Chainsaw Dismemberment
{{short description|1999 album by Mortician}}
{{Infobox album
| name = Chainsaw Dismemberment
| type = studio
| artist = Mortician
| cover = Mortician - Chainsaw Dismemberment.jpg
| alt =
| released = July 6, 1999
| recorded = March–April 1999
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Brutal death metal, grindcore
| length = 49:14
| label = Relapse
| producer = {{flatlist|
- Roger Beaujard
- Mortician
- Matthew F. Jacobson (exec.)
}}
| prev_title = Zombie Apocalypse
| prev_year = 1998
| next_title = Domain of Death
| next_year = 2001
}}
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1Score = {{Rating|2.5|5}} {{AllMusic|class=album|id=r422768|pure_url=yes}}
| rev2 = BW&BK
| rev2score = {{Rating|9|10}}{{cite web|url=https://bravewords.com/reviews/mortician-chainsaw-dismemberment|last=Pratt|first=Greg|title=MORTICIAN - Chainsaw Dismemberment|website=Brave Words & Bloody Knuckles|date=2014-01-13|access-date=2022-11-18}}
| rev3 = Rock Hard
| rev3score = {{Rating|7.5|10}}{{cite web|url=https://www.rockhard.de/reviews/mortician-chainsaw-dismemberment_256539.html|title=MORTICIAN - Chainsaw Dismemberment|last=Mühlmann|first=Wolf-Rüdiger|website=Rock Hard|access-date=2022-11-18}}
| rev4 = Sea of Tranquility
| rev4score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite web|url=https://www.seaoftranquility.org/reviews.php?op=showcontent&id=15438|last=Senderholm|first=Carl|title=Review: "Mortician: Chainsaw Dismemberment"|website=Sea of Tranquility|date=2013-12-02|access-date=2022-11-18}}
| rev5 = Metal.de
| rev5score = {{Rating|9|10}}{{cite web|url=https://www.metal.de/reviews/mortician-chainsaw-dismemberment-863/|title=Mortician - Chainsaw Dismemberment|website=Metal.de|date=2000-04-26|access-date=2022-11-18}}
}}
Chainsaw Dismemberment is the second studio album by American death metal band Mortician, released on July 6, 1999{{cite web |title=Mortician - Chainsaw Dismemberment |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/chainsaw-dismemberment-mw0000240677 |website=Allmusic |access-date=26 August 2022}} by Relapse Records.
Style
Chainsaw Dismemberment contains what have been described as "jackhammer" guitar riffs, drum machines, guttural vocals, and samples pulled from horror films.{{Citation |title=Chainsaw Dismemberment - Mortician {{!}} Album {{!}} AllMusic |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/chainsaw-dismemberment-mw0000240677 |access-date=2025-05-07 |language=en}}
Reception
Steve Huey of AllMusic said "Chainsaw Dismemberment doesn't really offer anything brand-new from Mortician," stating his belief that "the faithful will be satisfied."
Track listing
{{tracklist
| total_length = 49:14
| title1 = Stab
| length1 = 3:53
| note1 = When a Stranger Calls
| title2 = Fleshripper
| length2 = 0:54
| title3 = Drowned in Your Blood
| length3 = 1:44
| title4 = Mass Mutilation
| length4 = 1:47
| note4 = Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer
| title5 = Mauled Beyond Recognition
| length5 = 0:51
| note5 = Silent Night, Bloody Night
| title6 = Rabid
| length6 = 2:01
| note6 = I Drink Your Blood
| title7 = Bloodshed
| length7 = 1:15
| title8 = Decayed
| length8 = 1:49
| note8 = Leatherface: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre III
| title9 = Final Bloodbath
| length9 = 1:09
| title10 = Island of the Dead
| length10 = 3:56
| note10 = Zombi 2
| title11 = Brutalized
| length11 = 0:55
| title12 = Slaughtered
| length12 = 1:30
| note12 = Bloodeaters
| title13 = The Crazies
| length13 = 1:18
| note13 = The Crazies
| title14 = Silent Night, Bloody Night
| length14 = 1:58
| note14 = Silent Night, Bloody Night
| title15 = Chainsaw Dismemberment
| length15 = 2:39
| note15 = The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2
| title16 = Psychotic Rage
| length16 = 0:52
| title17 = Funeral Feast
| length17 = 1:41
| title18 = Wolfen
| length18 = 1:03
| note18 = Wolfen
| title19 = Dark Sanity
| length19 = 1:27
| title20 = Camp Blood
| length20 = 2:13
| note20 = Friday the 13th Part 2
| title21 = Tormented
| length21 = 1:26
| title22 = Slaughterhouse (Part II)
| length22 = 2:18
| note22 = Slaughterhouse
| title23 = Barbarian
| length23 = 1:22
| title24 = Rats
| length24 = 1:36
| note24 = Rats: Night of Terror
| title25 = Mater Tenebrarum
| length25 = 2:23
| note25 = Inferno
| title26 = Splattered
| length26 = 0:49
| title27 = Obliteration
| length27 = 1:18
| title28 = Lord of the Dead (Mortician Part II)
| length28 = 2:54
| note28 = Phantasm II
}}
Personnel
;Mortician
- Will Rahmer - bass, vocals
- Desmond Tolhurst - guitar
- Roger Beaujard - guitar, drum programming
;Production
- Roger Beaujard - producer, engineer
- Will Rahmer - assistant engineer, photography
- Mortician - producers
- Matthew F. Jacobson - executive producer
- Roger Beaujard - engineer
- Dave Shirk - mastering
- Wes Benscoter - cover art
- Brian Henry - design
- Danny Nelson - photography