We Are the Truth is a 2018 music video by metal band Mushroomhead and an alternate version of their 2014 track of the same name. Jackie LaPonza of UnSaid Fate, guests on the track with the video being a tribute to the Evil Dead film… Read More ›
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Pleasure to Kill – thrash metal video by Kreator – Germany, 2017
‘Pleasure to Kill’ is a 2017 music video directed by Dariusz Szermanowicz and Rafal Szermanowicz for German thrash metal band Kreator. The new promo video has been filmed in celebration of the upcoming re-release of their first four Kreator albums: Endless… Read More ›
The Devil In I – song and music video by Slipknot
The Devil In I is a 2014 song and music video by American nu-metal band Slipknot produced by Greg Fidelman and the band themselves. The song is the second single taken from 5: The Gray Chapter, a Roadrunner Records release. Reviews: “chugs… Read More ›
A Little Piece of Heaven – song and music video by Avenged Sevenfold
A Little Piece of Heaven is a 2007 song and music video by American metal band Avenged Sevenfold taken from their eponymous fourth studio album, which was produced by themselves. It is an avant-garde yet melodic song inspired by Broadway show tunes, in… Read More ›
Sorrow – music video by Huntress
Sorrow is a 2015 music video by American heavy metal band Huntress. The video was written, edited and directed by Phil Mucci (www.diabolikfilms.com). Released by Napalm Records, ‘Sorrow’ is a single from the album Static. Video: Phil Mucci on Twitter |… Read More ›
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 Insane Clown Posse, who brought the genre into the mainstream,… Read More ›
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 member of the band since its creation. Balzac was highly influenced… Read More ›
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 naturalistic sounds in their music. The NME described them as… Read More ›
Out of the Black – rock song and video by Royal Blood
The surreal promo video for single ‘Out of the Black’ by British rock duo Royal Blood – vocalist/bassist Mike Kerr and drummer Ben Thatcher – features animated aliens that morph back and forth into live action gas station robbers dressed as… Read More ›
‘He’s My Thing’ song and music video by Babes in Toyland
He’s My Thing is a single by all-female punk rock band Babes in Toyland from their 1990 ‘Spanking Machine’ album, produced by Jack Endino (Mudhoney; Screaming Trees; Nirvana). As if the track wasn’t scary enough itself, the accompanying music video, directed by… Read More ›
Misfits – rock band
The Misfits are an American rock band often recognised as the progenitors of the horror punk sub-genre, blending punk rock and other musical influences with horror film themes and imagery. Founded in 1977 in Lodi, New Jersey by singer and… Read More ›
Toe Cutter – Thumb Buster by Thee Oh Sees – song and music video
‘Toe Cutter – Thumb Buster’ is a 2013 song by San Francisco-based indie rock band Thee Oh Sees. It was the second single taken from their album Floating Coffin. The violent and disconcerting music video for ‘Toe Cutter – Thumb Buster’… Read More ›
All Nightmare Long by Metallica – song and music video
All Nightmare Long is a song and music video by American metal band Metallica, released as their fifth single from their ninth album Death Magnetic on December 15, 2008. The song is in Drop D tuning. The music video, directed by Roboshobo (Robert… Read More ›
Who Was in My Room Last Night? – rock song and video by Butthole Surfers
‘Who Was in My Room Last Night?’ is the angst-ridden opening track from American alternative rock band Butthole Surfers’ sixth album, Independent Worm Saloon. The music video was directed by William Stobaugh, with animated sequences by Rob Zombie (The Devil’s Rejects; Halloween; The… Read More ›
GWAR – rock band
GWAR is a horror-themed shock-rock/metal band formed in Richmond, Virginia in 1984. The band became notorious through their outrageous stage show, which involve extravagant costumes and eye-popping sets that feature monsters, mutilation and mayhem. Each of the band members played a… Read More ›
Mummy Dance! by Characula – song
Mummy Dance! is a 2014 song by the mysterious American self-proclaimed “horror rock goddess” Characula whose musical influences apparently include Motley Crue and Gregorian chants. Rock producer Dito Godwin is behind the project, having worked with acts such as KISS… Read More ›
JokerBats – rock band
JokerBats are a metal glam goth rock band. Their single ‘Vampire’ was released on February 24, 2014. Press release: “As a band they have drawn inspiration from traditional hard rock bands like Motörhead, Metallica and Black Sabbath who’s own Ozzy Osbourne… Read More ›
Ghost B.C. – heavy metal band
Ghost – known as Ghost B.C. in the United States – is a Swedish heavy metal band, formed in Linköping in 2008. In 2010 Ghost released a three-track demo, followed by a 7″ vinyl titled “Elizabeth”, and eventually their debut full-length album Opus Eponymous. The album was widely praised and… Read More ›
Electric Frankenstein – rock band
Electric Frankenstein is an American rock band from Whippany, Clifton, and other areas of New Jersey, founded by Sal Canzonieri. Their music is generally considered punk rock, but includes elements of hard rock and heavy metal as well. Because of this, they have sometimes been referred to as AC/DC meets The Dead… Read More ›
Slipknot – Nu-metal band
Slipknot is an American nu-metal band from Des Moines, Iowa, formed in 1995. Slipknot is well known for its attention-grabbing image, aggressive music style, and energetic and chaotic live shows. They have specialised in horror-themed imagery, hiding their identities behind… Read More ›
Welcome to My Nightmare – album by Alice Cooper
Welcome to My Nightmare is the eighth studio album by Alice Cooper, released in 1975. This was Alice Cooper’s first solo album (all previous Alice Cooper releases were band efforts). It is a semi-conceptual album; the songs, heard in sequence,… Read More ›
Psycho Therapy by Ramones – song and music video
I like takin’ Tuinal It keeps me edgy and mean I am a teenage schizoid I am a teenage dope fiend The Ramones Psycho Therapy promo was directed in 1983 by Frances Delia and was promoted in Fangoria magazine # 34 at the… Read More ›
Screamin’ Jay Hawkins – singer/musician
In 1956, ex-boxer, soldier and R&B sideman, Jalacy Hawkins recorded a song so shocking that, having recovered from the drunken stupor he was in when making it, attempted to destroy the tape, claiming it couldn’t possibly be his work. The… Read More ›
Hopkins (The Witchfinder General) by Cathedral – song and music video
Hopkins (The Witchfinder General) was released by Lee Dorrian’s doom metal band Cathedral in 1996 on a 5-track E.P. Formed in Coventry, England in 1989 from ex-members of Napalm Death (Dorrian) and Acid Reign (guitarist, Gaz Jennings), the band sought to… Read More ›
Misfits – Scream! (song/music video)
“Scream!” is the ninth single by the horror punk band the Misfits, and the only single released from their 1999 album Famous Monsters. The music video for the song was directed by George A. Romero, famous for his Living Dead series of zombie films. “Scream!” was written in a parking lot in Seattle while the… Read More ›