Sinister Slaughter


Sinister Slaughter is the second full-length album by American death metal band Macabre and was released in 1993 by Nuclear Blast Records. 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. 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.
The album's sound has been described as "very unique, offbeat murder metal." The album explores lyrical themes pertaining to serial killers.

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 " – 1:21 – Patrick Sherrill
  11. "Is It Soup Yet?" – 1:18 – Daniel Rakowitz
  12. "White Hen Decapitator" – 2:30 – Michael Bethke
  13. "Howard Unrah " – 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 " – 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 and vocals. Acoustic guitar on "Mary Bell." Lead vocals on "Killing Spree." 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."
  • Scary Gary – lead vocals on "White Hen Decapitator." Laugh and voice on "Nightstalker" intro.
  • Tony Iovino – guitar solo on "Shotgun Peterson." Acoustic insanity on "James Pough, What the Hell Did You Do?!"

    Technical

  • Produced by Jeff 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" arranged by Nefarious and Jeff Cline
  • Photos – Curt Ritchie
  • Album cover – Dan Schneider
  • Concept – John Martin and Nefarious
  • Revised layout – A. J. Loeb