Bay area death metal legends and death/doom pioneers Autopsy began their weird journey in 1987 and released their awesome debut Severed Survival in ’89, which is now a hallmark of the genre. After that they released Mental Funeral in ’91 and those first two Autopsy albums are often debated over, as to which is superior. They released two more albums before disbanding in ’95. Acts Of The Unspeakable (’92) and Shitfun (’95) are really very good and often overlooked albums in their own right. I personally enjoy Acts Of The Unspeakable a lot. Tracks like “Necrocannibalistic Vomitorium” and “Walls Of The Coffin” perfectly bled breakneck thrash with slow, chugging doom riffs that allow for a pleasant pause in the headbanging. Shitfun kills as an album but no tracks stick out in particular which is why I feel that material perfects their more punk influenced stuff. It is their best and closest representation of grindcore, in my opinion. The band has reunited as of 2009 and the original trio of Chris Reifert, Danny Coralles & Eric Cutler are also joined by Joe Trevisano (Abscess/VON) on bass. They released the limited and now sold out The Tomb Within EP in 2010 and then their masterful return LP Macabre Eternal last year.
All Tomorrow’s Funerals is the latest entry in the weird annals of these death metal legends. Due out on February 28th, this monster release has new studio tracks recorded late in 2011 (including a re-recorded version of “Mauled to Death”) in addition to all of Autopsy‘s previous EP’s & rarities, which have been specially remastered by the band themselves. Totaling 22 tracks in all, the result is over 73 minutes of brutal beauty. The CD and double LP set also brands some sick new cover art from Matt Cavotta who also did the cover for The Tomb Within. If you didn’t already know, Chris Reifert, the band’s lead vocalist and drummer has also played drums on Death‘s Mutilation demo from ’86 and their debut classic Scream Bloody Gore (’87) in addition to other weird projects he’s in like Eat My Fuk and The Ravenous.
Check out the video and track listing for All Tomorrow’s Funerals, after the jump!
1. All tomorrow’s funerals
2. Broken people
3. Mauled to death
4. Maggot holes
5. The tomb within
6. My corpse shall rise
7. Seven skulls
8. Human genocide
9. Mutant village
10. Horrific obsession
11. Feast of the graveworm
12. Funereality
13. Fiend for blood
14. Keeper of decay
15. Squeal like a pig
16. Ravenous freaks
17. A different kind of mindfuck
18. Dead hole
19. Retribution for the dead
20. Destined to fester
21. In the grip of winter
22. Sign of the corpse
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