''Tourniquets, Hacksaws and Graves'' is the seventh studio album by American

death metal Death metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal music. It typically employs heavily distorted and low-tuned guitars, played with techniques such as palm muting and tremolo picking; deep growling vocals; aggressive, powerful drumming, feat ...

band

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. It was released in April 2014. As with all Autopsy albums, it was released through

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 ...

, and as with all albums since the band's 2009 reunion, it is produced by Adam Munoz alongside the band. The last album to feature bassist Joe Trevisano.

Background

Autopsy released their sixth studio album, '' The Headless Ritual'' in June 2013. Building on the leftover tracks from the recording sessions that April that produced the Headless Ritual album the band returned to the studio in September to complete work on their seventh effort. The band said of the album "Tourniquets tighten... hacksaws rip... graves are filled...This is Autopsy, this is death metal. With the stench of 'The Headless Ritual' still permeating the befouled air, Autopsy has once again come for your very metal soul with their newest blood-soaked homage to all things dark, twisted and horrific... once again, bone-crushingly heavy nightmares await. 'Tourniquets, Hacksaws And Graves' will awaken the most depraved part of the coldest zombie's stare... blood will flow, brains will be destroyed, coffin lids will be opened."

Track listing

Personnel

Credits adapted from liner notes. Autopsy *

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 ...

– guitars, piano (track 9), backing vocals (track 12) *Eric Cutler – guitars, lead vocals (track 6), backing vocals (track 12) *

Chris Reifert Chris Reifert (born February 23, 1968) is an American death metal musician, and one of the pioneers of the death/doom genre. Although his music is more death metal than doom metal, he is one of the first musicians that blended the two styles. ...

– drums, lead vocals (all but 6 and 8), backing vocals (track 12) *Joe Trevisano – bass, backing vocals (track 12) Additional personnel *Don Hopper – backing vocals (track 12) *Ron Falcon – backing vocals (track 12) *Aaron Cronon – backing vocals (track 12) *Ken Lee – mastering *Courtney McCutcheon – photography *Adam Munoz – recording, mixing, producer *Wes Benscoter – artwork

References

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