Autopsy are an American death‑metal band formed in 1987 by Chris Reifert (ex‑Death). They became known for a deliberately raw, gore‑tinged style that fused death and doom elements and for landmark early releases such as Severed Survival and Mental Funeral.

Formed in 1987; Chris Reifert (founder) was drummer on Death's Scream Bloody Gore. Early releases issued on labels including Peaceville. Released seminal albums Severed Survival (1989) and Mental Funeral (1991). Band split in 1995 and reformed in 2009; later releases include Macabre Eternal (2011) and The Headless Ritual (2013). Steve DiGiorgio contributed bass as a session musician on early recordings (mentioned in reviews).

Autopsy are presented in the reviews as a foundational, deliberately raw death‑metal band led by Chris Reifert. Reviews praise key records (Severed Survival, Mental Funeral) while noting primitive production and a rotten, doom‑tinged aesthetic. The coverage is appreciative of the band's cult status despite technical limits.

For:Fans of old‑school/death metal, collectors of raw/gore‑tinged metal, readers interested in underground metal history.

 The Autopsy are firmly embedded in the collective imagination of deathsters: there isn't a musician who hasn't worn one of their t-shirts with the bleeding logo, taken from the cover of the Destruction EP "Mad Butcher".

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 Mental Funeral is the album of experimentation and the approach to even more rotten and slower sounds close to doom, the album is a concentrate of technique, power, and rawness.

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 This band, hailing from California, is the creature born in the late eighties from the mind of Chris Reifert, drummer on the first work of Death, "Scream Bloody Gore," and later founder of Abscess.

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