{"id":9655,"date":"2011-05-16T00:00:07","date_gmt":"2011-05-16T00:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/?p=9655"},"modified":"2013-07-26T16:54:51","modified_gmt":"2013-07-26T16:54:51","slug":"album-review-autopsy-macabre-eternal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/album-review-autopsy-macabre-eternal\/","title":{"rendered":"AUTOPSY – Macabre Eternal (2011) | Album \/ EP Reviews @ Metal Forces Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"

AUTOPSY
Macabre Eternal<\/strong><\/span>
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\nPeaceville (2011)<\/span>
Rating: 8.5\/10<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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One of my favourite extreme metal bands of all time make a welcome, proper return in 2011 after more than a decade out of action. San Francisco\u2019s Autopsy \u2013 consisting of Chris Reifert (vocals and drums), Danny Coralles (guitar), Eric Cutler (guitar) and, since 2010, drummer Joe Tevisano \u2013 were considered one of the sickest death metal bands to walk the planet. Their brand of almost droll-sounding gore metal first infected our ears back in 1989 with their debut platter of splatter Severed Survival<\/em>, and since then have been chomping at our flesh like some persistent zombie.<\/p>\n

Macabre Eternal<\/em> continues the ghoulish flesh feast, a down-tuned, festering piece of meat dined on by flies until it dries up in the form of closer \u2018Spill My Blood\u2019. Lyrically, we know what to expect from these gorehounds, it\u2019s all death, murder corpses, rotting flesh, and a nice dash of necrophilia.<\/p>\n

Opener \u2018Hand Of Darkness\u2019 bangs the first rusty nail into the coffin, oozing from the wound with its pus-ridden growls and watery guitar sound. The elegantly titled \u2018Dirty Gore Whore\u2019 follows suit with its skeletal skin bashing and basement vocals. It\u2019s a track that revels in the art of murder, blessed with the rather pleasant lyrics of \u201cRape you, kill you\u201d<\/em>, which will have serial killers salivating everywhere. Grim stuff. And, as you\u2019d expect, the mood doesn\u2019t lighten as the title track charges from the speakers, daubed in blood, and delivered with a maniacal and guttural bellow.<\/p>\n

For the most part, Macabre Eternal<\/em> is happy to exist beyond mid-tempo, but the band do their dirtiest work when the pace slows. Prime example being the doomy bathtub gurgle of \u2018Bridge Of Bones\u2019, with its macabre trudge and dinosaur plod of a drum, and the dismal rattle of the six-minute \u2018Sewn Into One\u2019.<\/p>\n

But Autopsy can play the killing game either way and when needs must, they up the pace. \u2018Bludgeoned And Brained\u2019 displays life amongst the dead skin, but the drum and bass still wallow in that cesspit of disease. \u2018Sadistic Gratification\u2019 is an 11-minute torture chamber of sound, a mournful whine of guitars and morose drum; you can literally see the skeletons rising from their moss-covered graves as the vocals summon their bony frames for a march into oblivion.<\/p>\n

No other band plays so-called \u201cgore metal\u201d like Autopsy, it\u2019s just a shame they were out of action for so long. Some fans argue that this isn\u2019t up there with their best work, but Severed Survival<\/em> and 1991\u2019s Mental Funeral<\/em> are a long time ago now. We should be happy that these US death metallers are back, doing what they do best, dragging us into musty coffins and suffocating us with their unique brand of miserable metal. <\/p>\n

Neil Arnold<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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