Description
Picture disc. Limited 1000 copies
Yes, the midwest murder metalers are back and better than ever. Grim Scary Tales is Macabre’s first full length album in 8 years. Its a musical journey through the history of murder featuring a variety of heavy melodies and vocal styles sure to give you nightmares for years to come. It might have been 8 years since the last Macabre album but Grim Scary Tales picks up right where they left off, really, because writing songs about serial killers is indeed their schtick. This time around they seem to be taking up some of the more historical cases (not that theyve ever shied away from it), taking up Locusta, Emperor Nero, Vlad Dracul and Countess Bathory (as well as a myriad of others). And in their idiosyncratic way they paint images of what these sick fuckers did and to whom they did it. This is probably the stickiest, but also best, part of the Macabre sound. Because every serial killer was a unique person in a unique context, they tend to write tracks that sort of fit the common/public perceptions of the killer. Vocalist Corporate Death has a unique scream that Ive never heard anywhere else you might think its kind of annoying, but for some reason it really works with the music. And the music itself is also a tad strange, at times it sounds less like riffs and more like finger exercises that the band is doing. And even the lyrics, which take up all of these gruesome topics, are super end-rhymey and almost like nursery rhymes, which when other bands do it I find to be really annoying. But when Macabre does it? Genius. These guys just have a knack for the music. The songs are fun, the ideas are strong, the riffs are addictive and the topics are well-researched and, dare I say it, educational! One thing that really took me by surprise was how much clean vocals dominated on this album. But even then, Grim Scary Tales is pretty awesome because its Macabre and therefore its just full of fantastic stuff. At 45 minutes nearly every song is a highlight and the material is sick enough to gross out your girlfriend, your parents and sometimes even yourself. Gruesome and awesome stuff.
Track listing:
1. Locusta
2. Nero’s Inferno
3. The Black Knight
4. Dracula
5. The Big Bad Wolf
6. Countess Bathory-Venom cover
7. Burke and Hare
8. Mary Ann
9. The Bloody Benders
10. Lizzy Borden
11. The Ripper Tramp from France
12. Bella the Butcher
13. The Kiss of Death
14. The Sweet Tender Meat Vendor