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As on its infamous classic Sinister Slaughter, the trio known as Macabre turns to morbid comedy that isn't so much hysterical as it is juvenile. Based entirely on the legendary life story of psycho Jeffrey Dahmer, this 26-track album plays almost like some perverse Andrew Lloyd Webber death metal production. Just the concept seems a bit uncanny; in fact, it's downright disturbing. What drives a band to devote so much time and effort toward such a distasteful theme? Well, surely there is a niche market for this sort of art, as the group proved with Sinister Slaughter (an album full of odes to various psychopaths), which attracted the same sort of people who take a perverse interest in bands such as Cannibal Corpse or films such as the Ed Gein biopic Deranged. And the fans in this small niche market, who have been following Macabre since its first underground releases in the late '80s, should adore the imaginative lengths that the band has gone to with its ode to Dahmer. The album was released on Halloween in 2000. Most of the songs are played quite fast, although they do slow it down a bit for ‘Scrub a Dub Dub’. The musicianship is pretty good and producer Neil Kernon knew how to make the songs sound gritty without being muddy, and contributes a solo to the song ‘Jeffrey Dahmer Blues’. This is my favorite album in Macabre’s all-too-small catalogue. Limited vinyl edition with gatefold cover. Reduced price due to some small storage wear on front cover Track listing: 1. Dog Guts 2. Hitchhiker 3. In The Army Now 4. Grandmother’s House 5. Blood Bank 6. Exposure 7. Ambassador Hotel 8. Cup Of Coffee 9. Bath House 10. Jeffrey Dahmer And The Chocolate Factory 11. Apartment 213 12. Drill Bit Lobotomy 13. Jeffrey Dahmer Blues 14. McDahmers 15. Into The Toilet With You 16. Coming To Chicago 17. Scrub A Dub Dub 18. Konerak 19. Media Circus 20. Temple Of Bones 21. Trial 22. Do The Dahmer 23. Baptized 24. Christopher Scarver 25. Dahmers Dead 26. The Brain