Sinister Slaughter/Behind the Walls of Sleep

Artist	Macabre
Format	CD
Genre	Rock
Label Name	Metal Mind
Producer	Jeff Cline
Release Date	2008 04 15
Song List	1: Nightstalker (2:05) 2: The Ted Bundy Song (1:19) 3: Sniper in the Sky (1:51) 4: Montreal Massacre (1:26) 5: Zodiak (3:46) 6: What the Hell Did You Do?! ?! (2:09) 7: The Boston Strangler (1:09) 8: Mary Bell (:43) 9: Mary Bell (Reprise) (:45) 10: Killing Spree (Postal Killer) (1:21) 11: Is It Soup Yet? (1:18) 12: White Hen Decapitator (2:31) 13: Howard Unrah (What Have You Done Now?!) (2:28) 14: Gacy's Lot (2:21) 15: There Was a Young Man Who Blew up a Plane (2:10) 16: Vampire of Düsseldorf (2:43) 17: Shotgun Peterson (2:49) 18: What's That Smell? (3:02) 19: Edmond Kemper Had a Horrible Temper (2:35) 20: What the Heck, Richard Speck (2:05) 21: Albert Was Worse Than Any Fish in Then Sea (1:34) 22: Fishtales (1:48) 23: Behind the Walls of Sleep (3:52) 24: Slaughter Thy Poser (2:14) 25: Freeze Dried Man (3:59)
Style.Categories	Progressive Metal, Speed Metal, Heavy Metal, Grindcore, Death Metal/Black Metal

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Macabre quickly increased its cult following with Sinister Slaughter by bringing an element of thematic engagement to otherwise above-average death metal. This entertaining source of engagement comes via the song titles and the accompanying lyrics; much along the lines of Cannibal Corpse, Pungent Stench, and Anal Cunt, Macabre writes genuinely perverse songs about the sort of taboo subject matter that is appalling yet undoubtedly intriguing. In the case of this album, the Chicago trio bases each of its songs on a different psychopath; for example, the opening track, "Night Stalker," is based on Richard Ramirez, just as the next track, "The Ted Bundy Show," is based on Ted Bundy. Sure, this is a juvenile concept, but when as seemingly tongue-in-cheek and as well-executed as this, it becomes a unique and quite charismatic attribute that helps to differentiate this album from the glut of other death metal releases churned out by globally reaching independent death metal labels in the mid-'90s. (The album cover's satirical take on Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, picturing each of the psychos, only helps.) So even if the music isn't necessarily as timeless or influential as something like Entombed's Left Hand Path or Napalm Death's Scum, and even if Macabre isn't as downright serious as a group like Morbid Angel or Deicide, in the end, this album has become somewhat of a cult classic, right alongside other perverse classics like Cannibal Corpse's Tomb of the Mutilated and Brujeria's Matando Gueros. Furthermore, this re-released version of Sinister Slaughter features Macabre's four-song Behind the Wall of Sleep EP, which includes the group's cover of the Black Sabbath classic of the same name; this added bonus is appreciated in terms of value, although it does slightly detract from the album's original concept. ~ Jason Birchmeier, All Music Guide