History
This Swiss grindcore band was originally conceived as a side project to
the death metal act Aeternum. The band's very first recording session
was in April of 2000. Another session in April of 2002 resulted in an
independent album in the autumn of 2002. Even though the two bands gave
mutual gigs, the grindcore act slowly took precedence over things and
Aeternum was soon put to rest.
The band's first real breakthrough was via a split 7" EP with
Agathocles. Several more EPs followed until in April of 2003 the band
entered Schweinesoundstudio (pig sound studio) to record a full-length
for Razorback Records.
The band is named after the nickname given by British students to their
autopsy rooms. The five-piece amuses many people by using a rotating
list of aliases, like W. Rath and Rub Bish, on albums instead of the
members' civil names.
The band issued an EP called Hormones From The Dead through No Escape
in 2004.
Reviews
EMBALMING THEATRE - SWEET CHAINSAW MELODIES - RAZORBACK
Razorback Records is synonymous with quality gore and grind and Sweet Chainsaw Melodies is hardly an exception. The album starts badly with (yet another) movie sample - possibly from Texas Chainsaw Massacre - and even a whiff of synthesizers. Thankfully the cliched elements soon give way to pure grindcore a la Machetazo and old Napalm Death and it's off to the races. The quintet does have a brutalizingly powerful sound, yet goes one step further and increases the value proposition with great gimmicks, lyrics and titles. Judging by a lack of the ubiquitous bar code Razorback products are not sold in stores. That is a sure sign of quality. Get this from your favourite mail order distributor and enjoy titles like 4 Brains, One Hand And One Foot In My Luggage, We Ate Daddy, A Leg Is In The Mail and Chatroom For Impalers. - Ali "The Metallian"
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