Change of work schedule will leave this high and dry for a couple months. Probably be lucky to get one in a week rather than the one two combo I’d rather be delivering on Monday and Friday. Being pretty much dead from the neck up, this particular piece will be cobbled together and splinter from various sources I routinely ask readers to support.
Sol Nox’s Karl Haikara and Jackie Smit of Into the Necrosphere talk the mighty Exorcist III. One of my favorite dark horse horror gems. Well worth seeking out particularly now that there is so much time removed since original release. Not quite perfect as the studio forced an exorcism onto William Peter Blatty and his filmed take of Legion, but, much of the absurd humor and religious philosophical underpinnings of his supernatural detective novel are intact. Great performances from George C. Scott, Ed Flanders, Brad Dourif and Jason Miller as well as other character actors you probably know and Blatty knew from the Ninth Configuration (aka Twinkle, Twinkle Killer Kane.)
If you’ve seen the movie allow Peter Nyström/Megaptera be “The Passage to Your Evil Dreams” and relive moments with the Gemini Killer.
An earlier episode of Sol Nox has Karl talking the original Exorcist with Mike Purdy.
Mercedes McCambridge was no stranger to evil…
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A pair of No Cleaning Singing premieres with Amor Fati Productions. Two tracks now from Verminous Serpent. NCS first dealt “Seraphim Falls” on February 17.
While on the subject of NCS and Amor Fati… Bræ - Av vålnader bortom allt on February 20. Grab all the details here.
Instrumental black metal from down under: Úkryt - 1897. This first debuted over at Black Metal Daily. Starved Light with physical manifestations. Members of Departe and Verëvkina producing big sprawing beautifully majestic songs.
No sooner mentioned, it arrives, the 39th release and first of February 2023, Untrinaedah from Myælin. This time the core trio is joined by Rrrags’ Rob Martin on drums. Dual drums, synth, organ, guitars creating chaos, pensive drifts, drones, and all manner of sounds and atmospheres in between twilight and scorching desert sun.
not to be unidimensional conscious, Trepanation Recordings previews the first track off forthcoming Hypnodrone Ensemble. This is Aidan Baker & thisquietarmy's polyrhythmic avant rock collective. As the name implies is what one receives. You’ll either lock in or clock out. Perhaps even both. And if I did mention this previously I was obviously mesermized to repeat post. For this I will not apologize. Nor will I apologize for the aside to Disharmonic Orchestra.
Going to continue being lazy and stick with Trepanation Recordings and the near future release of Late Night Venture’s V: Bones of the Extinct. The Danes bring a psyche inflected post rock doom that is sort of a mix of Cult of Luna and US Christmas to me. Big washes of sound effects bringing the sci-fi psychedelia, lumbering riffs, pounding rhythms and those big static vocals you love or loathe.
More rumbling from the Centipede Abyss… Vertebrae Fetish Totem from Jared Moran. How does this guy manage these audio convulsions? Tyler Durden stuff… When Jared sleeps Plaguehammer records, when Plaguehammer rests Jared records. I’m inclined to believe he is the beast who never sleeps and is constantly writing, recording as naturally as it is for mere mortals to breathe. Vertebrae Fetish Totem is future primitive death doom with dollops of feedback, churning riffs bearing the weight of a fully loaded cement truck, staggering rhythms, Black Flag inspired solo skronk, guttural vocals countered with raspy screams.
Horrorwolf666’s Brandon Legion talks scene specific frights with Tombs’ Mike Hill and Ralph Schmidt of Ultha. Do any of their picks tie to Sol Nox’s Exorcist III episode? You’ll have to listen to find out.
“So sorry you were murdered, Thomas, I miss you.”
This was just uploaded late 2.22.23 on TravisBickle1963 youtube account. Appropriately enough 4:20 is where the magic and rage begins. If you know, you know.