As most of you probably realize by now, 2024 is over and we’ve entered 2025. For those of you who haven’t, consider this a public service announcement. Anyhow, let’s take a look at some of the noteworthy releases of last … Continue reading A year in summation: 2024
Year: 2024Label: De La Rocka It’s been a long and winding road for Finnish singer-guitarist Panu De La Rocka. His previous band Graveyard Bashers released their third and final album in 2021 (Wreck ‘Em Dead, reviewed here). Not long after, … Continue reading DE LA ROCKA: Nightmare Reborn
Release year: 2024Label: Gangstarockers Records Have you ever heard of The Trailblazers? If you’re not from Finland, I’m wagering the answer is no. They were a Finnish rockin’ band, whose style of music was somewhere between neobilly and psychobilly. The … Continue reading HELLBLAZERS: Welcome To The Devil’s Room
Release year: 2024Label: Western Star Records Apparently, UK psychobilly act The Bad Roaches only ever recorded this one album and that was pretty much it. And for whatever reason, it remained unreleased for 13 years: recorded in 2011, this 2024 … Continue reading THE BAD ROACHES: Poison Heart
Release year: 2024Label: Mutant Rock Records During the COVID years, British psychobilly originators The Meteors seemed to be living in the studio. During 2021, they cranked out a whopping three full-length albums. And, to be honest, one could not escape … Continue reading THE METEORS: 40 Days A Rotting
THE HANGMEN: Debauchery In The Mortuary Release year: 2022/2023Label: Mortuary Records/Crazy Love Records It’s been a long wait for friends of British psychobilly act The Hangmen: their previous album was released way back in 2007, after which there’s only been … Continue reading Psycho party in the mortuary
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
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
DE LA ROCKA: De La Rocka Release year: 2023Label: Bad Billy Records Back in February, we took a look at former Graveyard Bashers guitarist Panu De La Rocka’s first solo release, the single Out Of This World – out due … Continue reading Transmissions from Planet Psycho
BATMOBILE: Brace For Impact Release year: 2023Label: Music On CD Having started out in 1983, Dutch Batmobile are one of the original psychobilly groups, and a steady presence within the scene. The band did take a short hiatus in the … Continue reading Batmobile bracing for impact
