''Macabre Eternal'' is the fifth album by the American

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band

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, released on May 16, 2011, on the label

Peaceville Records Peaceville Records is a British independent heavy metal record label. The label was founded by Paul "Hammy" Halmshaw (of the bands Instigators and Civilised Society) in Dewsbury, England in 1987, who was also a one-time drummer of Sore Throat ...

. It is the first studio album Autopsy have released after their 1995 disbandment and 2009 reunion. The first album to feature bassist Joe Trevisano. It is also the first album since 1989's ''

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'' not to feature any short tracks.

Background

After Autopsy disbanded in 1995, its leaders

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and

Danny Coralles Danny Coralles is one of the current guitarists in the band Autopsy and was co-founder with drummer Chris Reifert of Abscess. Autopsy is back again and have been so since 2009 which is currently producing new material and is actively playing sele ...

resurfaced for the

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-influenced

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, also featuring Clint Bower on guitar and vocals and another former Autopsy member Frank "Freeway" Migliore on bass. The group released their debut album, ''

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'', before Migliore left the band in 1997. Abscess continued on with new bassist Joe Allen and released more well-received albums before splitting up in June 2010. After Coralles said in a May 2004 interview that an Autopsy reunion would never happen, the members of Autopsy reunited in the studio in September 2008 to record two new tracks (that are very similar to the old material of Autopsy) for the special edition of their 1989 classic debut ''

'', which was released on February 23, 2009. Following the release of the album's reissue, the reunited Autopsy made their debut performing live for the first time in over a decade at Maryland Deathfest. There, the band unveiled new member Dan Lilker, who took over bass duties. On June 2, 2010, the day Abscess announced their breakup, Autopsy announced that they had "come to the solid realization that the time is now right to resume their mission of gore soaked death metal brutality and to fulfill this mission with maximum intensity." The band also revealed that a new EP and new studio album (Autopsy's first in 16 years) were in the works.

Track listing

Personnel

;Autopsy *

– drums, vocals *

– guitar *

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– guitar, vocals on "Dirty Gore Whore", "Sadistic Graftification" and "Spill My Blood" *

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– bass ;Additional personnel *Rakhel "The Sheep" Hartz-Alvarez - tortured screams on "Sadistic Gratification" ;Production *

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- cover art *Adam Munoz - producer, recording, mixing *Jesse Badia - engineering assistant *Ken Lee - mastering *Raymond Ahner - photography *Matthew Vickerstaff - layout

References

{{Authority control Autopsy (band) albums 2011 albums Albums with cover art by Wes Benscoter