With tons of kick-ass acts such as The Other, Calabrese, Gorgeous Frankenstein, The Crimson Ghosts and countless others, the horror punk scene is stronger than ever these days. And one group, that definitely deserves to be mentioned among the very best bands of the genre’s “second wave” as well, is Blitzkid from Bluefield/Virginia! Since these cool ghouls have just released an excellent new album and announced some pretty important line-up changes, I’ve hooked up with founding member Argyle Goolsby and asked him to fill me in about the latest news from the Blitzkid camp. Here’s what he had to say…

Note: The interview has originally been done in February 2011 for Germany’s Virus magazine, where it appeared in a shortened, translated version. Of course, half a year later, it isn’t brand-new anymore, but it’s still an entertaining read that introduces one of the best punk bands of our time to the HYB readership. Enjoy!

HORROR YEARBOOK: Hey guys, first and foremost I gotta confess that this interview caught me kinda off guard, cause I was already through with my questions when I took another look at your website and found out that singer/guitarist TB Monstrosity had just left the band after more than 13 years in Blitzkid. Damn… so, in order to keep the Virus readers up-to-date about the latest news from the Blitzkid camp, please let us know what led to TB’s decision to leave the band. And, of course, what does his departure mean for the future of Blitzkid?

ARGYLE GOOLSBY: “Yes we have had a rather significant lineup change over the last few months. TB has left Blitzkid because he is now married, has a family, and his life is no longer able to support the lifestyle of a touring band. Aside from this, he wants to move on to play other kinds of music. He’s just not finding a happiness in playing Blitzkid’s style of music anymore.

We can see how the fans who don’t know the band intimately would interpret this as a huge potential for the band to lose i’s edge, but it’s not going to. This wasn’t a sudden change. we knew of TB’s desire to move on for some time and we took plenty of time to test it out without him. What we discovered is that the band is no less strong than it ever has been. This sort of thing happens all of the time. Members, even key members, sometimes come and go. That’s life. Being a band for over a decade, it’s very easy for something like this to eventually happen. People get older and their priorities change. I still have just as fresh of a vision for Blitzkid as I ever have and with Nathan Bane writing songs with me, we have a lot of great material ahead. I’ve been at the wheel of this band for a long time, and I accept my leadership position in it. I also take the responsibility very seriously as I always have. The face of the band may have changed but as you will all find out in time, the quality of the music is still within me.”

HYB: Roughly three months ago, you were still takin’ part in another successful incarnation of the legendary „Hell Nights“ tour with you buddies from The Other. These tours have become kind of a tradition for you guys and you’ve played in Germany around Halloween three times in the past five years. What is it that makes the “Hell Nights” tours so special and draws you back to the old continent again and again?

AG: “Hellnights began as something that we were invited play in 2006 and since then we have played it 3 times. It’s a great tour and has always had a very intimate atmosphere to it. All of the bands we play with on this tour are always close friends so it’s like one big week long slumber party. Haha. The crowds are always great. All of these things keep us coming back.”

HYB: Last year, however, was the first time you played infront of German audiences as a four-piece instead of the original power-trio. So who’s the new guy on board and why did you decide to ask him join your ranks? And will you recruite another new member now that TB has announced his departure or will you go back to rockin’ as a three-piece from now on?

AG: “Our new guitarist is Nathan Bane. He is from Cincinnati, OH. We’ve known Nathan since he was 14. I booked his old band, The Epidemic’s, first show. He’s been a good friend of mine for a long long time. Last year, we decided it was time to get a full time second guitarist to better fill out our sound at live shows. Both TB and I immediately suggested Nathan. We asked if he wanted to join and he did.

He’s a tremendously talented guitar player and an amazing singer. On top of all of that he is an incredible singer. The first time I heard him sing when he was 14 I couldn’t believe the voice i was hearing was coming from him. Nathan is involved on all levels of the band and is an integral part to the operation of this band. As for finding a new guitarist we may or may not do that. We’ll see. We’d like to not rush it. If the time comes that we want to do it and we find the right person then it’s definitely something we would consider.”

HYB: If I’m not mistaken, Nathan Bane can also already be heard on the new album, “Apparitional,” which is due to be released through Germany-based People Like You Records in late February, 2011. Why did you decide to part ways with Fiendforce Records after five years and three albums and what convinced you that People Like You Records would be the right label for Blitzkid in the future?

AG: “We had heard that PLY was interested in Blitzkid and we talked with them about it. We wanted to take the next record as far as we could and maximize its potential. We felt like PLY was a great label to do this. We talked to the guys at Fiend Force records and expressed to them our desire to move over to PLY. They were totally supportive. That’s the cool thing about Fiend Force records. They want to see their bands succeed and take all the opportunities that they can, and that was the case for us in leaving. We still support Fiend Force Records just as much as we ever did and they do the same for us. It was just time to go forward and everybody understood.”

HYB: Now that the new album’s finally in the can after you’ve worked on it for two years, how satisfied are you with the result? Is there anything that you would have changed with hindsight or has everything turned out exactly like you wanted it to be?

AG: “I LOVE THIS RECORD! I know opinions will vary and that is natural, but for me personally, as an artist, on a level of feeling happy with my work, I’m totally satisfied with how everything on this record turned out.”

HYB: Personally, I gotta say I absolutely love “Apparitional.” One thing, that particularly amazes me, is the fact that in case of Blitzkid there are never any fillers on the albums but only kick-ass horror punk anthems with true hit potential! So I wonder how you manage to come up with all these great songs? Do you actually write a lot more tunes and only pick out the best ones to be on the album or do you already know right from the first “outline” whether an idea is worth drawing up or not? And do all members of Blitzkid contribute to the songwriting process in equal shares or do you have any main songwriters in the band who are particularly responsible for the tunes that end up on your albums?

AG: “Thank you very much! We strive to write good songs. It’s not something we necessarily sit down and intentionally TRY to do, but we try to remain conscious of how the song feels and try to keep an outside perspective on how the song may make other people feel. Usually we know right away when a song has this quality and we develop it into a finished product. An important element in the way I approach songwriting is melody and how it blends and interacts with harmony and scales. It’s something very fundamental in our music and I think people really enjoy that aspect of our songwriting.

I’ve always been fascinated with melodies and vocal harmonies. They have so much potential to bring great depth into your songs and most of all mood. There really isn’t a process of how we decide what songs go on a record. There also isn’t a screening test to see what can or can’t be a Blitzkid song. If it feels good to us we do it. Even if it’s ‘different’ than what people expect or think a band like us should sound like.

We are associated with the horror rock community and we gladly accept it back, but in songwriting, we don’t try to write to fit into that genre. As long as a song we write convinces us then it’s real enough to become a part of what we do. Even if it is different, i think people see that we are convinced by what we are doing no matter what, and like it or hate it, embrace it and accept it. Because really, at the end of the day, you want to see a band playing something it believes in. This is why we’ve been able to be a band for so long. Both Me and Nathan Bane are the primary songwriters of Blitzkid. We have been writing so many songs lately. Coming out of the recording process for APPARITIONAL, I have felt such a creative energy and Nathan has been feeling the same. We’ve been using that to create all of these new songs. We already have our next album planned. Haha.”

HYB: If my ears haven’t mislead me, I noticed that lately quite a few 50s rock’n’roll influences have found their way into your sound as well and blended in perfectly with your punk rock roots. Would you agree with this? And what would you say are your biggest influences, besides the obvious marks that bands like the Misfits or the Ramones have left on your sound?

AG: “Personally, I have always been influenced by old American Rock n’ roll. Particularly, the rock and roll created in the mid to late 1950′s. I love Doo Wop as well. This is what I listened to religiously as a kid on the radio and this is where my love for harmony and my desire to understand it began. Those songs, even though I was just a kid, had such power over my overall mood and feelings. I look back on this and realize that when you are a kid you don’t have any junk or lies, or bullshit in your head yet. To identify with that music was proof to me that there was a magical innocent quality about the songs from those days.

As I got older and my musical interests started to broaden and I started writing my own songs, there was a natural incorporation of 1950′s rock and roll into what I did because it was just a part of me. Initially being a punk band, it’s hard to incorporate it into your music, but I never tried to write any kind of song. A lot of our music reflected us as individuals at those times in our life. So punk and that energy was always a big part of what you would hear in our songs.

As I continued to write, and I understood it better, and understood myself better, more of those old influences started making their way into Blitzkid in not just harmony styles, but in the form of actual song structure. The biggest influences I had on me as a kid was Buddy Holly (who i have a tattoo of on my leg), Jerry Lee Lewis, and Dion and the Belmonts.”

HYB: On “Mr. Sardonicus” Blitzkid got support from a true horror punk legend, namely Doyle Wolfgang Von Frankenstein of Misfits fame! How did you get him to play on your album and what does it feel like to have a guy like him play on one of your tunes?

AG: “Doyle had told me that he really liked that song and that it had become his favorite Blitzkid song overall. I had shown it to him when I was playing in his band Gorgeous Frankenstein. When we decided to put it on Apparitional ed him up and asked him if he would want to play on it. He said he would and the rest is history.”

HYB: Your lyrics on “Apparational” once again deal with the dark, eerie and macabre. What is it that is so fascinating about the classic horror movies and spook stories that you keep writing so many songs about them?

AG: “There’s a nice underlying beauty in macabre subjects. Namely in imagery. I like macabre and gothic literature, but my favorite aspect within that is the descriptiveness to detail. I love stories by Algernon Blackwood, Wilkie Collins, JS Le Fanu, M.R James, Lovecraft, and Poe. They are artists that had a wonderful knack for words and understood the power of them. I learned to appreciate literature and the world around me in general because of literary greats like this. So naturally as time and my life developed, my own future perspective was born through the awakenings their works brought me. When I started writing songs, it naturally became a part of not only what i wrote about, but how I wrote it.”

HYB: All in all I’d still say that the whole horror thing plays a rather subtle role in Blitzkid’s sound and appearance. Sure, you wear zombified make-up on stage, you got ghastly fiends on your album covers and you sing about monsters and stuff, but it’s nevertheless always the music itself, that is in the centre of the attention and the creepy imagery rather supports it than distracts from it. So what would you say, how important is the connection to the horror genre for a band like Blitzkid? Is it something that you’d do forever or could you also imagine to record a couple of tunes someday that have nothing to do with the dark and twisted at all?

AG: “We’ve always had a direct link to the horror genre and we feel we have a kindred spirit to that genre in general. I think it’s a very important link for Blitzkid but it’s not something we solely do in order to be a band. I think the horror genre identifies with us because of our approach to songwriting and our subjects. On the same page we identify with the horror genre because it embraces many of the things we love so it’s a nice relationship. If the genre didn’t exist we would still write the way we do. It’s just nice that what we create falls so nicely into something as it does with the horror world.”

HYB: If one wonders what your fave horror films of the past are, one only has to take a look at song titles such as “Hellraiser”, “Candyman”, “My Bloody Valentine” or “The Hills Have Eyes.” But what are your fave fright flicks of the last few years? Which contemporary movies did scare you the most and could you imagine writing a song about any of them in the future, too?

AG: “I really enjoyed the remake of the Wolfman. I don’t really like horror movie remakes. I do understand why people remake movies, though. So I try not to criticize a horror remake until I watch it and can determine if the same message of the original was conveyed. That’s the crucial part. Some movies have such a powerful message that they capture the hearts of people all over the world and instantly become timeless. Their messages are so universal that decades and generations later they can be re interpreted to fit the current worldview. Sometimes this works and sometimes it doesn’t. In the case of the Wolfman, I thought it was a success in that department. I also liked the Sam Raimi movie Drag me to Hell. That was awesome”

HYB: Now that the new album is about to be released soon, what can we expect next from Blitzkid? Are there already any new tours or festival appearances planned, for example?

AG: “Yes, we will be touring quite a bit when Apparitional comes out. We will be back to Europe in Late April and will tour there until Late May. We will then be back for some festivals in August and again I hope, around Halloween.”

HYB: Out of personal curiosity, what’s the name of the metal song you played as an encore at your Hamburg gig together with the guitarist of The Other and one of the guys of Nim Vind? I absolutely loved it but have to confess I have no idea what it was… was it a cover or one of your own tunes?

AG: “It was called “The Sarge Song”. I made it up one day at sound check on Hellnights. We were in Frankfurt I believe. Sarge and the other guys from The Other were standing around and I just started playing this riff and singing these lyrics about how metal Sarge is. Hahaha. He had been wearing an Overkill shirt for nearly 5 days straight and it just came to me at that moment. I think we will actually record this song! So many people really liked it which is awesome. I just find it funny because it was just this random joke.”

HYB: Well, that’s it for now! Thanks a lot for the interview! If there’s anything you’d still like to get out to your fans, now’s the time to do so.

AG: “Thank you for your undying support. Monsters may change faces, but what they represent will never die. Such is the case with Blitzkid. We want to thank all of our fans in Europe for making this band so amazing to be a part of. We love you all and promise to continue doing what we do and kicking ass no matter what.”

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Questions by Tobias Piwek
Answers by Argyle Goolsby

[Editor's Note: In the ultimate act of laziness and in an effort to quickly update the site, I did not edit Insan0's typed answers. They appear exactly as he sent them to us, and perhaps that is the way he wanted them to appear in the first place.]

It’s should be no secret to horroryearbook alumni that your old pal Brain Hammer loves Satan. I say it all the time. Any of friend of the Devil is a friend of mine…and one of my more interesting myspace friends is an INSANELY talented and demented motherfucker named insan0. insan0 is blowing the fuck up out of the underground with his unique brand of “Ultra Psychopathic Snuff Serial Killer Horrorcore Brutal Evil Extreme Satanic Death Murder Music.”

On Halloween Night 2009, insan0 dropped a brand new ep titled SAY YOU LOVE SATAN. This 3 track ep was created specifically for the true crime/murder music enthusiasts. SAY YOU LOVE SATAN is inspired by true events – a violent murder that occurred in Northport, New York back in 1984. Ricky Kasso (RIP) was THE ACID KING. He supplied the town of Northport with all the doses, dope, and dust they needed, and then some. Gary Lauwers was a scumbag who made the fatal mistake of ripping off the Acid King and he paid with his young life. Ricky, along with his evil disciples Jimmy and Albert invited Gary out for a night of fun in Azteka Woods, and then butchered him as a sacrifice to SATAN.

insan0′s SAY YOU LOVE SATAN ep takes you right back to that dark night in 1984 and puts you right inside the twisted mind of the Acid King. The three new original songs are titled “The Acid King,” “Knights Of The Black Circle,” and “Say You Love Satan.” There are also several samples and intermission skits that stretch out the running time to over 15 minutes. The whole ep is meant to be listened to from start to finish, and it not only neatly tells the story of Ricky Kasso, it also captures his spirit. This is pure aggression, unbridled rage, and drug fueled paranoia. It’s also a crushing hybrid of hardcore hip hop and heavy metal. Fans of demented shit like Necro, Twiztid, or even Macabre will eat this up.

I was so fucking impressed with insan0′s music and the new SAY YOU LOVE SATAN ep that I decided to drop him a line and ask him a few questions…

Horror Yearbook: Give me the story of insan0. How did you get started? How long have you been making music?

insan0: I have been dropping underground albums since 2002.. & Been making alternative hardcore music for over 17 years..& producing recording my own music (and music for others) for nearly 6 years…

i always knew i wanted to be a muso of some sort as a kid..& just kept with it..i started playing guitars and drums in school bands in my early teens,…I’m self trained…& had a few lessons in school on drums…along time ago my best friend pedj showed me all the power chords on guitars…i basically took it from there and rolled with it.

The first punk hardcore metal grunge band i joined in the 1990′s at the time ‘clinic’ had 2 guitarists…so because i could play drums,i took the job of beat smith & one of the song main writers..i still played guitars but not as much,So we got good,we did shows in our home town,wrote over 100 songs…picked the best songs & we recorded a album on 2 inch tape in a proper studio in 2002..the album is a classic..we weren’t online…we were 100% crazy at this stage…,people that had computers were nerds & geeks to us,in the end the album was never released & soon after we broke up.

i got really into the drums & a lot of crazy music in this period,and had a natural ability to write songs on keyboards,guitars or drums…and i was ok with lyrics..besides skateboarding or motorbike riding or watching movies,making crazy music was something i liked to do and was good at. .i been recording decent alternative underground music since the year 2000, played shows in clubs & pubs in my home town to decent sized crowds.,we did it old school no Internet promo…word of mouth & by putting out flyers and networking.we did sick shows,pulled big crowds and got paid fuck all because we didn’t know anything about business or how to handle our shit.we got ripped off for a long time….no manger..or brains,you know the deal,,i paid my dues old school style.

So i came into a nice bundle of cash in 2002 wheeling & dealing and spent $4,000 on a sick new drum kit (i got a big discount…it was like a $7,000 kit..but i knew the shop owner and paid in cash..i was lucky to get it) & in 2003 i jammed with lots of other bands in my home town..

i knew nothing about the Internet or computers & began to see the power of the net….i began to teach myself and got some tips,hooked up a net rig ‘n’ i finally Went Online in 2004…..Quit the bands in 2004,got back into song writing,guitar playing,writing lyrics & studied audio engineering at S.A.E college,i began to slowly set up my recording studio which cost me a lot of money,finally i went solo & dropped my first solo album called ‘Psychotic Behaviour’ ( since then re released as D.E.A.D) in 2004.it went number 1 here on out fm metal radio station..and got played a lot..i know it did well because at the time it sounded so different & raw….my music was in the charts and was charting above Marilyn manson and Anthrax…i got told Many Fans rang the station asking for my album…but i didn’t have money to release it..it was a wasted opportunity,but gave me the confidence boost i needed,i reassured me i was on the right path..it was a blip on the radar,& it was a album made from hate and anger..and was very experimental,thrashy death metal cyber grind…very unorthodox …i learned heaps of stuff in this period.& how to channel my anger into music..its not my best shit at all…but served as an exorcism because i was really depressed at the time…everything started to fall into place after this…and i found my own fucked up style…and my shit was getting out there to & heard by fans for the first time…it felt good.

After years of commitment,practice & lots of money,my skills,experience,training,my talent for writing sick deranged songs began to seriously escalate…my vision for insan0 had been born & i focused,nurtured,developed & morphed it into what it is today…

HYB: When did the concept of insan0 come together?

insan0: Early 2005…. All my past band experiences prior to 2005 left me quite bitter about ever being in another band situation,i was sick of relying on others for one thing, failing because of others & compromising because of other peoples lack of talent,skill,motivation,peoples different work schedules,personal drive & musical differences & really just sick of the band vibe etc…..so i went solo and have never looked back.I checked out tons of bands all over the world & still do & i realized there are only a hand full of artist making true evil shit….But there is so many fake evil music making poser sheep bands out there it makes me sick..they are all clones of each other & sound the same….look the same… & have enjoyed huge mainstream success…its all weak & all cashing in..but its not real evil…its commerical manufactured big budget evil poser evil….& i knew there was not 1 single person in my town that was doing what i wanted to,would want to do what im doing,or could do it that way i can…

i knew when i was creating the image of insan0 & sound/vibe,i wanted more of an overall b grade quality feel to my stuff,nothing glitzy or super slick n shiney..the polar opposite,like the feeling of finding a fucking brutal old school grimey cult horror grindhouse snuff slasher style vhs video you have never seen,& after you watch it you think fuck! thats was fucking insane shit…that director or writers that came up with that shit must have been crazy psychopaths for real!!

on a side note…for the main part,Most of the feed back i get is awesome from dark music fans….Lots of new insan0 fans always send me messages & leave comments online daily saying my shit is sicker then icp,necro,goretex,mr. hyde…..im just glad to be mentioned in this class of underground music artists,these guys have made some serious noise & cash in the underground…….so i guess im on the right road..”much love to all the insan0 fans out there.”

The difference between me & them is,I’m living in a long way from the action in Australia,Theres no scene here for fans of what i do in my country,i’m really underground…,& im un signed with no budget + i really dont care to much about being a scene queen or need my ego fed as much as them..+ i dont fit in anywhere musically in my country.

if i wanted to be rich popular & famous,i would not be making the type of music that i do…that’s for dam sure.

my only goals for insan0 are to create the sickest songs i can,what ever happens because of it is a bonus,ill cross the bridge when i get to it..i got lots of drive & ambition,but i dont have dreams of grandure..& at the end of the day music fans have ears & can tell the difference between real hardcore evil scary shit or show pony fake poor quality shit…no matter if im un signed or havent sold 50,000 cds…as my exposure & fans base grows,my day in the sun will come & fans let me know all the time,

for now im still in the shadows.Since 2005,every song i have made i actually purposely set out record pure evil & capture it in my songs.The musical reality to me,is that proper sinister devious evil music is rare to find in todays times,vary rare,,its more of a popularity contest for these poser fuckhead horror music wanabees…when i was creating the insan0 concept,i didnt want to be a part of that contest.

I think bands dont need to rap or play tunes 1 million miles a hour to get your point across..or need to have the deepest craziest cookie monster death metal vocals that most people cant understand a word of..or bands dont need to be be preaching anti religous black metal themes just so fans think your evil..or being lyrically gross just for shock value….or because your wear black clothes or paint your face….most bands dont really have a grasp or understanding of what is really scary or truely evil….& come off more comical..fake,…watered down..or more to the point,their version what they think is evil music is played out & weak and sheepish…too many bands sound the same & ripp each other off..specially all the swededcore & emo shit everyone tries to copy thesedays..fuck it makes me puke.

originality, balls & inovation to do something different is gone in todays times…

its as if all these dark vocalists & lyric writers of today are way to pollitically correct..or a vague with lyrics..scared to say what they really want,,.they make dark commerical music to pick up Fluff (aka Poon Tang aka Pussy) & get laid,emo fags…

violent guys or tuff guys or bad guys in music is fading ….it makes me sad.

Most musicians/vocalists are scared to make shit like what i do because they know most people,thier own families,friends,music fans,major record lables, a & r types,shrinks,cops, & law people will think they are crazy…

i dont care what most people would think of insan0, letting go is freeing & i know im failry crazy & offensive to most humans…

i really dig words & lyrics with impact,deeply psychological catchy violent shit that most people can remember & understand even if there is alot of lyrics & words in the song..to me,it doesnt have to rhyme at all,So i started to apply it in 2005…with no remorse…

HYB: Describe your music to someone who has never heard it.

ill try to break it down as best i can for people that have never heard of my music…or that dont understand it,.or for people that are new to this sort of stuff,or never knew it could exist.

Evil, Psychological, intense, scary, catchy, gritty, underground, lyrical, disturbing, raw yet slightly polished..

an unorthodox experimental fusion of hardcore hip hop/rap,grunge,metal & electro…i really love making brutal scary sick disturbing songs…each one is like a short psychological thriller/horror/snuff movie…Forget about any pre-conceived notion of what you may think is extreme evil music..such as your typical metal head shit like playing ultra ultra fast guitar riffs or double pedal kick drums or blast beats ..cookie monster vocals etc etc…or douche bag shit like limp biscuit metal rap shit…my shit makes Marilyn mansons horror music sound like a pg rated kids stuff…..my music scares most women….it doesn’t attract them…its like 80s proof alcohol….too much of it can fuck you up.

(its like the movie the exorcist,..that movie actually contains real evil…its a crazy fuckin’ old school film…movie fans that have seen it dont watch it everyday,day after day, after day…if you did, i think something very bad would happen to your mind.)

Musically speaking,its a mash up but a very stylized and solid sounding blend of looped soundtracks/scores, with a hip hop-rap based central foundation,with a very strong sprinkling of crust, punk, grindcore, death metal, black metal, hardcore, electro & goth….on paper, with all these genres its sounds crazy…but its not schizophrenic A.D.D music like mr bungle or is discordant or messy or has lots of changes..its a lot more straight up & simple,..the music is a back drop for the story telling.

Lyrically ….extreme psychological first person style lyrics mostly ‘in the mind of a serial killer or psychopath,mass murderer’…i don’t try to be a wigga like necro,im not a ‘g’ or a baller,i was a death metal grind punk head but i didn’t really fit in,im not a juggalo,i liked rap as a kid but im not a nigga or a crack dealer,& i liked psychological thriller/horror movies & true crime docos & books…..i don’t try to be funny in my music (but to some people its funny) or have comedy in it…i dont try to copy anyone.

Vocally,i do lots of different vocal styles….from singing,screaming,rapping,growling,death screams,hardcore vocals,whispers to multiple character style vocals….

i wouldn’t call it horrorcore or death rap or acid rap or horror rap…its not really metal rap as most people know it……but its related to these genres,..

i grew up listening to 70s & 80s rock,80s shit,…metal,thrash,punk,goth,new romantic shit,grunge,grindcore,death metal,cheesy 80s music,rap/hip hop…& im a big fan of movie soundtrack composers…they are all different genres,but some how i manage to fuse them all in my music and make it work.

HYB: What inspired you do do an ep about Ricky Kasso?

insan0: The age old argument that ‘music & drugs make people kill & make people turn evil’ was a driving force, ..and its still being fought today…Ricky was like a martyr for this cause.

People of this generation need to know his story.

i read all about Ricky kasso in one of my brothers books along time ago,and when i saw the movies ‘the black circle boys & my sweet satan’…it deeply affected me in a profound manner.

My brother & i would always talk about him & those movies when we get high on weed.,so i began to research a lot more about him online & in what ever books i could find,its as if the spirit of Ricky kasso possessed me to do it,he was very much alive in my soul & mind for a few months making me do this.

I like to think of it as a very relevant cautionary tale the shouldn’t be forgotten.

in my teens i was living the sort of life at 1 time that Ricky & his friends did…the music,the huge amounts of hard drugs,were living recklessly,had the evil influences….many others can relate to him,his friends,his story all around the world…..When i read his story,i freaked my out how many similarities there was,i felt as i personally knew him and his crew.

At one stage of my life…i was so crazy that a really good friend of mine that i knew for at least 6 or more years at the time,…owed me $20…..i literally wanted to kill him because he was giving me the run around…it was getting into some Gary and Ricky style shit…over something small.I can see how stupid & petty it is now years later that im a grown man,,,but the same principal applies.At the time,I was fucked up on drugs,depressed,living in the dark side,my home life was in shambles….& had poor self impulse control..bad things can happen when all these thing are combined & you have no parental supervision or guidance.

At any one time anywhere in the world, there is ‘rick kasso’ types out there about to loose their mask of sanity….Teenage killers are on the rise in todays times…people should be scared.

HYB: Are you down with the Acid King?

insan0: I’m down all right….i released this Satanic E.P on Halloween night oct-31 2009 as a tribute to the Acid King…(Ricky once did a seance at the infamous ‘defeo’ house in amityville on Halloween night) & it cost $6.66 to buy.

HYB: Do you condone murder?

insan0: In real life (or my personal life or person own views) i don’t condone senseless murder of innocent people for no reason..,i don’t condone abuse or murder of children…but i specially condone murder for self defense purposes,& for revenge (an eye for a eye type shit)

i also condone murder against rapists & pedophile’s…any pedophile or rapist deserves to die in the most brutal fashion possible…i have no remorse for pedos or rapists…i could kill them day in,day out & i wouldn’t loose sleep over it at all…id sleep really good & would be a happy man. (unfortunately its against the law,& i value my freedom, so i fight back the urges of wasting this type of scum off the planet as im sure many other fathers out there do…)

In my songs/lyrics,not too much is held sacred, i have slaughtered, hacked, slashed, tortured, stabbed, shot, strangled, poisoned to death & done what ever else your mind can imgine to thousands of fictional/semi fictional souls…

i have to let go of most rational sane thoughts when i write my lyrics & record my vocals,So lots of different semi fictional & fictional characters get murdered in my songs & lyrics…..,young,old,male,female,gay,lesbians,trannies,straight,all races,family pets & animals,theres female & male rape..i don’t discriminate against anyone in my lyrics/songs..but i will say this, i usually dont do lyrics about killing kids or babies,thats a super rare thing for me,im not really into child killer lyrics at all..theres better killers or things out there to write about.

HYB: Do you love Satan? If so, how often do you say it?

insan0: hahahah…Cool question….

I dont mind him…to me,its not about how often you say it,its the way you show it…sometimes actions speaks louder then words do,if i loved him,he would have to be my leader…i don’t have leaders or follow anyone or worship anyone,specially false music idols..

i really admire and agree with lots of things that charlie manson has said or stood for….in the same token,i know its part is his skill as a charismatic leader to suck people in with his words & speeches,regardless if he truely belives in what he is saying.

i have the laVey satanic bible & satanic rituals & have read them,its very funny stuff…i have studied up on lost of different religions and beliefs by freaks..Crowley,the Scientologists,Hinduism,buddism,the freemasons,illuminati etc etc…..im not a person that can be brainwashed..im a non conformist..i dont follow anyone…or i dont have a leader….im my own man,anti religious,I’m not a official member or the satanic church,(a church started by a organ playing jew!) nor do i want to be,..but i practice and live my life fairly close to the ideals of left hand path..with some pagan , buddhist – hindu philosophy & street life twists…you know,like… mind body & soul as 1……or karma & pay back is a bitch….or clean your own back yard before you point the finger..fuck with the bull you get the horns etc..

i remember doing one album a long ago and it was quite evil and i was fucked up at the time… i remember in my head i was like (ill sell my soul to Satan to be rich & famous….)

I’m not rich….& the fame never came….it was all in my head,not to say, pure evil or evil as a force isnt real or does not exist is a lie…we all know it is,& it is alive and healthy…

you cant have the ying with out the yang,they both co exist together on the same plane & need each other to remind them selfs who they both are,for with out each other,they would not know which one is really the good or which one is the evil….& lets all remember there is a grey area……lots of people including me live in this grey area… not everything is black & white…sometimes there is a mix of both sides into 1….

its important to remember popular satanic violence inciting bands like slayer just use the imagery for shock value & to sell lots of albums…when in actual fact, the singer from slayer is a devout catholic & is religous,Sure they make fucking kick ass music no doubt & Sure they are metal legends….but you cant get more fake then that to me…yes,sure evil musos can have separate lifes from music & raise good normal kids & live normal,that’s not what im saying,…for the most part,a lot of music fans out there are dumb & are tricked way too easy with a few heavy riffs & a big advertising budget.

HYB: Tell me about the tracks on the album.

insan0: First of,i wanted to capture the essence of Ricky kasso in this e.p as best i could, my own way.

& wanted to do a beginning,middle and end story style..to make it informative for people that have never heard of ricky kasso,at the same time make it as legit & true to the real story as i could with out being to anal about it or contrived…and to make a music release that could really become ‘cult like’ one day for all the people that are ‘in the know’ about the ricky kasso story.

i knew i didn’t want to make a full rap or hip hop album,or something that was to cheesy electo or 80s hair metal sounding…

Because Ricky was a rocker & a metal head from the 80s,i wanted to do my own thing musically & still add the underground cult vibe to it….it definitely needed to have a metal vibe & hard core rap vibe…bringing it into todays times..i mean its his story retold in 2009….insan0 style.

i thought about doing a full album about it,but if you get a chance to check out my e.p,and have read ricks story….i did manage cover all the bases in the songs with out dragging it out…its like a condensed compressed version of factual events…with out the boring stuff…with the additional audio samples & intermissions,they fuse the gaps and also help top paint the picture & profile who ricky was.

the first intro is called ‘A child of the devil.’…That’s actually a title for a song ricky once played on guitar intimately to his girlfriend.

The front cover features a real picture of ricky as he was being led into the police station ,& you will notice in the background a gazebo,that’s a actual place where ricky used to spend alot of time hanging out and get wasted & talk shit with his friends.

The back cover features a authentic picture of a actual acid tab sheet from the circa 1984.

HYB: What is you favorite Ricky Kasso movie?

id have to say the short film by Jim Van Bebber ‘my sweet satan’ is the most authentic or appealing to me to date,or the black circle boys.. i really love those movies..i saw a bootleg of Ricky 6..but the dude looked like a little girly fag that played Ricky..other then that, it was fairly good.

HYB: What are some of your favorite horror flicks?

insan0: my collection is fairly extensive…and growing weekly..its a disease….i have was too many favs to list and could give you a really big list,ill give you the short list of some favs of the top of my head that’s stick out to me so you can get a idea…

lots of people have different interpretations of what horror is,….specially in the last 5 to 10 years the face of horror has changed..I’m really big into revenge films more these days….super natural movies or movie monsters don’t scare me to much anymore…i think its played out to the max…

in recent times

some of my fav new flicks & favs over the past few years are- Martyrs, High tension, Sheitan,Calvaire, Frontier(s), irreversible, Cigarette Burns,E den lake, Midnight Meat Train, Death Sentence, Hills have eyes, The August Underground movies,S crap Book, old boy, 13: Game of death, 13 tzameti, ichi the killer, Death Proof, Planet Terror, No country for old men…I’m sure theres more.

& oldies….note some of these are not horror…

id have to say – Cannibal Holocaust, Guinea Pig:Flower of Flesh and Blood , Cannibal Ferrox, Faces Of Death, The New York Ripper, The Thing, Fright Night 1 & 2, Night Breed, Re Animator, Henry: Portrait of a serial killer, Driller Killer, Pet semetery, Peter Jackson’s Bad Taste & Brain Dead, The Fly, Maniac (joe Spinell) Men behind the sun, Death wish 1 & 2, The Exorcist, Lost boys, Ghost busters 1 & 2, the omen,i spit on your grave, Henry:Confessions of s serial killer, white of the eye, Taxi driver, Gods lonely man, Bad Boy Bubby, No Apparent Motive, Bad Lands,the list could go on and on….

im also a big 80′s movie fan,martial arts,blaxsploitaion,& grind house style movie fan..

HYB: How can people get SAY YOU LOVE SATAN?

insan0: Go to my web sites insan0.com or myspace.com/insan0 & all the info is there for anyone that wants to buy it..you wont find this in any store..

its a digital download only.

HYB: What’s next for insan0????

insan0: my independent underground serial killer movie should be out in 2010 if all goes to plan..and 3 new albums are in the works,stay tuned sickos..

So, without future ado, play these tracks at your parties, get drunk, dress up, get drunk some more, and have a good time!

The track is called “The Wig”. If you’ve seen the movie you know why. I picked this track because it has a bit everything that is with in the film as far as the score goes. From creepy, to intense, to the military “boneheadisms”. Check it out, its pretty good.

Movie: The ‘burbs
Composer: Jerry Goldsmith
Title: The Wig

Basil Poledouris composes a fight song-like score that brings motivation to even the most frightened trooper! The track is called “Klandathu Drop” – sounds pretty nerdy too, doesn’t it but it is pretty cool and very encouraging to want to kill some bugs!

Movie: Starship Troopers
Composer: Basil Poledouris
Title: Klandathu Drop

This is really a haunting classic. It resembles a little bit of what Goblin use to do for Dario Argento and his films. If you listen to the track without the film, you wouldn’t expect it to fit a zombie genre stud, but once put with the film, you automatically make the connection that it is rightfully where it belongs. And, now, without further ado…

Movie: Zombie
Composers: Fabio Frizzi & Giorgio Tucci
Title: Zombie

First up, we’re starting with one of Elmer Bernstein’s scores from the 1991 remake thriller of Cape Fear directed by Martin Scorsese and starring Robert De Niro. The track is called “Max,” which is obviously referencing the villain Max Cady. It really is a powerful piece and does its job relating to Cady as a menacing yet smart individual who can hurt you in many ways than one.

Besides one or two tracks, the album consists mainly of new alternative-pop mainstream hits from artists such as Florence + The Machine, Little Boots, and Panic! at the Disco. Nothing wrong with the bands above; to me they feel to fit the Diablo Cody’s style to every tight fit jeans wearer and every hip-smack talker. But with a film that is suppose to be more dark than other teen comedies, I expected something more dangerous, with heavier guitar riffs and not so much pop that I can fill a soda bottle with. The effect of these pop songs deliver an American Pie atmosphere and mentality and sets a non-existent dreary mood for the film.

Like I aforementioned, only a few tracks can appeal to the dark side that is Jennifer. Post-punk White Lies and metal band The Sword are the only two that achieve this. The Sword’s instrumental track, “Celestial Crown”, is a short yet fiercely guitar heavy track that resembles a modern Black Sabbath (please, don’t burn me at the stake for saying that Sabbath fans – I call it how I hear it). White Lies delivers a morbid meaning in their “Death” track but the way the lyrics are constructed and played out, they are able to make it a bit more uplifting somehow. The rest of the tracks are as average as the average high school movie can be; it offers relationship flaws and too cool for school lyrics. An album to which I would not think twice to say I could definitely hear with John Hughes’s The Breakfast Club movie and I think that Breakfast Club soundtrack tops Jennifer’s Body’s any day of my entire existence. So, don’t be fooled by the popular headliners. Only 2 or 3 tracks can be worthy a curious listen, making the rest of the soundtrack a dull piece of cinematic history.

Track Listing

1. Florence + The Machine – “Kiss With A Fist”

2. Panic! at the Disco – “A New Perspective”

3. Hayley Williams – “Teenagers”

4. Little Boots – “New in Town”

5. Dashboard Confessional – “Finishing School”

6. Low Shoulder – “Through The Trees” (Recommended: This track has more to offer than you’re stereotyped high school music.)

7. Cute is What We Aim For – “Time”

8. Screeching Weasel – “I Can See Clearly Now”

9. Cobra Starship – “Chew Me Up and Spit Me Out”

10. All Time Low – “Toxic Valentine”

11. Black Kids – “I’m Not Gonna Teach Your Boyfriend How To Dance With You”

12. White Lies – “Death” (Recommended: This post-punk group has one of the two tracks that actually feels, and is lyrically, relevant to the film’s darker side.)

13. The Sword – “Celestial Crown”

14. Silversun Pickups – “Little Lover’s so Polite”

15. Lissy Trullie – “Ready for the Floor”

It’s Sunday and I’m bored of watching bad “dramas” on TNT, so I dug up some info on Rob Zombie’s Halloween 2 soundtrack.

Zombie’s movies take soundtracks back to the old days — before they were just another cheap tie-in — by including songs that he feels fit the mood of a scene. I applaud him for not filling his movies with music that would just sell a few more CDs, or make himself an extra few bucks on Itunes downloads. How badly could he have sold out by writing his own new single for Halloween or The Devil’s Rejects? Instead he took a lot of crap for including “Freebird” and “Love Hurts” in the films, and has said that he would never use his own songs.

So what is on the Halloween 2 soundtrack? Well it looks like “Love Hurts” makes a comeback, and the first track is “Nights in White Satin” by the Moody Blues (Zombie grew up in the 70s, what did you expect?). There are two tracks by the band, Captain Clegg and the Night Creatures, that he has been pushing on MySpace, and the one Motörhead song seems to be nullified by the Rod Stewart track also included in the film. Stewart is not the first person you think of when it comes to the slasher genre.

Once again the Halloween 2 soundtrack seems to be an odd mix of music, adding to Zombie’s legacy of featuring eclectic collections of songs in his films. The strangest thing is there is nothing by Weird Al, who has a cameo in the film.

Buy the Halloween 2 Soundtrack here

Rob Zombie’s Halloween II Soundtrack – Track Listing

1. Nights in White Satin – The Moody Blues
2. The Things We Do For Love – 10cc
3. Amerarockers – Scream
4. Kick Out the Jam – MC5
5. (I Know) I’m Losing You – Rod Stewart
6. The Chase is Better Than the Catch – Motörhead
7. Laurie’s Theme – John 5
8. Transylvania Terror Train – Captain Clegg and the Night Creatures
9. Honky Tonk Horror Train – Captain Clegg and the Night Creatures
10. I Just Want to Make Love to You – Foghat
11. Time to Die – Void
12. Love Hurts – Nan Vernon
13. Nursa Killa – Tyler Bates

Where most rappers celebrate the urban lifestyle with the same old themes and the same old image, Twiztid peel away the gloss and expose the innards…with an oversized butcher knife! They take the hard edge of theatrical rock-and-roll and temper it with gritty hip-hop to create a musical monstrosity so dangerously real it must be hidden with facepaint. Brain Hammer was the only horroryearbook writer with the GUTS to do an exclusive interview with Jamie Madrox of Twiztid.

Brain Hammer: What was the first horror flick you saw as a little kid?

Jamie Madrox: Probably Friday the 13th, although I was a big Halloween fan when I was exposed to that John Carpenter masterpiece.

BH: What are your all time favorite horror flicks?

JM: Halloween 1, 2, 4, 5, & the Rob Zombie Remake, Friday the 13th 2, 4, 5, & 6 and the new remake too, Evil Dead 1 & 2, Fun House, and Night of the Demons.

BH: At what point did you start making music?

JM: We started doing music as early as the 90′s but didn’t get serious and record music until ’93 with the House of Krazees – it was the first group Monoxide and I were ever in.

BH: How did the death of House Of Krazees lead to the birth of TWIZTID?

JM: Well, when we met ICP we felt a connection, as if they were family to us – long lost brothers from another universe. Their ideas, and work ethic were exactly where we wanted to be. So when we decided to make a side project, that at the time it included Blaze Ya Dead Homie, Monoxide, and me and was called “Infamous Superstars Inc.” We recorded 2 songs: Whatthefuck!, & If U Think Sombody’s Dissing U. We let Violent J of ICP listen to give us his professional opinion and he was like “my opinion is you and Paul should sign with Psychopathic” and the rest is history.

BH: How much does horror influence your music and lyrics?

JM: Immensely – everything from fiction to reality – horror is the pinnacle of what we do. It is a great influence to us for sure.

BH: What artists influenced your music the most?

JM: Well that’s a tuff question. I was always a fan of Kiss growing up as a kid – my mom & dad would buy me their records and I would play them till the grooves on the vinyl wore thin. I guess that would be an influence – but I was too little to understand it was all about sex and women – I just seen the face paint, pyro & rock riffs.

BH: Your first album Mostasteless came out on Psychopathic Records back in 1998. Did you feel accepted by the Juggalos right away or did it take time?

JM: Yes, it took a long time. Most people think that an artist or artists get signed to the Psychopathic Records Label and instantly have a following…that was not so for us. It took like 3 or 4 years of steady touring and palling around with ICP before we were truly accepted. Believe it or not when we first started touring we actually got booed – not because we weren’t good, it’s just Juggalos are not willing to buy in to everything so eagerly…but I’m glad and appreciative for all their love and support.

BH: Mostasteless was re-released by Island Records in 1999. How much, if any influence did the label have on your music and career?

JM: None really. I mean at the time we felt as if we were on top of the world – being on Island/Def Jam2000 – the 2 biggest labels in the game at the time merged and were fucking with us (?) Wow, that’s how we felt. It was an honor, but I think it’s more fun to be underground and more in touch with the entire following on a whole.

BH: Freek Show was the follow up. You guys seemed to really blow up with that record. Did you see a lot of new faces at the shows around that time period? Have those new fans stuck with you?

JM: Yeah, Freek Show was big for us – we seen a lot of new faces at shows, instores, and just about everywhere – it’s hard to say who of them new faces are still around as with everything, things and fads change and so do peoples’ interests. If they are still around you can rest assured we do everything in our power to keep them here with us for ever like luggage lol.

BH: You guys are almost always recording or touring. Do you ever get burnt out?

JM: I mean we are human so the true answer is sometimes. But due to the appreciation we get for everything we do, it’s completely worth it – ALL of it.

BH: Your rapping seems to get stronger with every record. Do you still have to work on this, or is it something that now comes naturally to you?

JM: It’s a little of both – I mean we do what we do naturally, but in anything you do in life you must stay sharp like a butcher knife so that you can stay with the times.

BH: What was the largest show you guys have ever played?

JM: The Gathering Of The Juggalos. It’s an annual Family Convention (with autograph signings / show performances / and seminars) we do – and the numbers of people in attendance has reached 8000+ and it’s always a blast for us. That crowd is the mecca of what we do.

BH: Your 2003 record The Green Book is currently out of print. Will you be re-releasing this record at some point?

JM: I hope so – that record is a Juggalo favorite. We are currently looking into that.

BH: Over the years you guys have had the chance to work with a lot of other rappers including Three 6 Mafia, E-40, Layzie Bone, Bushwick Bill, The Dogg Pound, and of course the entire Psychopathic Family past and present. Do you have a favorite track or tracks that came from these collaborations?

JM: It’s hard to single out one track or artist because every time we do a collaboration it’s important to us. But if I must pick just one – I would say “How I Live” (featuring Proof) – he passed away shortly after the track was recorded. Although it was the first time we met him, he was cool and full of knowledge and skill and it’s a shame we will never see him or work with him again – RIP

BH: In 2005 you dropped a huge double album called Man’s Myth/ Mutant. How long did this record take to put together? Why is Mutant so different from Man’s Myth Vol.1?

JM: It was a double time effort to put it all together. Man’s Myth was more rap – and Mutant had a more rock n’ roll over tone to it. They were different because we are always trying to raise the bar on what we do. And I’ve always wanted to do a Rock album and to date that was the closest thing to it we have ever done, so it holds a special place in my heart.

BH: Twiztid shares an incredibly large and loyal fanbase with Insane Clown Posse. Do you feel that Twiztid has their own identity? Could someone who doesn’t like ICP like Twiztid?

JM: We do share the Juggalo world as a whole – but although our music is similar in a lot of aspects it is also very different. So I guess you could like one and not the other, but in doing so you MUST respect the underground scene. And yes we have our own identity – it’s just we are a part of the biggest show on earth.

BH: If a random horror fan who has never heard Twiztid wanted to check them out, what album should they start with and why?

JM: I would say W.I.C.K.E.D. because it is just like a horror movie on wax. That was our total intention with it completely.

BH: Twiztid has now released 8 full length records. Which one is your favorite and why?

JM: Again W.I.C.K.E.D. ’cause I think that with every album we get better at what we do. The runner up for me would be Freek Show…it has so many good tunes on it.

BH: Your latest record W.I.C.K.E.D. was released on March 17. What does W.I.C.K.E.D. stand for?

JM: Wish I Could Kill Every Day – it’s a way of thinking that can help any frustrated folks deal with their problems. You’re pissed – put on W.I.C.K.E.D. Turn it up and let the frustration drip out of your pores as you mosh and sweat it out.

BH: W.I.C.K.E.D. is your first album not to feature any guest appearances from other artists. Was there a specific reason for that?

JM: We wanted it to be all us this time around. We had just did the colabo thing on the prior album Independents Day, so this was a chance to get back to our
roots by ourselves in our own special way.

BH: What does the new record represent to you? How does it compare to your other records?

JM: It represents us coming full circle in what we do – it’s a throw back to where we started – back in the day when people would tell us no one’s ever gonna buy music about killing and stabbing people. We stayed the course and here we are still doing what we love. And as for how it compares it’s the newest addition to the ever growing catalog of the work of our lives – 2 thumbs way up.

BH: Will you be touring in support of W.I.C.K.E.D.?

JM: Yes, the tour is called “End Of Days” and it starts April 13th, 2009.

BH: Seen any good horror flicks lately?

JM: Sure. The Friday the 13th remake was awesome. I actually do a lil’ movie review thing on the twiztid.com web site – it’s always a good time and in the current economy I figure if I can save somebody some money by throwing an opinion out there why not.

BH: What does the future hold for Twiztid?

JM: I’m not sure – hopefully big things like smoking weed with Regis Pheldman, and world acceptance for the horror brand of music we do. We’ll be the spokesmen for that shit – kissing hands and shaking babies in a political fashion.

BH: Any final thoughts?

JM: Well, thanx for taking your time to do this interview with us. W.I.C.K.E.D. is in stores now with 3 different versions available – go and get it if you haven’t already. If you have got it – then tell someone else about it, because we are a word of mouth band – and only you, the person reading this right now can make this bigger than life itself. My name is Jamie Madrox & I’m a J-U-double “G” – A-L-O! I’m out. –thebat

You check out the following websites for more info:

http://twiztid.com/

http://www.myspace.com/twiztid

http://www.psychopathicrecords.com/

KEEP THE BLOOD FLOWING!!!

HANK III
Damn Right Rebel Proud

Fuckin’ first time I heard of HANK III was via the liner notes of a SUPERJOINT RITUAL record a long while back. He was the bass player. He is also the son of Hank Williams Jr. and of course the grandson of HANK WILLIAMS. Bout a year er so back I found myself completely aligned with this fuckers music…the songs on the album Straight to Hell spoke to me like a smash to the skull. Lowdown, Pills I Took, Country Heroes, god damn man…this is country music…fuckin’ country music! REAL AMERICAN REBEL FUCK OFF DIRGES…. not the shit on the BAD COUNTRY radio…his songs of truth speak of real life trials with honest, raw, fuck-it-all attitude. And the songs are masterfully played…a few tweaks and this is death metal…in other words…masterful hymns…his DAMN BAND fucking rules.

The latest from HANK III is 50 minutes of twisted country music…real country rebel music…if JIM MORRISON was still around (HE IS) this would be playing in his living room right fucking now. DAMN RIGHT REBEL PROUD starts off with an ode to his grandfather and the fuckin’ grand ole opry (the real story of this fucked up country music hall of rame…YEAH FUCKIN RIGHT!) and winds down a path of livin’ hard, gettin’ fucked up HIGH, and bein’ free in this fucked up country in tracks 2, 3, and 4…(Wild and Free, Me and my Friends, Six Pack of Beer).

Dropping farther into HELL track 5 (I Wish I Knew) explores the confusion of relationships with women…and comes up with NOTHING. Fuckin’ bitches.

If You Can’t Help Your Own (track 6) is a warning of turning your back on those around you (U.S. GOVERNMENT)…what comes around goes around motherfuckers.

Number seven Candidate for Suicide is a fucked up inner self beatin’ up FUCKER…and I feel this shit…these lyrics are blastin’ round in my brain and this song let’s ‘em loose…

By now the album swallows the traditional HELLBILLY country music sounds and warps into a twisted vision of HELL via ‘H8 LINE’ and the best fucking REBEL FUCK IT ALL song i’ve ever heard ‘LONG HAULS AND CLOSE CALLS’…the instruments in this tune are played by SATAN HIMSELF…the vocals of HANK III have never been more TELLING than right FUCKING here…killer damn song bitch.

Track 10 winds down with a suicidal dirge entitled ‘STONED AND ALONE’…the lyric “i’m sleepin’ with misery and she cuts me real deep…and i’m all alone’ echoes the fuckn’ depression of this 5 minute track of bein’ ‘TOO FAR GONE’…if yer on the verge of ending it all don’t listen to this song…

Tune eleven ‘PUNCH FIGHT FUCK’ is “written and dedicated to G.G. Allin”… a nine minute tribute to a crazy fucker who lived a Don’t Give a Fuck life most don’t understand…again, a goddamned thrash/death metal anti-social dirge complete with spoken word samples of G.G. himself. The last half is in the trad CUNTRY style with shouted backing vocals… u ain’t ever heard nothing like this.

’3 SHADES OF BLACK’ is the pinnacle of this album for me… an ode to METAL and MISFITS with a beautiful chord progression and a PERFECT vocal performance…this song gives me fucking goosebumps. BRILLIANT.

The album closes with a Bob Wayne number entitled Workin’ Man…a blue collar tribute to someone feeling the clamp of oppression while trying to feed his family.

This is the REAL SHIT here…fuck yer t.v…turn off the radio…get this album. HORNS UP.

GUILLOTINE Insane Oppression
Sounds like ‘the morning after’ ere TANKARD with a modern production (too clean). Killer solo.

DRAGONSLAYER Tthe Slayer
This NWOBHM band used to be called SLAYER…and claim to have been the first to use the moniker…whatever, this is solid METAL in the vein of old PRIEST and U.F.O….good to get high too…what?

SCALERA Get Out Alive
A mishmash of Death Metal (vox) and shit like Killswitch and the like…these fuckers are talented and can write some fucking cool riffs and solos.

MENDACITY Away
Progressive Death Metal from Florida. The heavy parts are Swedish-like…throughout they meddle through melodic passages with clean vocals and clean note-based riffing and watery solos.

KRISIUN Combustion Inferno
Brazilian blast fuckers. Nothing much has changed here. The thing I noticed about this song is how the riffing seems to be constantly chasing the drums until the mid-tempo breaks.

WRETCHED Aborning
North Carolina Death Metal. Absolutely nothing original but very well performed…I can fucking guarantee every member of this band has numerous NILE cd’s on the rack at home.

THREAT LEVEL Stand Your Ground
Solid Pit-Metal…touches of Thrash and Hardcore cycle throughout this tough-guy fuck the world track. Catchy chorus.

BOWELS OUT A Chainsaw Autopsy
Best goddamned track so far here…Texas Death Metal…dirty scum-laden riffing…vomited vox…acrobatic drumming.

MAGNUS Dreams
I’ve never fucking heard of this band but this track is lifted from a 1993 album called ‘alcoholic suicide’ which was previously only available on cassette. 90′s thrash with WARGASM and MOTORHEAD influences.

ENTHRALLER Of the Sun
A very competent and talented band with swirling DISSECTION-like riffing, solid as fuck drumming, and eye-crossing vocal destruction. Los Angeles HELL-METAL.

COFFIN BIRTH Spiders of Insomnia
BOWELS OUT GO DOWN. This Canadian band conjure up the rotting corpses of old Thrash, Doom, and Death to create a mind-fuck of a Metal track with a hard-on inducing solo to boot. Brilliant use of keys and vocals towards the end of this track with a killer climax. FUCKING STELLAR.

APOCALYPTIC VISIONS Move and Appear
I have reviewed this bands work before here. (Read Here) . BLACKENED HELL like and axe to the neck. Fuck the world!

ARABYSS Eternal Silence
HELL-RIDDEN Death/Black Metal from Texas. Awash in soundtrack-like keys this is a fucking perfectly produced track in every sense. The mid-point breaks down with an avalanche of trance beats that continue into a SLAYER-like riff progression into a melodic solo that falls into some cool as HELL riffing that fades into the abyss…or should I say…ARABYSS.

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