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Death rock is the intersection between goth, punk, post-punk, glam, and industrial.
Death rock is the intersection between goth, punk, post-punk, glam, and industrial.
The group has a massive sound, making cinematic slashers for your ears.
It’s all devilishly fun.
Founded by frontman and guitarist Jackson Phibes, the group has sported a cadre of collaborators.
Currently, drummer P.T.
Bnham and bassist Virginia Dentata play alongside Phibes, and the trio’s most recent album is 2023’sMidnight Stew.
Calabrese released their debut album,13 Halloweens, the same year My Chemical Romance put outThree Cheers for Sweet Revenge.
Both drew comparisons to AFI, a band that was directly influenced by the Misfits.
This means thatif you like MCR and AFI, you’ll probably like Calabrese.
Two bands are credited with reviving horror punk in the ’90s: AFI and Blitzkid.
Blitzkid stayed on the horror punk path from inception to its demise in the early 2010s.
Blitzkid reunited in 2019, with plans for a 2020 reunion tour that were later postponed to 2022.
Their “Vincent Price” is a dark cabaret number that celebrates the horror maestro.
It’s poignant stuff from a band of surfing corpses.
(The Big Bad, High Heels, etc.).
However, they are exceptionally successful, releasing limited-run vinyl pressings that sell out quickly.
The new record saw the band at their most “grandiose and ambitious,” according toKarrang!.
The band still keeps a sense of humor.
“I have always felt that what we do is go, ‘Hey, here’s the pantomime.’
And there’s some realness inside, once you get to the crux of it.”
