God Macabre was Swedish death metal band. They were formed in the winter of 1988 as a grindcore

Grindcore

Grindcore is an extreme genre of music that started in the early- to mid-1980s. It draws inspiration from some of the most abrasive music genres – including death metal, industrial music, noise and the more extreme varieties of hardcore punk....

 band named Botten På Burken In 1989 the switched to playing death metal and changed their name to Macabre End. They released a demo in September 1990 titled Consumed by Darkness which turned into an underground hit. Thereafter they changed their name once again to God Macabre. In 1992 the band split up after Johansson and Nilsson left the band in 1991 and no suitable replacements could be found. Boder and Sjöberg formed the band Snake Machine which evolved into Space Probe Taurus. After the split-up the only album recorded was released - The Winterlong.... The album was re-issued in 2002 with the demo as bonus tracks by Relapse Records

Relapse Records

Relapse Records is an independent record label based in Upper Darby, Pennsylvania. It was founded by Matthew F. Jacobson in 1990.-History:The label was started by Matthew F. Jacobson in August, 1990 in his parents' basement in Aurora, Colorado...

. In March 2008 the Relapse version of the album was also released on vinyl for the first time by the Swedish label Bloodharvest Records.

Discography

• Consumed by Darkness (demo, September 1990) - as Macabre End

The demo was remixed and released as a 7" in June 1991.

• The Winterlong... (Recorded December 1991, Released December 1993)

Members

• Per Boder - Vocals (1988–1992)
• Ola Sjöberg - Guitars (1988–1992)
• Jonas Stålhammar - Guitars (1990–1992)
• Tomas Johansson - Bass (1988–1991)
• Niklas Nilsson - Drums (1988–1991)