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(review) Left Hand Black-ST

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Long time no horrorpunk band graced the pages and crypts of Kraykulla webzine. Risen from the ashes of mighty The Dead Next Door, Gothenburg´s Left Hand Black release their debut album. The album contains 13 songs of old school melodic horrorpunk, reminding me of Blitzkid and The Other combining nod to the old school masters of the genre, yet remaining modern and fresh sounding. The vocals are nice, deep and melodic, not trying to sound like Danzig clone, but staying original. The songs are superb, delivering almost Ramones like simple energy, with lots of ooohs and aahs singalong parts and being wet dream for all of us horrorpunk fiends. The songs that are somehow my favorites are Let`s Scare Jessica To Death(have you seen the movie by the way? It is fantastic!), Behind The Green Door, Walking Dead. Fantastic horrorpunk from north!

10/10

(News) A bit of horrorpunk with Hotel Murder´s new single!

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Toronto, ON Punk Rock act Hotel Murder have a released a new self-titled single that will be the first track off the bands upcoming third EP to be released in 2020.  The Track, “Hotel Murder”, is written about the infamous first American serial killer H.H. Holmes. Holmes built a Hotel later coined the Murder Castle for its specific purpose of providing him with a place to kill his victims and opened its doors to tourists visiting the nearby World’s Fair in 1893.

This edifice became Holmes’ booby-trapped paradise. The space featured soundproof rooms, secret passages and a disorienting maze of hallways and staircases. The rooms were also outfitted with trapdoors over chutes that dropped Holmes’ unsuspecting victims to the building’s basement.

The basement was a macabre facility of acid vats, pits of quicklime (often used on decaying corpses) and a crematorium, which the killer used to finish off his victims.

the bands newest single, “Hotel Murder”, released Oct 31, 2019: http://hotelmurder.bandcamp.com/track/hotel-murder

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Hotel Murder is horror inspired punk by your favorite wannabe serial killers…

Alex Spence (Lead Vox) – A Veteran of the Toronto underground music scene, Alex hails from Ajax, is a Gemini, and has the devil in his eyes.

Faraz Jabbari (Bass/Vox) – Played bass in 5grs (Progressive Thrash/Gothic Metal). From Tehran, Iran, sculpted by the gods.

Nick MacDougall (Drums) – Used to drum for Black City Avenger (Halifax Punk Rock). From Halifax, can kill you using only his pinky finger.

Jeff Mouland (Guitar) – Was a guitarist in Kyfe (Toronto D-Beat/Crust). From Newfoundland, soft spoken, cuddly scare bear.

Social Media Links:

the bands newest single, “Hotel Murder”, released Oct 31, 2019: http://hotelmurder.bandcamp.com/track/hotel-murder

Bandcamp Page:

https://hotelmurder.bandcamp.com

Facebook Page :

https://www.facebook.com/hotlmurdr

Live Footage – Two Bats in Flight

https://youtu.be/jzs47lOzWvM

(review)DETOXI-First Flesh

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This is a debut full length by Detoxi, band hailing from Ventura, California. The members of the band are in no way strangers to the underground scene having played in many bands throughout the years. This record contains 10 songs. The music of Detoxi is a mixture of horrorpunk, postpunk and goth darkness with keyboards adding to the overall vibe as if watching some old Hammer horror movie which I love so much. The vocal lines are melodic and singer sounds great, the music is upbeat, energetic and even, how should I put it, dancable. Modus Operandi, Masks or Nonsense are the songs that will really ignite your old darkened heart hehe. This is a nice record! 8/10

https://detoxi.bandcamp.com/