Chicago, Illinois, USA
Last update/review:
January 6, 2021
Macabre
Cult figures in the Chicago metal scene for a number of
years, Macabre is an odd little band, self-described
"murder metallists" with a style that's actually pretty
unique.
They combine death metal, clean thrash, meaty metal
riffs, and an odd penchant for nursery rhyme sing-song
choruses, and their musicianship (at least on the
recent
Murder Metal release) is surprisingly tight.
Lyrically, their infatuation on serial
killers and their antics is over-the-top to the point
of ridiculousness -- clearly not to be taken seriously, though
they do make for the occasional humorous read.
It's tempting to toss them into the joke band bin,
but they've got a good thing going and
Murder Metal is
actually an entertaining album.
Recently they've put out an album or two under the title
Macabre Minstrels, featuring acoustic versions of their songs.
Current Members
Corporate Death (Lance Lencioni)
guitars/vocals
Nefarious (Charles Lescewicz)
bass/vocals
Dennis The Menace (Dennis Ritchie)
drums
Discography
Studio
Compilation
Video
Grim Reality
EP
1987
Decomposed
Serial Killer
Mr. Albert Fish (Was children you favorite dish?)
Mass Murderer a. Sulfuric Acid b. Morbid Curiosity c. Lethal Injection
Son of Sam
Hot Rods to Hell
Ed Gein
Corporate Death
Nefarious
Dennis The Menace
Gloom
1989
Vinyl Solution
Embalmer
Trampled to Death
Holidays of Horror
Fritz Haarman the Butcher
Evil Ole Soul
Harvey Glatman (Your Soul Will Forever Rot)
McMassacre (James Humberty)
David Brom Took an Axe
Cremator
Nostradamus
I Need to Kill
Ultra Violent
Rat Man
Hey Laurie Dann
Patrick Purdy Killed Five and Wounded Thirty
Exhumer
Dr. Holmes (He Stripped Their Bones)
The Green River Murderer (He's Still Out There)
Funeral Home
Disease
Natural Disaster
Corporate Death
Nefarious
Dennis The Menace
Sinister Slaughter
1993
Nuclear Blast
Night Stalker / Richard Ramirez
The Ted Bundy Song / Ted Bundy
Sniper In The Sky / Charles Whitman
Montreal Massacre / Mark Lupine
Zodiac / Identity Unknown
What The Hell Did You Do? / James Edward Pough
The Boston Strangler / Albert DeSalvo
Mary Bell
Mary Bell (Reprise)
Killing Spree (Postal Killer) / Patrick Sherril
Is It Soup Yet? / Daniel Rakowitz
White Hen Decapitator / Michael Bethke
Howard Unrah (What Have You Done Now?!) / Howard Unrah
Gacy's Lot / John Wayne Gacy
There Was A Young Man Who Blew Up A Plane / Jack Gilbert Graham
Vampire Of Dusseldorf / Peter Kurtin
Shotgun Peterson / Christopher Peterson
Whats That Smell? / Jeffery Dahmer
Edmond Kemper Had A Horrible Temper / Edmond Kemper
What The Heck Richard Speck (Eight Nurses You Wrecked) / Richard Speck
Albert Was Worse Than Any Fish In The Sea / Albert Fish
Corporate Death
Nefarious
Dennis The Menace
Behind The Wall Of Sleep
EP
1994
Nuclear Blast
Fishtales
Behind The Wall Of Sleep
Slaughter Thy Poser
Freeze Dried Man
Corporate Death
Nefarious
Dennis The Menace
Unabomber
1999
Decomposed
The Unabomber
Ambassador Hotel
The Brain
David Brom Took An Axe
Dr. Holmes - He Stripped Their Bones
Ed Gein
Serial Killer
Corporate Death
Nefarious
Dennis The Menace
Dahmer
2000
Hammerheart
Dog Guts
Hitchhiker
In The Army Now
Grandmother's House
Blood Bank
Exposure
Ambassador Hotel
Cup Of Coffee
Bath House
Jeffrey Dahmer And The Chocolate Factory
Apartment 213
Drill Bit Lobotomy
Jeffery Dahmer Blues
McDahmers
Into The Toilet With You
Coming To Chicago
Scrub A Dub Dub
Konerak
Media Circus
Temple Of Bones
Trial
Do The Dahmer
Baptized
Christopher Scarver
Dahmer's Dead
The Brain
Corporate Death
Nefarious
Dennis The Menace
Murder Metal
2003
Season Of Mist
Acid Bath Vampire
You're Dying To Be With Me
Fatal Foot Fetish
The Hillside Stranglers
Dorthea's Dead Folks Home
The Iceman
Poison
Werewolf Of Bedburg
Morbid Minister
The Wustenfeld Man Eater
Diary Of Torture
Jack The Ripper
Fritz Haarman Der Metzger
Corporate Death
Nefarious
Dennis The Menace
Macabre Electric & Acoustic Two CD Set
BOXED SET
2004
CD Morbid Campfire Songs
CD Murder Metal
True Tales Of Slaughter And Slaying
VIDEO
2006
Decomposed
Human Monsters
EP
2010
Dracula
The Big Bad Wolf
Countess Bathory
The Bloody Benders
Corporate Death
Nefarious
Dennis The Menace
Grim Scary Tales
2011
Decomposed
Locusta
Nero's Inferno
The Black Knight
Dracula
The Big Bad Wolf
Countess Bathory (Venom cover)
Burke and Hare
Mary Ann
The Bloody Benders
Lizzy Borden
The Ripper Tramp from France
Bella the Butcher
The Kiss of Death
The Sweet Tender Meat Vendor
Corporate Death
Nefarious
Dennis The Menace
Slaughter Thy Poser
EP
2012
self-released
Fish Tales
Behind the Wall of Sleep
Slaughter Thy Poser
Freeze Dried Man
Dr. Holmes (He Stripped Their Bones)
Ed Gein
Corporate Death
Nefarious
Dennis The Menace
Carnival Of Killers
2020
Nuclear Blast
Intro
Your Window Is Open
Joe Ball Was His Name
Sticky
Abduction
Tea Cakes
Them Dry Bones
Richard Speck Grew Big Breasts
Slaughter House
Breaking Point
The Lake of Fire
Warte, Warte
Now It's Time to Play
The Wheels on the Bug
Corpse Violator
The Murder Mack
Corporate Death
Nefarious
Dennis The Menace