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England \ gore literature \ Great Britain \ Harrison Phillips \ horror literature \ splatter horror \ splatter literature
Night of the Freaks (Murder Clown Splatter Literature)
When I think of “freakshow,” American Horror Story comes to mind immediately. Night of the Freaks has that undertone; an ominous, dark feeling, that continues through the book, as I learned of the stuff that happens within “William Wilson’s Wonderful World Of The Weirdos.” This read gets straight into the action, leaving the reader […]
Chris Kiesling \ death metal \ Misanthropic Art \ Misanthropic-Art \ Redefining Darkness Records \ Spain \ United Kingdom
Undead – Putrefactio (Nu-Death Metal, Actually Not Just Kidding)
This is a good example of a band that takes itself way too seriously in group photos, but once you listen to it you say “damn it to hell if you don’t deserve to act that way.” Light corpse paint, scary faces, grim stares, leaning (gasp) towards nu-metal aesthetic, I mean come on! Should […]
Caligari Records \ Fort Wayne \ Indiana \ Rohhalusmu \ Roy Oktavionata \ spectral death metal \ United States
Desekryptor – Curse of the Execrated (Spectral Death Metal)
Here’s a band that needs to get its shit together and make a goddamn full-length. Around for almost a decade, and with a sound that will rot the peace out of your existence, Desekryptor have only dropped demos, a comp (which is really just a collection of demos, let’s be real), and one split, […]
Blu-ray \ DVD \ Hong Kong \ horror action \ horror comedy \ Unearthed Films \ William Chang Kee
Calamity of Snakes (Reptilian Slaughter Horror Comedy)
Well, well, well…it looks like my big buddy Stephen Biro released another decent movie. Praise Allah. In another case of broken clocks telling the right time twice a day, Unearthed Films unleashes Calamity of Snakes. This truly obscure 1983 Hong Kong disasterpiece has languished on the likes of cheap Brentwood DVD sets for far too […]
Caelan Stokkermans \ Connecticut \ melodic doom metal \ Newington \ Prosthetic Records \ United States
Fires in the Distance – Air Not Meant for Us (Don’t Listen to This with Headphones Melodic Doom Metal)
I sat on this one awhile because it didn’t sit well with me at first, and I believe I finally know the reason. But keep reading before you get incensed from that opening line, I have more to say on the matter. Fires in the Distance are quite the mouthful in a variety of […]
Belgium \ epic heavy metal \ France \ Jawbreaker Records \ Sébastien Grenier \ traditional heavy metal
Impending Triumph – S/T (Traditionally Defined Heavy Metal)
This one is completely emphatic about itself. Everything speaks of old school, epic, fantasy heavy metal. Just look at it! A logo forged from blades with a bastard sword in it, some barbarian warrior with a huge sword featuring more lugs than necessary, muscles in places they don’t exist, skulls of fallen enemies, fire, […]
Blu-ray \ Dario Argento \ Italian horror \ Italy \ Synapse Films
Phenomena (Italian Psychic Power Insect Horror)
Dario Argento is a legend for many reasons, a director with a body of work most directors would kill for. While his work of recent memory has been scattershot at best, there’s no denying that he was on a tear from Deep Red until possibly The Stendhal Syndrome (some would say Opera). Today, we’re […]
dark fantasy \ dark folk \ Focus Entertainment \ PC \ PlayStation 5 \ Poland \ Steam \ THE PARASIGHT \ XBox Series S \ Xbox Series X
Blacktail (Slavic Dark Fantasy Arrow Combat)
Here’s a game that’s simply amazing. Little else needs to be said, but here goes. I hadn’t heard word of Blacktail until I saw it drop on GeForce Now, but the premise intrigued me, as it’s essentially billed as an origin story of the legendary witch of Eastern Europe, Baba-Yaga. Taking place in a […]
demonic stoner metal \ Helter Skelter Productions \ Kuala Lumpur \ Malaysia \ stoner metal
Ibliss – (((Unholy))) (Malaysian Demonic Stoner Metal)
I usually don’t do reiussues, but seeing as how this is getting a proper format in preparation for a new full-length, not to mention the first band we’ll be reviewing from out of Malaysia, I figured eh, why not? Stoner metal is often a tough sell though, regardless of origin, because, much like a […]
dark heavy metal \ Greece \ Gus Mertha \ retro heavy metal \ traditional heavy metal \ VHS culture
Skinher – Heartstruck (Horror VHS Heavy Metal)
Certain cover art layouts give a great sense of what you’re musically in store for. This one definitely stood out with its pulp, EC Comics-styled organization, placing you in the POV of the killer post-kill, the knife metaphorically cutting through the image at a diagonal to draw your attention. I mean, wow. But there’s […]
