MACABRE BAND PAGE
MACABRE
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CURRENT NAME
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Macabre |
FORMER NAMES
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- |
ORIGIN
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USA |
STATUS
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Active |
FORMED IN
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- |
LABEL
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Season Of Mist |
GENRE
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Death metal |
STYLE
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- |
LYRICAL THEME
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- |
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BAND ADDED
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2004-02-05, 00:00 |
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LAST UPDATE
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2004-02-05, 00:00 |
Formed in Chicago in 1985, MACABRE have been delivering
their masterful tales of bizarre true crime for over fifteen years without
ever having a single line up change. Brilliant musicianship combined
with diverse songwriting and storytelling have established them as
genuine originals. Each song takes you on a historical journey, telling tales
of horror.
MACABRE’s intense drumming combined with seven string guitar and six
string bass attacks create music that crosses boundaries and barriers.
Not to be constrained by any single musical style, MACABRE combine
folklore, nursery rhymes, classic, jazz, rock, punk and certainly healthy
doses of real metal to deliver their refreshing no two songs alike
releases.
"Murder Metal", the title of their latest release, refers to MACABRE's
signature style. First heard on their 1987 release "Grim Reality", it's
a genre of one. Fast, heavy and furious, with a focus on things that
make happy shiny people cringe.
Macabre's vocals aren't delivered with death metal's sewer-pipe growl,
but are belted out with knife-edge precision, interspersed with
Corporate Death's patented (back when he was a toddler) screech.
MACABRE have brought mayhem to the world in the past decade, playing in
dozens of countries. MACABRE's rabid fans, relish the band's tight and
increasingly sophisticated music; they exult in their musical chops as
much as in the band's sense of humor, their killer music, and its
deadly subjects.
"Murder Metal" is produced by Neil Kernon (Judas Priest, Cannibal
Corpse, Queensryche). He did a masterful job on MACABRE's 2000 magnum opus,
"Dahmer" - a twenty-six song life story of the man who made Milwaukee
infamous. Corporate Death, serial killer scholar and connoisseur,
attended the trial, taking extensive notes that became the basis for the
concept album.
As MACABRE's lyrics encompass tales about a lethal assortment of serial
killers, when asked if Corporate Death could make up any of these
fiendish tales, he admitted, "I could, but then it wouldn't be true crime."
In 2003 the members of MACABRE started a side project called MACABRE
MINSTRELS. They play classic Shel Silverstein melodies with acoustic
guitars, enhancing the songs with new lyrics about death, serial killers
and other macabre dealings. The first release contains five morbid
campfire songs.

| Former members Add - Fetch |
| Unknown / none |
| Session musicians Add - Fetch |
| Unknown / none |