Voodoo poisoned drinks
VOODOO DOLLS: Poison In Your Drink 1983-1986 Release year: 2023Label: Crazy Love Records 1983. That’s some early, early history as far as psychobilly goes. The Meteors released their second album Wreckin’ Crew, Guana Batz their first 7″, The Sharks their … Continue reading Voodoo poisoned drinks
The deserted realms of Desecresy
DESECRESY: Deserted Realms Release year: 2023Label: Xtreem Music Finnish Desecresy are one of those bands, who’ve been plying their trade for a good while somewhat out of the limelight, chip by chip whittling away excess and piece by piece honing … Continue reading The deserted realms of Desecresy
A catechism for the devil
Nefastos, Johannes: SAATANA – MAAILMAN PELASTAJA Release year: 2023Publisher: Aeth PressAvailable in: Finnish I’m guessing that most readers of this site have some kind of perception of or relationship to satanism, but their spectrum is greatly varied. And certainly, there … Continue reading A catechism for the devil
Kennings of the sun and of the moon
VESPER KENNINGS: Wandering Suns And Harvest Moons – A Torchlit Dream Cycle In Eight Parts Release year: 2023Label: self-released I’m sitting here with Finnish Vesper Kennings’ new album spread out before me, laughing at something I said in my review … Continue reading Kennings of the sun and of the moon
Monuments to static momentum
CDG NOIR: Static Momentum Release year: 2023Label: self-released I’ll level with ya. When it comes to the harsher end of the industrial/post-industrial spectrum, my preferred style is without doubt power electronics. Typically, it’s got a bit more structure and internal … Continue reading Monuments to static momentum
From the Vaults #3: Bad Brains
I didn’t use to like punk. It was – well, I don’t know what it was. Too snotty? Too crude? Probably it just wasn’t metal, which was why I didn’t like it when I was younger. That despite the fact … Continue reading From the Vaults #3: Bad Brains
I love the smell of amps in the morning…
AMPSCENT: Ampscent Release year: 2023Label: Zoharum …It smells like a bad pun. And indeed, I do think this is a new low for the bad puns we are wont to use here at Only Death Is Real. But you’ll just … Continue reading I love the smell of amps in the morning…
Winter in the dungeons
TALVI: Complete Works ’01-’22 & Solstice Collection ’99-’02/’23 Release year: 2023Label: self-released Way back in the very early noughties, Finnish label Spinefarm (at the time home of acts such as Children Of Bodom and Barathrum) had a number of record … Continue reading Winter in the dungeons
The dead, released once more
THE COFFINSHAKERS: Graves, Release Your Dead Release year: 2023Label: Svart Records It’s been a long, long wait. Swedish horror country legends The Coffinshakers released their previous album all the way back in 2007. Since then, apart from the occasional gig, … Continue reading The dead, released once more
Insane Clown Posse’s total bedlam
INSANE CLOWN POSSE: Yum Yum Total Bedlam Release year: 2023Label: Psychopathic Records Over the years, we’ve occasionally covered horrorcore rap, that strange mutant subgenre of rap focusing on horror movies, sensational and exploitative depictions of violence and in general all … Continue reading Insane Clown Posse’s total bedlam
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