Chris Reifert (born February 23, 1968) is an American
death metal musician, and one of the pioneers of the
death/doom genre. Although his music is more
death metal than
doom metal, he is one of the first musicians that blended the two styles. He played drums on the
Death debut album,
Scream Bloody Gore. Since he parted ways with Chuck Schuldiner in 1987 after Schuldiner moved back to Florida, Reifert decided to stay in the
San Francisco Bay Area, and in 1987 he formed his own band,
Autopsy. In this band, he played not only drums but handled the
vocals as well. After several albums, Autopsy split up in 1995 and Reifert and band mate
Danny Coralles began playing in their side-project,
Abscess, full-time. After Abscess dissolved in 2010, Autopsy reformed and is currently planning to tour and record new material.