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
ALLA XUL ELU & SUPER FAMOUS FUN TIME GUYS: Lost Lake Estates Release year: 2023Label: Long Live Evil It would appear that US horrorcore trio Alla Xul Elu have lately been doubling down on their own label Long Live Evil. … Continue reading Evil lives long in the Lost Lake Estates
LONESOME WYATT AND THE HOLY SPOOKS: Longing For Oblivion Release year: 2023Label: Tribulation Recording Company As I mentioned in my review of Those Poor Bastard’s God Awful (here), it’s been a long while since Lonesome Wyatt has done anything that’s … Continue reading Lonesome for oblivion
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
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
Only Death Is Real 