Macabre

A long-running extreme metal group with a lurid obsession for serial killers and gore-splattered true crime, the aptly named Macabre emerged in the late '80s with a sound steeped in thrash, death metal, and grindcore that they lovingly called "murder metal." Though Macabre was one of the first bands ever to experiment with the themes and songwriting that would eventually become widely known as death metal, the group remained primarily an underground entity. In the early '90s they garnered considerable acclaim from the extreme metal community for their Sinister Slaughter album,...