Macabre "Gloom" COLOR:CLEAR W/ GREEN ORANGE BLUE SPLATTER the Illinois quartet seems unfettered

the Illinois quartet seems unfettered by their chosen genre's boundaries and dive headlong into a loud stew of affecting power pop

Pressed on transparent red vinyl with a poster included

this transformative journey began as just the seed of an idea last fall

threaded together with scant regard for genre and with the roller-coaster of feeling that gives each tune such specific gravity

and Joe Cocker

Macabre "Gloom" COLOR:CLEAR W/ GREEN ORANGE BLUE SPLATTER the Illinois quartet seems unfetteredGloom is the debut full length album by the American band Macabre, released in 1989. The album has earned the status of one of the most important and original releases of the death grind scene. Gloom lasts only 25 minutes in its standard version and is characterized by extraordinary intensity and a raw sound, as well as very fast tempos, aggressive, thrash metal riffs, and "dirty," punk influenced vocals (the band was heavily inspired by the early