Release year: 2024Label: Young Guns II Now, this here release is a prime example of the reasons why I love punk, the grassroots scene and the DIY ethos. I mean, how awesome isn’t the story of how this release came … Continue reading ROACHENDERS: Roachenders
Let’s talk perfection. Let’s talk Danzig’s second album Lucifuge. Of its 11 tracks, an amazing 10 are pure perfection, and the remaining one track – Pain In The World – is “just” pretty damn awesome. Regardless of what you think … Continue reading From the Vaults #9: Lucifuge
Year: 2024Publisher: Basam BooksOriginal title: High Magick – A Guide to the Spiritual Practices That Saved My Life on Death RowAvailable in: multiple languages The name of Damien Echols might be familiar to you not only if you have an … Continue reading Echols, Damien: KORKEA MAGIA
Release year: 2024Label: self-released It’s funny. Whenever winter starts turning to spring, I start listening to horrorcore. I mean, I listen to it all year ’round a little bit, but when the first signs of spring start to appear, that’s … Continue reading KEAGAN GRIMM: Gospell
When someone my age listens to The Ink Spots, an all-black US vocal group who had their heyday in the 1940’s, one can relatively safely assume they are also a fan of the Fallout video game franchise. And yes indeed, … Continue reading From the Vaults #8: The Best Of The Ink Spots
THOSE POOR BASTARDS: Back To The Primitive Release year: 2024Label: Tribulation Recording Company As I stated in my review of US gothic country act Those Poor Bastard’s previous album God Awful (here), it’s been a while since the group have … Continue reading Back to the trite
BURDEN: Scorched Earth Release year: 2023Label: Rock ‘n’ Roll Disgrace/Rebellion Records Tough guy hardcore is a term familiar to anyone into the harder edge of punk music. You know, bands from New York or some such singing about the reality … Continue reading Scorched earth burden
SARDONIC WITCHERY: Barbaric Evil Power Release year: 2024Label: War March Records/Nekrogoat Heresy Productions/Abyssal Productions/Aniquilacion Satanica Productions The promo sheet drops names such as Judas Iscariot, Celtic Frost, Darkthrone and Venom as references. Well, in the grand scale of things, all … Continue reading Sardonic barbarity
VISION MASTER: Sceptre Release year: 2023Label: Gates Of Hell Records Nietzsche wrote about the concept of eternal return; the idea that things and phenomena will repeat in perpetuity – and of how one should overcome the fear of this. Now, … Continue reading Vision Master peering into the past
BLAZE YA DEAD HOMIE: Graveyard Greats 2 Release year: 2023Label: Majik Ninja Entertainment Detroit horrorcore gangsta Blaze Ya Dead Homie was once described by someone – possibly Violent J of Insane Clown Posse – as the third member of rap … Continue reading Blaze diggin’ the graves
Only Death Is Real 