This band was already featured on the pages of our zine when we reviewed their record. The band worked hard, played their gigs and here is the new e.p. These trio from Calgary, Alberta, Canada play horrorpunk with a lot psychobilly influences and they have upright bass. They remind me a lot of Koffin Kats with very fast, energetic and anthemic horrorpunk blasting from the speakers while listening to the record. There are 5 songs on this record and I am happy to hear how this band progressed with time playing tighter, more catchy and super songs with a lot of oooos and aaas and cool lyrics just made for singing along. Off this record my personal favorites are War Of The Monsters and Satanic Mastermind. Fine record indeed. Halloween is close, but do not listen horrorpunk only on Halloween, do it every day!
It is time for horrorpunk to grace the pages of this zine again. It has been four years since Calabrese, one of my favorite horrorpunk bands released last album called Lust For Sacrilege. That album marked a bit darker and grittier, heavier side of things for the three brothers of whom this band consists.
The new record contains 11 songs. The music is horrorpunk in basic, but you won˙t find here no third rate Fits rehash, but something original, a unique sound that Calabrese developed through the years of existence. Old songwriting craftship is still here, with songs like He Who Flees The Light or Demonspitter sounding old school Calabrese with a bit of noise and nervousness thrown in the song structures. The other thing that I love about them how they developed dark and somehow almost metal and gothic influences in the slower songs like King Prowler for example making the record interesting and diverse. The interesting and original thing is also that they recorded videos for all the songs from this record, so check em out on YouTube in the order as the record songs go. Maybe some songs are not anthemic as the old ones like Pleasures Of Evil being for me one of the best on the album combining harsh darkness with melodic chorus. Maleficis Visibilis serves as a kind of intro for malicious things to come hehe with synth melodic being done reminding me of all the favorite 80-ies horror flicks. Bobby and Jimmy interplay excellently with their vocal lines creating a interwoven net of haunted melodies. The last third of the album climaxes in fantastic songs like All The Devils In Hell and superb End Of Time At The Gates Of Hell. This is by far the most complex and most diverse Calabrese record and it is fantastic!
Scarecrow is a Finnish band that plays horrorpunk with metal and hardcore influences. Scarecrow was born in 2000. In Twenty years they have made hell of a lot stuff and seeked for melodic, brutal and fast, but also deadly slow songs, made four full length albums, hundreds of gigs and wasted hundreds of litres blood and beer. Here is their brand new mini album “Nachzehrer”.
SCARECROW RELEASES:
2019 – Nachzehrer miniCD
2016 – Exterminators of the year 4000 CD/LP
2016 – Macabre Night 7”EP
2015 – MaggotBox 2000-2015 2CD
2014 – Amores De Vampiros 7″EP
2013 – FLESHEATERS III CD
2009 – THE TERROR CD/12″
2006 – DEADCROW CD/12″
2005 – La morte vivante miniCD
2005 – Tales from the crypt MC Split w/ Lucien
2004 – Fuck the world 7″EP Split w/Sex sex sex
2004 – Endless spine miniCD
2004 – Black chains miniCD
2002 – Evil never dies EP 12″
2002 – Creepshow EP 12″