28
9. El Phantasmo And The Chicken-Run Blast-O-Rama - 4:13
10. Blur The Technicolor - 4:09
11. Blood, Milk And Sky - 11:18

109 MB

"Super-Charger Heaven"



"More Human Than Human"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=voT3jGWUh2o

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Behemoth - Evangelion (2009)

This is coming out over a month before its street date, so understand the quality may be sub par and the ending sounds like it might have been cut off sooner than it is supposed to. I will certainly be buying this when it comes out August 11! If you liked Behemoth's previous two albums, you will most likely love this one too. It's right up the same alley with intense (tastefully) triggered drumming, demonic vocals and church-crushing guitar blasts.

Artist: Behemoth
Album: Evangelion
Year: 2009
Genre: Blackened death metal
Quality: VBR (high)

1. Daimonos - 5:15
2. Shemhamforash - 3:56
3. Ov Fire And The Void - 4:27
4. Transmigrating Beyond Realms Ov Amenti - 3:27
5. He Who Breeds Pestilence - 5:41
6. The Seed Ov I - 4:58
7. Alas, The Lord Is Upon Me - 3:15
8. Defiling Morality Of Black God - 2:49
9. Lucifer - 8:06

65.2MB

Behemoth's Myspace with a preview of a new song.

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