Samhain - November Coming Fire

Okay, so Samhain were a New Jersey based Deathrock band formed by ex-Misfits frontman and founder Glenn Danzig. This is was happened, in 1983, The Misfits broke up, Glenn was getting tired of problems within the band, he even told Henry Rollins of Black Flag that he planned to disband The Misfits months before their Halloween of '83 performance which ended the band. So The Misfits went their seperate ways. Glenn had plently of songs that he had already written that he planned to use in a different project, he was also growing more interested in Deathrock and Post-Punk bands (Christian Death, Alien Sex Fiend, Bauhaus), and decided to merge these dark Post-Punk sounds with the image and fast-paced music of The Misfits. He even got all the members of Samhain to grow devilocks (hey, Jerry Only really did do something for the original Misfits). Anyways, Samhain released three albums (Initium, November Coming Fire and Final Descent) and an extended play called Unholy Passion. If you ask me, November Coming Fire being their best. In 1987, Samhain broke up after Rick Rubin of Def Jam Recordings approached him with the idea of forming a rock super-group with Glenn as vocalist. Glenn refused to do so unless bassist Eerie Von of Samhain could be in this new band. Both agreed that the band's sound would have to change (haha, The Cult), and out of this lineup change and new sound came Danzig, a band that would allow Glenn to acquire currency, bitches, and MTV fame.

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The Order Of The Fly - Hollow Voices Of A Dead Generation

Okay, so I found these guys on youtube the other day, I was browsing horror-punk vids and came across this. I noticed that they don't sound much like other horror bands. They don't have a guitarist. They instead, they utilize dual synthasizers. They incorporate a lot of Deathrock, Electrorock, and even some speedy Metal into their fairly unique sound. I'd recommend this to people who like bands as diverse as old AFI, The Birthday Massacre, Paralitikos and Calabrese.

Now, please download this, you'll enjoy it.

Camp Z - Mental Straightjacket

Okay, so these guys are fairly obscure. And obscurity is ones ticket to coolness these days eh? So these guys have been around for around four years, and were originally conceived as a solo project for the French goth musician Manu/Zorch around 2006 (I think). So it's their third album, not much else I can say as this band are quite new to me, I'm too lazy to type in the tracklist as it's kinda long. But enjoy the album :)






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AFI - All Hallows EP

Okay, I know that you're probably thinking; "AFI are a bunch of whiny Emo fags". Well, you're wrong. Before AFI became a mainstream rock band, they were (beleive it or not), a Horror Punk band (and before that, a Hardcore band). Now, this is a pretty cool EP, it's long been out of print (on vinyl), although you can still purchase it on CD (which is not even as good). So, there's a Misfits cover on here, and like 3 other original songs. Download it, especially if you hate AFI. Because you'd be suprised to find that they were once an amazing band.

Tracklist

1. Fall Children
2. Halloween
3. The Boy Who Destroyed The World
4. Totalimmortal

Fuck yeah!

MGMT - Congratulations

Alright, first off, I'm a lazy ass and didn't feel like uploading anything in a while... Did ya miss me? (Obviously no). So, new MGMT album. Fucking superb. They're last album was good, but this really shows that they are more than simply a pop band. Face it, there's a 12 minute song on here, and they seem to enjoy talking about Brian Eno. The change in sound reminded me off... The Horrors. Which is not very relevant. So there's a lot of both electronic and acoustic guitars going on through this record, there are no Time To Pretend or Kids-esque songs. Just tripptacular psychedelic songs. No wonder it took three years for this, they were doing too much acid to concentrate. Which is exactly why this album is fucking fab. Download it, then buy it on CD or vinyl, but preferably vinyl.

So far, this is one of my favorite albums of 2010. Unless Neils Children or some other band do better.

Tracklist:

1. It's Working
2. Songs for Dan Treacy
3. Someone's Missing
4. Flash Delirium
5. I Found a Whistle
6. Siberian Breaks
7. Brian Eno
8. Lady Dada's Nightmare
9. Congratulations

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Alice In Videoland - Maiden Voyage

Okay... first album by the Electroclash band Alice In Videoland. Not a total gem but still pretty damn good. This is the worst post I'll ever do. Basically, the bands influences are EBM, Electro, Synthpop and Punk Rock. Typical Electroclash band haha.

Tracklist:

1. Lay Me Down
2. Got To Go
3. Going Down
4. Red
5. Dance With Me
6. Video Girl
7. Panic
8. Addicted
9. Naked
   
10. Sweet Thing

We'll be together to the end...

Crass - The Feeding of the 5000

Okay, first album by Crass. Yeah, the first real Anarchist punk band. People tend to say the Sex Pistols were the first Anarcho-punk band just because they had a song called Anarchy In The UK. But people tend to not see that Anarchism is really an umbrella term for various anti-Statist ideologies. Now enough with all this talk about Anarchism. So Crass were basically a complete challenge to the state of Punk music and the Punk culture of the time. Basically, it was... can you really call yourself a Punk and be signed to 100,000 pound contracts? (Yeah, The Clash haha). Well, Crass essentially said "No, Punk is dead". Of course, they were referring to the ethic, which is entirely as true these days as it was 32 years ago. You have "Punks" on the Warped Tour (this is directed at the people who call Anti-Flag the purest Punk band to walk the earth). Now... where was I? Oh yeah. Crass were the most elitist and exclusive of Punk bands to walk the earth. If you play for record companies, you're a sellout. End of story. It's like reverse-Elitism.

Fuck that shit...

Tracklist:

1. Reality Asylum
2. Do They Owe Us A Living?
3. End Result
4. They've Got A Bomb
5. Punk is Dead
6. Reject of Society
7. General Bacardi
8. Banned From The Roxy
9. G's Song
10. Fight Wars, Not Wars
11. Women
12. Securicor
13. Sucks
14. You Pay
15. Angels
16. What a Shame
17. So What
18. Well... Do They?

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Siouxsie and The Banshees - The Staircase (Mystery) single

Okay, single by Siouxsie & The Banshees. I realized that it's fairly hard to find on the interwebs so I decided to post it here. Not much else to say. There's a T-Rex cover on the b-side. Enjoy.

Tracklist:

1. The Staircase (Mystery)
2. 21st Century Boy [T-Rex cover]

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Los Carniceros Del Norte - Poe Is Dead

Okay, so Los Carniceros Del Norte are a Spanish Deathrock band who I discovered one day whilst browsing through some Goth vids on Youtube. What really attracted me to them was their dense guitarwork, it was a live set, so of course it sounded better. There are two obvious influences on this record. B-rated Horror films, and atmospheric Goth stuff. Shittiest review I've ever written. So hurry up and download.

Tracklist:

1. El Gato Negro
2. El Cuervo
3. La Mascara de la Muerte Roja
4. El Pozo y el Pendulo

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Aus-Rotten - Fuck Nazi Sympathy

Okay, first download post of the decade. Congrats on me. Not only is this the first post of the decade, but it's also the first Crust Punk post I've ever done. Yeah, recently I've been getting into some Crust stuff, exploring other areas of music per say. Not only is it the first Crust/Decade post, but it's also the first post that I'm doing without breaking any laws! Yeah, when Aus-Rotten released this infamous EP back in 1994 on Havoc Records, they actually wrote "Fuck Copyright Aus-Rotten" on the back.


Tracklist:

1. Tuesday, May 18th, 1993
2. Vietnam is Back '94
3. Fuck Nazi Sympathy
4. A.I.D.S.
5. Where Their Children Are

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Oh yes, almost forgot. I'd like to give a shout out to Darlin' Grave of the Deathrock bands All Gone Dead, The Readership Hostile... and to Tony Havoc of Scarlet's Remains, who recently had a baby, named Scarlett, 4 days ago :D