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, released in 1989. Several versions of this album exist. Some versions include the '' Grim Reality'' EP, other include a few live tracks and two songs from the ''Grim Reality'' EP.

Track listing

# "Embalmer" # "Trampled to Death" -

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# "Holidays of Horror" -

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# "Fritz Haarmann the Butcher" -

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# "Evil Ole Soul" -

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# "Harvey Glatman (Your Soul Will Forever Rot)" -

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# "McMassacre" - James Huberty # "David Brom Took an Axe" -

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# "Cremator" -

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# "Nostradamus" -

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# "I Need to Kill" -

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# "Ultra Violent" # "Rat Man" # "Hey Laurie Dann" - Laurie Dann # "Patrick Purdy Killed Five and Wounded Thirty" -

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# "Exhumer" # "Dr. Holmes (He Stripped Their Bones)" - Herman Mudgett # "The Green River Murderer (He's Still out There)" -

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# "Funeral Home" # "Disease" ¹ # "Natural Disaster" ¹ # "What the Heck

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(Eight Nurses You Wrecked)" ² # "Ultra Violent" ² # "Funeral Home" ² # "Mr.

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(Was Children Your Favorite Dish?)" ² # "

the Butcher" ² # "Killing Spree" ² ¹ Taken from '' Grim Reality''
² Recorded live in April 1986

Credits

* Corporate Death - guitars, vocals * Nefarious - bass guitar, vocals * Dennis The Menace - drums 1989 debut albums Macabre (band) albums {{1980s-death-metal-album-stub