Macabre (band) explained

Macabre
Background:	group_or_band
Origin:	Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Years Active:	1985–present
Current Members:	Charles Lescewicz Dennis Ritchie Lance Lencioni

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.

Influences

Macabre's music was strongly influenced by US and UK hardcore, grindcore, and death metal acts that ranged 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 cult following.^[2]

Band members

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

Notes and References

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