Downstream [ALBUM REVIEW]
In 2009 two members of the black/death metal band Sickrites conjured into being the unfathomable entity that is Goatpsalm. The line-up of Goatpsalm has been as free flowing as their music, spirits arrive and spirits depart and after the release of their second album, Erset La Tari, which delved into the black beliefs, lore and legend of Babylon and Mesopotamia, they were joined by multi-instrumentalist Vaarwel, also of Frozen Ocean. The result of this injection of creativity and vision is Downstream.
Nyctophilian [ALBUM REVIEW]
Formed in 2012, Then Comes Silence have returned and as suggested by the title of their newest outing, Darkness is again ever present. With Nyctophilian, the Swedish Stockholm quartet debarks from escalating gloomy evil and fear. Production is trimmed of any excess to produce a tight, distorted and crepuscularly devastated postcard of human misery.
Eye of the Needle [ALBUM REVIEW]
UK doom metal band, My Silent Wake, has made quite an impact on the metal scene over the past ten years and they now put their doom elements to use in an ambient/experimental album. Though this album was released digitally last year it just recently became available on CD.
Exposing Skeletons: Getting “Spooked” with Christopher Saint Booth [ARTICLE/INTERVIEW]
Christopher Saint Booth is an author, producer and director. He and his brother Philip are known as the Booth Brothers and they produce paranormal documentaries and films released through their production company, Spooked Productions. Since their first film DarkPlace (2007) they have developed quite a fan base. Their latest film Dead Still is set for release in 2016.
Straight to Hell [ALBUM REVIEW]
Grave Robber has been horrifying the masses since they debuted on the scene in 2005. Their first album Be Afraid got quite a bit of attention as did their subsequent releases (Inner Sanctum, Exhumed, You’re All Gonna Die). Combining their horror punk and metal roots they’ve built quite a diverse fan base, and to keep us satisfied they’ve given us a taste of things to come with their new EP Straight to Hell.
Exposing Skeletons with Reverend Leviathan: Chats with Butch Patrick [VIDEO/INTERVIEW]
Reverend Leviathan chats with former Munsters’ star, Butch Patrick, about his life during the show, his life after, his fight with cancer, and renovating a haunted family home!
Exposing Skeletons with Reverend Leviathan: Chats with Billy Crank [VIDEO/INTERVIEW]
Reverend Leviathan chats with the man who calls himself “Ernest Jr.” after Jim Varney’s famous “Ernest P. Worrell” character. Crank goes on to explain the challenges of continuing the “Ernest” dynasty in the modern era.
1260 Days [ALBUM REVIEW]
There is little information floating throughout the vast compendiums of metal scattered around the internet about Scandinavian black metal band, Skald In Veum; a dark and driving force with one mission: a violent and visceral baptism by way of complete immersion in brutalizing black metal. (This un-black quartet is here to re-establish the true darkness of the genre for all of you who are sick of symphonic, atmospheric melodic crap.) 1260 Days is their debut release on Rottweiler Records.
The Exorcist File: Haunted Boy [FILM REVIEW]
While filming a haunted asylum in St. Louis, Missouri, documentary filmmakers uncover a secret diary of the infamous 1949 exorcism involving a 13 year old boy possessed by the devil that later inspired the book and movie The Exorcist. Utilizing hi-tech paranormal gadgetry along with a legion of supernatural experts they search out to capture the scariest entity known to man, The Unholy Ghost. This is the untold real story of The Exorcist, a chronicle of true events based on a secret priest’s diary the world was not to see…until now!
Among the Shrieks of COSPlay: ScareFest 8 [EVENT/ARTICLE]
The aftermath of this year’s ScareFest, the horror paranormal convention in Lexington, KY