Horrorcore: How Hip Hop Met Horror - article
Horrorcore is a subgenre of hip hop music based on horror-themed lyrical content and imagery. Its origins derived from hardcore and gangsta rap artists such as the Geto Boys and …
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Balzac - rock band
Balzac (typeset as BALZAC) is a Japanese punk band formed in 1992 in Kyoto. The band was founded by singer and songwriter Hirosuke Nishiyama, who has remained the only constant …
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Stalaggh/Gulaggh - rock band
Stalaggh, later to be re-named Gulaggh, are a musical collective with their foundations in the metal scene but which soon evolved to be a far more avant-garde unit incorporating disturbing …
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The Monster Album - compilation album
The Monster Album is a 1964 release on Don Costa’s DCP label. The twelve songs are mostly written by Dickie Goodman and Bill Ramal, though there are also takes on …
Read MoreSound Effects: Death & Horror - BBC albums
In 1967, the BBC created its own record label, designed to exploit the demand for commercially released TV tunes, comedy shows and, finding an unlikely niche in the market, sound …
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‘Dark London’ by The Tyburn Tree - album, 2014
The Tyburn Tree are a duo comprised of Soft Cell singer Marc Almond and saxophonist John Harle. On February 24, 2014 the pair released ‘Dark London’ on Sospiro Noir Records. …
Read MoreVincent Price: Witchcraft ∼ Magic: An Adventure in Demonology - album
Witchcraft - Magic: An Adventure in Demonology is a 1969 spoken word album, featuring the florid tones of horror legend Vincent Price as he discusses the world of witchcraft and …
Read MorePhantasmagoria - album by The Damned
Phantasmagoria - literally, a sequence of haphazardly associative imagery, as seen in dreams or fever - is the sixth album by punk/psychedelic/goth band The Damned, released by MCA Records in July 1985. After much …
Read MoreL’Étrange Monsieur Whinster - album by Horrific Child
Perhaps the most frightening album ever released, Horrific Child‘s “L’Étrange Monsieur Whinster” is a 1976 offering by Frenchman Jean-Pierre Massiera. Massiera had previously been behind Les Maledictus Sound, a 1968 project that …
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