Autopsy

Tourniquets, Hacksaws & Graves (Peaceville)

Led by ex-Death drummer Chris Reifert, Autopsy has celebrated the many ways to die since 1987. Tourniquets, Hacksaws & Graves follows up last year’s acclaimed The Headless Ritual with more straightforward smash ‘n’ thrash, featuring none of the knotty riff-twisting in which so many death metal acts indulge. Fronted by Reifert’s surprisingly articulate, pissed-off bark, Tourniquets is as accessible as a record with songs called “King of Flesh Ripped” and “After the Cutting” can be.

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This article appears in June 27 • 2014.

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Michael Toland started writing about music in 1988 on the Gulf Coast, moved to Austin in early 1991, and has inflicted bylines upon the corporeal and digital pages of Pop Culture Press, The Big Takeover, Blurt, Amplifier, Austin.citysearch, the Austin American Statesman, Goldmine, Sleazegrinder, Rock & Roll Globe, High Bias, FHT Music Notes, and, since 2011, The Austin Chronicle.