AUTOPSY - Ashes, Organs, Blood And Crypts (LP)

One of the longest running death metal acts active today and an inspiration for whole generations of
depraved metal maniacs the world over, Autopsy formed in 1987 in San Francisco (with
drummer/vocalist Chris Reifert originally being a part of the genre-defining Floridan act, Death).
They released four albums on Peaceville Records beginning with the classic debut 'Severed Survival' in
1989 before disbanding in 1995, with members going on to form the equally disturbed Abscess. Autopsy
officially returned after a fifteen year hiatus with the 2010 EP, 'The Tomb Within', followed closely by fifth
studio album, 'Macabre Eternal' in 2011, which set them on a new bloodthirsty trail, with the
reinvigorated intent of creating more of the sickest and most twisted & uncompromising music ever to
grace a turntable and the band has remained prolific ever since.
Hot on the heels of 2022's universally lauded opus, 'Morbidity Triumphant', which was also the first
release to feature new bassist Greg Wilkinson (also currently joined by Chris in death doom duo Static
Abyss), the US death metal greats now return for a new sermon of sickness with 'Ashes, Organs, Blood &
Crypts'. Ever present throughout are brutal bouts of riffery marked by the feral attack of the undisputed
master poet of everything macabre, Chris Reifert. Eleven tracks of pure audial attack, punctuated by
frenzied soloing courtesy of guitar maestros Eric Cutler and Danny Coralles amid classic all-out death
metal fury going straight for the jugular, interspersed with brooding, doom-styled descents into delirium.
'Ashes, Organs, Blood & Crypts' was recorded at Sharkbite Studios by Scott Evans and Greg Wilkinson,
with additional tracking and mixing carried out at Earhammer studios by Greg Wilkinson. Mastering work
was once more carried out at Ken Lee mastering. Carrying on with recent tradition, the cover artwork was
created by the suitably morbid mind of Wes Benscoter (Bloodbath/Slayer).