By Greg Maki If you’re like me, music is a big part of spooky season, and spooky season is not confined to October; it’s whenever you want it to be. This year, a new band out of Central Florida, has loudly crashed my Halloween playlist and is sure to remain in heavy rotation when the... Continue Reading →
By Greg Maki Is this it? Is this really the end? Forty-four years after Michael Myers stabbed his way and prototypical “final girl” Laurie Strode screamed her way into the hearts of movie-goers in John Carpenter’s slasher masterpiece “Halloween,” director/co-writer David Gordon Green wraps his sequel trilogy with a period rather than the ellipsis we’re... Continue Reading →
Horror-themed band Dark Divine has released a music video for the new song "No Escape" featuring Ricky Armellino. The track is from the band's debut EP, "Halloweentown," which is out now via InVogue Records. Buy or stream the EP here. "'No Escape' is about experiencing the paranormal and the feeling of insanity that is often... Continue Reading →
Heavy horror punk icon Wednesday 13 will release the new album "Horrifier" on Oct. 7, 2022, via Napalm Records. Pre-orders are available here. Get a first of the album with its first single, "You're So Hideous," out now and accompanied by an "Exorcist"-inspired official music video. “'You’re so Hideous' is such a catchy track and it’s one of... Continue Reading →
Ice Nine Kills, Motionless in White and Black Veil Brides have expanded their popular "Trinity of Terror" triple headline tour to a third leg kicking off--appropriately--on Halloween (Oct. 31, 2022). This leg also will feature special guest Atreyu. Tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. local time Friday, Aug. 5, at trinityofterrortour.com. The bands previously... Continue Reading →
LIVE PHOTOS: John 5, The Haxans—By Greg Maki—Rams Head on Stage, in downtown Annapolis, Maryland, is such a strange place for a rock show. With the audience seated at tables in a small room, it feels more like a comedy club than a concert venue. The night’s opener, The Haxans, leaned into the unusual setting,... Continue Reading →
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Goth-pop duo The Haxans-- Ash Costello (New Years Day) and Matt Montgomery (Rob Zombie)--will present a "Halloween Haunt Spooktacular!," a three-day livestream event from its residency at legendary SoCal Halloween locale Knott's Scary Farm. The livestream starts Friday, Oct. 29, 2021, and ends on Halloween (Sunday, Oct. 31). Click here to buy livestream tickets at the Party Monster... Continue Reading →
The biggest story of Halloween 2018 wasn't the scariest costume, the big thing at the box office or the surprising number of beers that your body actually can consume—in our world it was Slipknot releasing a new song and video called "All Out Life." The ferocious cut is expected to appear on the band's upcoming... Continue Reading →
Review by Jeff Maki —— Samhain, the less celebrated band of Glenn Danzig's legendary career, formed in 1983 after the Misfits dissolved. "Less celebrated" doesn't mean it wasn't good, but most often the goth-infused Samhain is seen as the band that eventually took on the vocalist's surname and became the Danzig as we know and... Continue Reading →
