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Game Review: ‘Maid Of Sker’

A big thanks to the hardworking folks over at Wales Interactive for allowing me the opportunity to try out their first-person horror game, Maid of Sker (pronounced Scar)! In Maid of Sker, you play as Thomas, a songwriter, who goes to Hotel Sker to find his wife Elisabeth who is forced to be the new “Maid of Sker” after the original, her mother, died. After arriving, Thomas quickly learns that Elisabeth is being used as a tool in a cult ritual that needs her to sing in traditional Welsh Gaelic to appease something that Elisabeth’s family has kept secret. Onto the game itself. The game heavily relies on sound as it’s suggested that you wear headphones or play with the volume high up. The only downside is there’s way too much ambiance noise, and the player’s footsteps get annoying pretty fast. The music is pretty good, especially the traditional Welsh ones, but at times the music is intense when there’s

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Capt McNeely

Jul 28, 2020

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Malcolm McDowell In Talks To Star In ‘The Lost Boys’ Musical

Back in 2017 musician G Tom Mac, whose song “Cry Little Sister” became iconic after being featured on The Lost Boys soundtrack, sat down with us for an interview. During our conversation, G Tom Mac went into detail about plans to turn the classic movie into a musical. It’s been a few years since then, but the musical finally now seems to be moving forward. “I’ve been working on it for five years. I always thought ‘Lost Boys’ would make a great musical. I wanted to dig deeper into the characters and give everybody a backstory and how they all came together and how they became vampires. David is the most important vampire which Keifer Southerland played so well in the movie. We start the musical off with a five-year-old David and how he comes to America as an adopted child. That’s how it got started, figuring out how to build wonderful characters and keep the humor in there that

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Jul 18, 2020

MusicNewsTrailers

Saturday Night Shockers Release “The Craft” Inspired Music Video “Blessed Be”

Horror rock band Saturday Night Shockers has just released their new music video for the song “Blessed Be”, inspired the genre classic The Craft. It also includes allusions to the infamous Salem Witch Trials The theme of the video is “one of self-pride despite the oppression and discrimination over others. In other words, let your heart guide you and feel blessed in your individuality.”. The band includes Chuck Fears, Kire Lestat, Pat Fears, Deathrrock Steve, and Josh Terror. Follow the Saturday Night Shockers on Facebook and Instagram. You can also find them on iTunes. Check out the “Blessed Be” video.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Apr 17, 2020

Reviews

CD Review: Killection Lordi (2020)

Lordi; those monsters of metal have entertained us hard rockin’ horror hounds for years… I mean these mother fuckers were created for us, by one of our own… and they are glorious ghouls one and all (and come the fuck on; how can you not adore a rippin’ guitar solo performed by a mummy)! Now, I know there are some of you out there who may not know just who, or more appropriately what, the fuck I am talking about, so here’s a lil’ visual aid… Friggin’ wild, right? Well let me tell ya, they play music as flat out awesome as they look… but after a myriad of albums containing creepy collections of cacophonous creations, Lordi may have topped themselves with their latest offering; Killection an alternate reality greatest hits from many decades the band never actually existed in… The key here cats n’ creeps is variety! Over the length of 15 terror tracks we get a heady mix

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DanXIII

Feb 11, 2020

MusicReviews

Music Review: Kælan Mikla (2019)

Do you like the feeling of having a vivid nightmare poured into your eerie earholes? You bet your ass you do! And, there’s no better band out there to make that a reality than Icelandic darkwave geniuses Kælan Mikla. Comprised of eight tracks, Kælan Mikla’s eponymous U.S. debut (released through MVD Entertainment and Toronto-based Artoffact Records) is filled with haunting melodies, ethereal vocals (though they can posses downright punk rock power when it’s required), and ambient soundscapes a plenty; but their main bread and butter sounds as if Gary Numan composed a rock opera around Dracula… doesn’t get better than that cats n’ creeps, believe you me! All horrific hyperbole aside; this is some serious marvelously moody music, and the heady blend of Laufey Soffía Þórsdóttir on vocals, Sólveig Matthildur Kristjánsdóttir on synths and percussion, and Margrét Rósa Dóru-Harrysdóttir on bass is absolutely irresistible and essential autumnal listening (or for when you are trying to conjure autumn in your fevered

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DanXIII

Sep 21, 2019

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Twin Temple Deilver Deviltry of the Arcane Audio Variety!

Hey cats n’ creeps, you know how I love layin’ new sinister sounds upon your eerie earholes, and recently I discovered pure sonic perfection in the form of Twin Temple! This demonic duo deliver Satanic Doo-Wop; and let me tell you this music will have you performin’ arcane rites under a swollen moon before the tunes even reach completion! But if my wicked words don’t convince your arcane asses just watch these clips and see what I mean! (oh, that Sex Magic vid has a case of the nudes, so if you get all worked up about the boobs and dong do yourself a favor and don’t click it…and pull the stick out of your ass) And here’s an audio only clip for ya: Now that you are addicted, let your’s cruelly make a suggestion; head here and pick up the “Devil’s Deal” pack…you get the band’s CD (signed no less), a t-shirt, stickers, and a Satanic pamphlet all for

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DanXIII

Jul 25, 2019

Music

Dracula Party Unleash Their Debut Video “Trick or Treat”!

Remember when I gave you cats n’ creeps my wicked words regarding the new release from dark electronic wizards Dracula Party; The Devil Wears a Mask? Well, those arcane audio addicts have just released their first music video for the track “Trick or Treat” directed and edited by the band’s front-man Byron C. Miller (who helmed the fright flicks The Anatomy of Monsters and Night, as well as serving as writer and editor of the award winning short film, (in Here) I Am God). Miller had this to say regarding the creepy clip: “I wanted this to feel like a modern successor to the great 70s Giallo flms. I love working with saturated colors and surreal imagery to create nightmarish realities. It was great collaborating with the multi talented actress, Kay Whitney (Tall Men, Z Nation), who really dived into the lead role. I also have to give a shout out to long time collaborator, Paul Morgan (The Anatomy of

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DanXIII

Jul 23, 2019

MusicReviews

Music Review: Dracula Party: The Devil Wears a Mask E.P. (2019)

I’ve been following Seattle Washington’s Darkwave shock rockers Ghosts in the Graveyard since the beginning, so when they went on hiatus I was worried I’d never get their brand of synths and scares again… Such was not the case however, as the leader o’ this gang o’ ghouls Byron C. Miller, announced he’d be creating more monstrous melodies under the name Dracula Party (along with Chris Longo) and I was pleased as putrid punch when he sent me the bands debut E.P. The Devil Wears a Mask for revoltin’ review! Featuring five tracks of arcane audio, four originals and one cover tune (Nine Inch Nails The Becoming if you are keeping score at home), this E.P. presents musical journeys into landscapes full of vampires, demented Halloween shenanigans, killer robots, and Clive Barker inspired magik respectively. As you can doubtless surmise, Miller is a true monster kid through and through, and he wears his horror biz passions on his sinister sleeve…which

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DanXIII

Jul 6, 2019

Music

Music Review: Dante Tomaselli’s Out-of-Body Experience (2019)

Maestro of the macabre, Dante Tomaselli, returns with another full on sensory experience designed to transport your consciousness beyond the veil of reality in the form of his latest CD release; Out of Body Experience. While most known as a diabolical director of nightmare inducing, surrealist fright flicks, Dante can put the terror tickle on the ol’ ivories as well…and the spell he weaves at his sinister synths is every bit as full of arcane ambiance as his monstrous motion pictures. While Tomaselli’s previous releases (Nightmare, The Doll, Scream in the Dark, and Witches respectively), Out of Body Experience has more of a melodic approach and tells a semi-autobiographical story of Tomaselli’s childhood (circa the years 1979 – 1982) in the video game saturated suburbia many of us called home in our youth. Hidden among the various tunes (17 in total) are tones that could easily have come from a vintage arcade cabinet or home console; and the effect this

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DanXIII

Jul 4, 2019

Music

Audiorotic Set to Fill Your Eerie Earholes With Arcane Audio!

Recently I had the pleasure of surrounding myself with a musical miasma most dark and lascivious! I’m speaking of the sinister sounds of the new electronic outfit getting ready to rocket forth from the fog and rain choked graveyards of Seattle Washington…Audiorotic (comprised of members William Wilson and Michael Guillory)…and what a moonless midnight hued blackness that filled my soul as I listened to their demonic digital wizardry ! Want a taste my fiends, head here…I’ll wait for your return… I know you dug that the most…but if you need any further reason to follow these monstrous musicians, they have recorded their own version of David Bowie’s theme song to Paul Schrader’s 1982 remake of Cat People, and if that doesn’t sell ya on these dudes, nothin’ fucking will! I urge all of you boils n’ ghouls to soak in these sinister sounds as soon as inhumanly possible…and be sure to follow Audiorotic on Facebook! Tell ’em XIII sent ya!

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DanXIII

Jun 11, 2019

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