Sinister Slaughter
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{{Infobox album
| name = Sinister Slaughter
| type = studio
| artist = Macabre
| cover = Cover art for Macabre's "Sinister Slaughter".jpg
| alt =
| released = April 13, 1993
| recorded = September – October 1992
| studio = Universal Studios, Chicago, Illinois
| genre =
| length = 42:18
| label = Nuclear Blast
| producer = Macabre, Jeff Cline
| prev_title = Gloom
| prev_year = 1989
| next_title = Behind the Wall of Sleep
| next_year = 1994
}}
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1Score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r270300}}
}}
Sinister Slaughter is the second full-length album by American death metal band Macabre and was released in 1993 by Nuclear Blast Records.{{Cite web |title=MACABRE - Sinister Slaughter 30th Anniversary Reissues To Arrive In April; Teaser Video |url=https://bravewords.com/news/macabre-sinister-slaughter-30th-anniversary-reissues-to-arrive-in-april-teaser-video |access-date=2024-01-08 |website=bravewords.com |language=en}} 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.{{cite book |last1=Purcell |first1=Natalie J. |title=Death Metal Music: The Passion and Politics of a Subculture |publisher=McFarland |page=63}}
Track listing
- "Nightstalker" – 2:04 – Richard Ramirez
- "The Ted Bundy Song" – 1:18 – Ted Bundy
- "Sniper in the Sky" – 1:51 – Charles Whitman
- "Montreal Massacre" – 1:25 – Marc Lépine
- "Zodiac" – 3:46 – Zodiac Killer
- "James Pough, What the Hell Did You Do?!" – 2:09 – James Edward Pough
- "The Boston Strangler" – 1:10 – Albert DeSalvo
- "Mary Bell" – 0:43 – Mary Bell
- "Mary Bell Reprise" – 0:45 – Mary Bell
- "Killing Spree (Postal Killer)" – 1:21 – Patrick Sherrill
- "Is It Soup Yet?" – 1:18 – Daniel Rakowitz
- "White Hen Decapitator" – 2:30 – Michael Bethke
- "Howard Unrah (What Have You Done Now?!)" – 2:28 – Howard Unrah
- "Gacy's Lot" – 2:20 – John Wayne Gacy
- "There Was a Young Man Who Blew up a Plane" – 2:10 – Jack Gilbert Graham
- "Vampire of Dusseldorf" – 2:43 – Peter Kürten
- "Shotgun Peterson" – 2:48 – Christopher Peterson
- "What's that Smell?" – 3:02 – Jeffrey Dahmer
- "Edmund Kemper Had a Horrible Temper" – 2:34 – Edmund Kemper
- "What the Heck Richard Speck (Eight Nurses You Wrecked)" – 2:05 – Richard Speck
- "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 (Postal Killer)." 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" intro.
- Scary Gary – lead vocals on "White Hen Decapitator." Laugh and voice on "Nightstalker" intro.
- Tony Iovino – guitar solo on "Shotgun Peterson." Acoustic insanity on "What The Hell Did You Do?!"
=Technical=
- Produced by Jeff (The Max Mixer) 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 ("derranged" according to the album notes) by Nefarious and Jeff Cline
- Photos – Curt Ritchie
- Album cover – Dan Schneider
- Concept – John Martin and Nefarious
- Revised layout – A. J. Loeb