Sinister Slaughter

Sinister Slaughter is the second full-length album by American death metal band Macabre and was released in 1993 by Nuclear Blast Records.^[2] The cover artwork is a parody on the Beatles album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band featuring the band members, serial killers and mass murderers. The album was re-released in 2000 in a digipak that included the songs off the Behind the Wall of Sleep EP as bonus tracks.

Sinister Slaughter
Studio album by Macabre
Released	April 13, 1993
Recorded	September – October 1992
Studio	Universal Studios, Chicago, Illinois
Genre	Death metal thrash metal
Length	42:18
Label	Nuclear Blast
Producer	Macabre, Jeff Cline
Macabre chronology
Gloom (1989) Sinister Slaughter (1993) Behind the Wall of Sleep (1994)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]

The album's sound has been described as "very unique, offbeat murder metal." The album explores lyrical themes pertaining to serial killers.^[3]

Track listing

1. "Nightstalker" – 2:04 – Richard Ramirez
2. "The Ted Bundy Song" – 1:18 – Ted Bundy
3. "Sniper in the Sky" – 1:51 – Charles Whitman
4. "Montreal Massacre" – 1:25 – Marc Lépine
5. "Zodiac" – 3:46 – Zodiac Killer
6. "James Pough, What the Hell Did You Do?!" – 2:09 – James Edward Pough
7. "The Boston Strangler" – 1:10 – Albert DeSalvo
8. "Mary Bell" – 0:43 – Mary Bell
9. "Mary Bell Reprise" – 0:45 – Mary Bell
10. "Killing Spree (Postal Killer)" – 1:21 – Patrick Sherrill
11. "Is It Soup Yet?" – 1:18 – Daniel Rakowitz
12. "White Hen Decapitator" – 2:30 – Michael Bethke
13. "Howard Unrah (What Have You Done Now?!)" – 2:28 – Howard Unrah
14. "Gacy's Lot" – 2:20 – John Wayne Gacy
15. "There Was a Young Man Who Blew up a Plane" – 2:10 – Jack Gilbert Graham
16. "Vampire of Dusseldorf" – 2:43 – Peter Kürten
17. "Shotgun Peterson" – 2:48 – Christopher Peterson
18. "What's that Smell?" – 3:02 – Jeffrey Dahmer
19. "Edmund Kemper Had a Horrible Temper" – 2:34 – Edmund Kemper
20. "What the Heck Richard Speck (Eight Nurses You Wrecked)" – 2:05 – Richard Speck
21. "Albert Was Worse than Any Fish in the Sea" – 1:31 – Albert Fish

Credits

• Corporate Death – guitars and lead vocals
• Nefarious – bass guitar and vocals. Acoustic guitar on "Mary Bell." Lead vocals on "Killing Spree (Postal Killer)." and "Airplane bass" on "There Was A Young Man Who Blew Up A Plane"
• Dennis the Menace – Drums
• Jeff Cline – Synclavier programming and sound effects. Piano intro on "Vampire Of Dussledorf." Soundtrack for Murder Intro on "Nightstalker" intro.
• Scary Gary – lead vocals on "White Hen Decapitator." Laugh and voice on "Nightstalker" intro.
• Tony Iovino – guitar solo on "Shotgun Peterson." Acoustic insanity on "What The Hell Did You Do?!"

Technical

• Produced by Jeff (The Max Mixer) Cline and Macabre
• Executive producer – Markus Staiger
• Music and lyrics by Corporate Death and Nefarious except "Zodiac" lyrics "ciphered" by The Zodiac Killer
• Drum parts – Dennis the Menace
• All songs arranged by Macabre, except "Mary Bell" arranged ("derranged" according to the album notes) by Nefarious and Jeff Cline
• Photos – Curt Ritchie
• Album cover – Dan Schneider
• Concept – John Martin and Nefarious
• Revised layout – A. J. Loeb