Scarecrow from Finland are no strangers to the pages of this zine. These horror punk veterans just released their brand new e.p. containing four songs. If you have listened to their music you will know that Scarecrow play horror punk, but a bit harsher and melancholic at the same time, with many metal influences thrown in the song structures sounding awesome topped with harsh and melodic vocals by mastermind Jack13. So, let´s see what we get here. The title song is a bit more melodic and paying tribute to horror punk classics being metallic doo wop vision of horror. I can also hear tribute to The Misfits in guitar work towards the end of the song. This one has such superb melody just made for humming and singing along for all you horror fiends out there. Zombie is a remake, fast, almost thrash metal or Scandinavian death metal influenced song mixed with horror punk, blood lusty and energetic. This record also features epic guest vocal work by Johanna Rutto on The Beauty of the Beast, being my personal favorite on this record, that I listened to over and over again. Vocal interplay between Jack13 and Johanna created atmosphere that made my skin crawling with goosebumps. This nice splatterpunk record ends with Le Moribond, most metallic song of the record and hardest song making perfect ending. Great one again!
I must admit that I have never listened to Scotland´s Full Moon Freaks prior to this record. These five piece band plays an energetic mixture of psychobilly, surf rock, rockabilly and punk rock delivering horror punches all the while.
There are 13 songs on this record, one being different version of Strontium Dogs, one of the best songs on the record, one is a cover song and one is a demo version. I must admit that I am not a fan of surf horror rock but these guys mix enough in their song structures to make them interesting and great to listen. Lyrics are about, well you can guess from the record title, can´t you? For me, more melodic songs are my favorites, for example King Cobra Snake and Night Of The Living Dead , being epic and melodic perky little fiends.
This is great album for all you freaks and ghouls out there who love their horror psyched with ´billy and surf.
Time to continue with horror punk on the pages of this zine. Do you guys remember of a band called Scared Shitless we featured on the pages of this zine a while ago? Well, after they disbanded, two of the guys, namely Ryan and Jimmy continued making music with new Diechotomy.
This is their new release containing 5 songs of melodic and nice horror punk, just the way I like it. This last year, although worse in many forms, has been really nice for horror punk scene which exploded with many excellent releases and new and old bands. The music of Diechotomy is in many ways classic horror punk with many singalong parts, super melodies and really nice voice of Ryan Smith which reminds me a bit of Shadow Windhawk in some parts of the songs. Damn, as I listen to this record is dawns to me that this is one of the best horror punk records that I have listened to in a while. Mid tempo punk with horror pumping in the veins and the songs I somehow repeated the most are Invasion of the Body Snatchers and They Live, all horror fans will know the lyrical themes of these songs, such beautiful vocal harmonies, especially the interplay between backing vox and lead in They Live. Each of the five songs amazes me more and more. Night of the Creeps is another example how horror punk should be done. Aftermath finishes the record in apocalyptic way leaving me for more and more and spinning this e.p. constantly. Super!
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