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Horror Punk: the conversation always starts with the Misfits. No exceptions. They are the originators, the ones who took 50s garage pop and laced it with the most gruesome things Glenn Danzig s mind could imagine. But that doesn t mean the conversation ends at the Misfits there s a lot more out there. That s why we tapped Anders Manga of occult rock duo Bloody Hammers to get you more acquainted with things.
My intro to horror punk was actually via Metallica. When I was a kid, a friend of mine from the neighborhood had a copy of their
Garage Days Re-Revisted EP, which had a cover of The Misfits’ Last Caress on it. I’d never heard of Misfits but knew I had to find some of their records. This was pre-internet so that meant going from record store to record store digging through crates until you found something.
Horror Punk: the conversation always starts with the Misfits. No exceptions. They are the originators, the ones who took 50s garage pop and laced it with the most gruesome things Glenn Danzig s mind could imagine. But that doesn t mean the conversation ends at the Misfits there s a lot more out there. That s why we tapped Anders Manga of occult rock duo Bloody Hammers to get you more acquainted with things.
My intro to horror punk was actually via Metallica. When I was a kid, a friend of mine from the neighborhood had a copy of their
Garage Days Re-Revisted EP, which had a cover of The Misfits’ Last Caress on it. I’d never heard of Misfits but knew I had to find some of their records. This was pre-internet so that meant going from record store to record store digging through crates until you found something.
Anders Manga and
Devillia must have taken its cancellation harder than most.
Songs of Unspeakable Terror will be getting a fair few spins in ten months, that s for sure. Fans of
Black Sabbath, Ghost, Uncle Acid and the Deadbeats, and especially
Misfits will enjoy this classic take on the occult rock formula.
Bloody Hammers know the material well enough to make their sixth album a hit with genre diehards.
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“Hands of the Ripper” is an instant highlight. Its rolling doom riff and horrorshow lyrics draw on what makes
Bloody Hammers great. “Night of The Witch” shows the band fire all cylinders for one of the best tracks they’ve written in years.