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In 1993 this album came out after the rather disappointing debut "Grim Reality"; the sound was more or less the same, although the depth of the lyrics began to be felt differently... despite being a death metal record, the mocking and deliberately childish and ironic tones blended with slightly mixed musicality, which incorporated almost blues influences within very fast hardcore or grindcore tracks, gave a particular atmosphere during the listening.
Macabre have always had, in fact, the peculiarity of sinking their roots in many different genres: when they talk about their main influences, they mention the Beatles, the Ramones, and Black Sabbath... bands very different from each other.
That said. The entire album is as cruel and raw as can be found, multiplied by a hundred. Criminal maniacs are exalted as if they were national heroes; among them the notorious depraved pedophile Albert Fish who ate children, carefully tortured first. The band's recurring theme is precisely treating crimes and splatter with lightness, naturalness, and almost euphoria. The songs vary greatly in length: some 40 seconds, others three minutes.
The first track is "Night Stalker" dedicated to Richard Ramirez (the title is indeed a nod to his nickname) and it's one of the best on the CD, as well as of the band in general, then it develops through the excellent "The Ted Bundy Song" "Zodiac" and "Montreal Massacre" up to a very strange gypsy lullaby: "Mary Bell" which talks about the English serial killer who was already killing at the age of five... and concludes with three sacrilegious and sarcastic pieces like "Albert Was Worse Than Any Fish In The Sea" "Edmond Kemper Had A Horrible Temper".
A record that is certainly Macabre's masterpiece, but will only appeal to those who are already familiar with Death Metal or at least those who are already accustomed to extreme metal.
Tracklist Lyrics and Videos
02 The Ted Bundy Song (01:19)
(Ted Bundy)
Here's a story of Ted Bundy, murdered young girls Monday through =
Sunday.
Lure them into his car, then they wouldn't see tomorrow.
He killed Monday through Sunday, his name was Ted Bundy.
He murdered young girls and left them in the woods.
He would get them in his car, they wouldn't go far.
He would hit them on the head, with an object until they were dead.
Murdered young girls in several states, from jail two times he =
escaped.
Until the end he denied his crimes, he was convicted, then he fried.
He killed Monday through Sunday, his name was Ted Bundy.
He murdered young girls and left them in the woods.
He would get them in his car, they wouldn't go far.
He would hit them on the head, with an object until they were dead.
03 Sniper in the Sky (01:51)
(Charles Whitman)
He killed his wife and mother, then packed up his supplies
Like food and guns and ammo, and went out taking lives.
At the school observatory, he went to the top
And killed sixteen people before he could be stopped.
Charles Whitman was the school tower hitman
Charles Whitman shot at people and hit them
Charles Whitman had a brain tumour in his head
Charles Whitman was the cause of eighteen people=B9s deaths.
He kept on shooting people, the police they tried and tried
To kill Charles Whitman, the sniper in the sky.
They finally snuck up on him, surprised him at the top
Then Charles Whitman was gunned down by a cop.
Charles Whitman was the school tower hitman
Charles Whitman shot at people and hit them
Charles Whitman had a brain tumour in his head
Charles Whitman was the cause of eighteen people=B9s deaths.
07 The Boston Strangler (01:09)
He's walking through apartment halls
For a female he will end it all
He'll take her nylon stockings down
And her neck they'll go around
You can't untangle her
From the Boston Strangler
He's going to mangle her
The Boston Strangler
The police can't find him; several dead
They're looking for the man they dread
He will shove a broomstick up her cunt
Around her neck, a strangler's knot
You can't untangle her
From the Boston Strangler
He's going to mangle her
The Boston Strangler
13 Howard Unrah (What Have You Done Now?) (02:28)
He was an expert at shooting guns
In the army he had much fun
He had great aim and seldom missed
Killing the Nazi's as he made his death list
Howard Unrah what have you done now?
You took thirteen lives in twelve minutes time
Howard Unrah with your gun you
Shot thirteen down as you walked through the town
His neighbours gave him problems
While day after day he practiced with guns
They stole his new gate and that made him so pissed
That he gunned down the people on his SHITLIST
Howard Unrah what have you done now?
You took thirteen lives in twelve minutes time
Howard Unrah with your gun you
Shot thirteen down as you walked through the town
15 There Was a Young Man Who Blew Up a Plane (02:10)
(Jack Gilbert Graham)
There was a young man who blew up a plane
He blew up the plane for personal gain
I guess he was insane
There was a young man who planted a bomb
He planted a bomb on his mom
He planted the bomb to blow up the plane
He blew up the plane for personal gain
I guess he was insane
There were forty four people who got on the plane
They got on the plane then they were slain
By the young man who planted the bomb
He planted the bomb on his mom
He planted the bomb to blow up the plane
He blew up the plane for personal gain
I guess he was insane
The judge and jury showed no remorse
He's dead of course
18 What's That Smell? (03:02)
Jeffrey lived in Milwaukee with eleven men
But they were in pieces because he dismembered them
What's that smell? Did something die?
The landlord thought that it was coming from outside
What's that smell? That rotten smell
It's Jeffrey Dahmer's apartment of hell
He took a bus to Chicago so he could pick up queers
Invite them to his place and then he'd drug their beer
What's that smell? Did something die?
The landlord thought that it was coming from outside
What's that smell? That rotten smell
It's Jeffrey Dahmer's apartment of hell
And once they were asleep Jeffrey Dahmer would kill them
Cut them up and eat certain pieces of the men
What's that smell? Did something die?
The landlord thought that it was coming from outside
What's that smell? That rotten smell
It's Jeffrey Dahmer's apartment of hell
21 Albert Was Worse Than Any Fish in the Sea (01:34)
(Albert Fish)
Fish seemed like a nice old man and people believed his lies,
But Albert was a child eating shark in disguise.
Albert was worse than any fish in the sea.
He killed and ate young children and enjoyed it immensely.
Albert, a child eating Fish was he
Who devoured the flesh of kinds because he thought it was tasty.
The land was Albert=B9s ocean; Fish consumed his helpless prey.
He would have ate more kids but they caught him and made fish =
fillet.
Albert was worse than any fish in the sea.
He killed and ate young children and enjoyed it immensely.
Albert, a child eating Fish was he
Who devoured the flesh of kinds because he thought it was tasty.
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