Sinister Slaughter Explained

Sinister Slaughter
Type:	studio
Artist:	Macabre
Cover:	Cover art for Macabre's "Sinister Slaughter".jpg
Released:	April 13, 1993
Recorded:	September – October 1992
Studio:	Universal Studios, Chicago, Illinois
Genre:	Death metal thrash metal
Length:	42:18
Label:	Nuclear Blast
Producer:	Macabre, Jeff Cline
Prev Title:	Gloom
Prev Year:	1989
Next Title:	Behind the Wall of Sleep
Next Year:	1994

Sinister Slaughter is the second full-length album by American death metal band Macabre and was released in 1993 by Nuclear Blast Records.^[1] The cover artwork is a parody on the Beatles album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band featuring the band members, serial killers and mass murderers instead of famous people. The album was re-released in 2000 in a digipak that included the songs off the Behind the Wall of Sleep EP as bonus tracks.

Track listing

1. "Nightstalker" – 2:04 – Richard Ramirez
2. "The Ted Bundy Song" – 1:18 – Ted Bundy
3. "Sniper in the Sky" – 1:51 – Charles Whitman
4. "Montreal Massacre" – 1:25 – Marc Lépine
5. "Zodiac" – 3:46 – Zodiac Killer
6. "James Pough, What the Hell Did You Do?!" – 2:09 – James Edward Pough
7. "The Boston Strangler" – 1:10 – Albert DeSalvo
8. "Mary Bell" – 0:43 – Mary Bell
9. "Mary Bell Reprise" – 0:45 – Mary Bell
10. "Killing Spree (Postal Killer)" – 1:21 – Patrick Sherrill
11. "Is It Soup Yet?" – 1:18 – Daniel Rakowitz
12. "White Hen Decapitator" – 2:30 – Michael Bethke
13. "Howard Unrah (What Have You Done Now?!)" – 2:28 – Howard Unrah
14. "Gacy's Lot" – 2:20 – John Wayne Gacy
15. "There Was a Young Man Who Blew up a Plane" – 2:10 – Jack Gilbert Graham
16. "Vampire of Dusseldorf" – 2:43 – Peter Kürten
17. "Shotgun Peterson" – 2:48 – Christopher Peterson
18. "What's that Smell?" – 3:02 – Jeffrey Dahmer
19. "Edmund Kemper Had a Horrible Temper" – 2:34 – Edmund Kemper
20. "What the Heck Richard Speck (Eight Nurses You Wrecked)" – 2:05 – Richard Speck
21. "Albert Was Worse than Any Fish in the Sea" – 1:31 – Albert Fish

Credits

• Corporate Death – Guitars and Lead Vocals
• Nefarious – Bass Guitar, vocals. Acoustic Guitar on "Mary Bell." Lead Vocals on "Killing Spree (Postal Killer)." and Airplane Bass on "There Was A Young Man Who Blew Up A Plane"
• Dennis The Menace – Drums
• Jeff Cline – Synclavier Programming and Sound Effects. Piano Intro on "Vampire Of Dussledorf." Soundtrack for Murder Intro on "Nightstalker" intro.
• Scary Gary – Lead Vocals on "White Hen Decapitator." Laugh and Voice on "Nightstalker" intro.
• Tony Iovino – Guitar Solo on "Shotgun Peterson." Acoustic Insanity on "What The Hell Did You Do?!"
• Produced By Jeff (The Max Mixer) Cline and MACABRE
• Executive Producer – Markus Staiger
• Music and Lyrics by Corporate Death and Nefarious except "Zodiac" lyrics ciphered by The Zodiac Killer
• Drum Parts – Dennis The Menace
• All Songs Arranged by MACABRE, Except "Mary Bell" derranged by Nefarious and Jeff Cline
• Photos – Curt Ritchie
• Album Cover – Dan Schneider
• Concept – John Martin And Nefarious
• Revised Layout – AJ Loeb

Notes and References

1. Web site: MACABRE - Sinister Slaughter 30th Anniversary Reissues To Arrive In April; Teaser Video . 2024-01-08 . bravewords.com . en.