Knife Glove is a one man entity from Germany and this is the first demo opus containing five songs with Shreddy Krueger being the mastermind of all instruments and vocals. Yes, this is Freddycore. This demo and all its horror punk songs are dedicated to one and only Freddy Krueger as you might have guessed it from cover and title with sample from NOES part three. Considering music, this is horror punk par excellence with some really beautiful guitar melodies and choruses. Vocals are more gothic and sound too monotonous on some songs and could be a lot better if there is more drama in the singing itself. All of the five songs are in fact quotes from Freddy’s one liners in Nightmare On Elm Street movies which are one of my favorite horror franchises ever. My personal favorites are the title song, and You’re All My Children Now. The song Wanna Suck Face? sounds a lot like Bullet by Misfits in most of the song parts. Well, for first demo it is okay, let us see if singing improves and also some ideas in songwriting.
Dr. Murder are horror punk band from Sao Paolo, Brazil and this is their new single e.p. containing two songs. Title song is beautiful horror punk anthem about witch as far as I understood from Portuguese title of the song with nice vocals, neither snotty, nor trying to sound like Danzig clone. There are nice sing along parts as with many horror punk songs and bands but I love it, always did and always will. Second song, Uivando Para a Lua is typical ultra melodic punk rock song with horror vibe and fantastic harmonies between main and backing vocals. I love South America and discovering horror punk bands from their rich and vast underground scene. Great little single e.p.
The Obliteroids are hailing from Anderson, South Carolina. This is their new release containing 8 songs of punk rock, kind of mixture between street punk, especially in vocals and rawer guitar work, horror punk and yes, you read it right, synth punk. This is not your typical horror punk clone band, it is quite original in some song rhythm and change from almost scifi movie soundtrack to punk rock. The lyrics deal with serial killers, being yourself in awesome allegory Creature, phantoms, great songs like The Ballad of Cindy and Fred, my personal favorite The Wax Phantom or Slasher Meets Werewolf. I love the use of piano intros some samples and clever use of synths to add to the aggression where needed, but also to add some melody and melancholy where needed making me remember why I love horror punk so much in first place. This one is for name your price on Bandcamp, so go listen and show some love. I am sure the guys in the band will appreciate it.
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