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Autopsy
death metal and death doom ยท Contra Costa County, California
- Founded
- 1987
- City
- Contra Costa County, California
- Hub region
- Bay Area
- Status as of 5 September 2026
- active; new album planned for 2027
- Connections
- 14 edges, 14 distinct neighbors · betweenness 0.023 (rank 24 of 371) · people and production 0.000 (rank 190)
- Confidence
- High · sources: [W] [DAU] [BAU] [MA] (register)
Chris Reifert returns from Death to the Bay Area in August 1987 and forms Autopsy with Eric Cutler. Severed Survival (1989, Peaceville, signed on Carcass's recommendation) and Mental Funeral (1991) are the death doom root the Swedish bands name alongside Death. Steve DiGiorgio plays bass on Severed Survival.
Lineup: Chris Reifert (drums, vocals), Eric Cutler and Danny Coralles (guitars), Joe Allen (bass)
Connections
People and personnel
- founderChris Reifert1987 to present
- guest support fromSteve DiGiorgioBass on Severed Survival and Fiend for Blood1989, 1991
Lineage
- came out ofDeathChris Reifert, home to the Bay Area after Scream Bloody Gore1987
Influence
- influenced byHellhammer and Celtic FrostMorbid Tales is the death doom starting point Autopsy names1984
- influencedDarkthroneSoulside Journey's death metal1990
- influencedNihilist1989
- influencedParadise LostSevered Survival as the death doom root1989
- influencedWinter1989
- influenced byObituarySlowly We Rot's tempos, in the death doom histories1989
- influencedIncantation1989
- influencedHooded Menace2007
- influencedNecrot2011
Labels, festivals, tours, collaborations
- collaborationBolt ThrowerBlood Brothers tour, with Pestilence1990
- labelPeaceville RecordsSigned on Carcass's recommendation1989 to present