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