“A DEFORMED SONIC JOURNEY AWAITS THAT WILL MAKE YOUR FLESH CRAWL AND YOUR SPEAKERS PUKE”. CHRIS REIFERT (AUTOPSY)

Marking 30 years of depravity, the highly influential US death metal pioneers return with the Puncturing The Grotesque mini-LP, containing 7 tracks of blistering sickness, and their first new material since the pulverising Skull Grinder.

With the returning line-up of Chris Reifert, Eric Cutler, Danny Coralles & Joe Trevisano, Autopsy once more deliver a rancid concoction of slow brooding doom and high-octane metal madness injected with twisted solos and an overdose of vocal insanity.

As a nod to their origins for this release, Autopsy also present a cover version of ‘Fuck You!!!’, originally by West Oakland 80s outfit, Bloodbath (the former band of Danny Coralles). Bloodbath was an influential act in the lead up to the formation, and early years, of Autopsy, and so ultimately it was ideal to include a rendition of this rarely ever heard track on Puncturing The Grotesque.

Puncturing The Grotesque was recorded at Earhammer Studios (Violation Wound), in Oakland CA with engineering & co-production duties carried out by Greg Wilkinson. The delightfully distasteful artwork comes courtesy of Dennis Dread (Darkthrone/Ab­scess). Autopsy triumphantly and officially returned from the grave after a 15 year hiatus with the 2010 EP, The Tomb Within.

This was followed by the release of the band's fifth studio album, Macabre Eternal in 2011, to great acclaim, and the band has subsequently remained at the top of the death metal pile since. The full legacy of Autopsy was also recently extensively documented in the book/set After The Cutting.