Autopsy (band)

Autopsy
Autopsy at Setembro Negro 2012
Background information
OriginContra Costa County, California, U.S.
Genres
Years active
  • 1987–1995
  • 2008
  • 2009–present
LabelPeaceville
MembersChris Reifert
Eric Cutler
Danny Coralles
Greg Wilkinson
Past membersEric Eigard
Steve Cutler
Ken Sorvari
Josh Barohn
Freeway Migliore
Dan Lilker
Joe Trevisano

Autopsy is an American death metal band formed in Contra Costa County, California, in 1987 by Chris Reifert and Eric Cutler, after Reifert departed from Death after the release of the demo Mutilation (1986) and their debut album Scream Bloody Gore (1987). The group disbanded in 1995 and reunited in 2009. The band's hometown is in Concord, California.

The band, along with Death, Possessed, Obituary, Deicide and Morbid Angel are regarded as among the founders of modern death metal. Their first two albums, Severed Survival (1989) and Mental Funeral (1991), are regarded as genre-defining landmarks for the genre, helping to birth death metal and the associated genre of death-doom. They have released nine studio albums.

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