October has started and Samhain/Halloween is close, so what better way to start festivities than with horrorpunk. The Crimson Ghost are from Bergamo, Italy and have been active for ten years now. They are not to be mixed with better known The Crimson Ghosts from Germany due to name similarity. Anyway, Curtains of Fear is their second album and it contains eight songs of horrorpunk with girl on vocals who sings quite great and has very strong yet melodic voice. The music is not your typical Misfits/Blitzkid clone, no this album is varied in style ranging from more straightforward old school horrorpunk with Werewolf in Blood, but also more bizarre haunting groove of Lost in the Dark, my personal favorite The Curse of Mummy which was previously released as e.p. prior to this album and wisely chosen as single. But, what surprised me the most is a horror ballad Devils In The Dark which is a metal power ballad with almost thrash metal parts thrown in there for good measure. So, if you like your horrorpunk more varied, melodic yet metalized then this one is for you. It is a small scene, yet quite tight and support it.

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