Scaremaker - What Evil Have They Summoned
July 28 2010 at 01:17:49 AM
Welcome to Fright Night. Scaremaker’s debut full-length,
What Evil Have They Summoned, is firstly interrogative without proper punctuation, and secondly another in a steady shit shower of Death Metal renaissance records with heavy concentration on “The Horror Angle.”
Elvira’s
Movie Macabre, Joe Bob Briggs’
Monstervision, B- and C-grade Horror flicks from late 70s and 80s: These ephemeral arcana overflow Scaremaker’s conceptual/lyrical hornaplenty. Team Billy & Vanessa Nocera, and “Elektrokutioner” form up churning tidal gore qua gore for the kids to belly flop into. Tunes aren’t exactly varied. Mid-paced slash reigns supreme, but Scaremaker skirts monotony with gooseflesh riffs higgledy-piggledy.
Most effective takes: “The Hatched,” “Diabolical Metamorphosis,” “Nocturnal Bloodbath.” “Devil’s Son,” with Vanessa on vox (more plz), brings
Beyond the Valley of 1984 era Plasmatics vibe, (and also escapes any girl-as-metal-frontperson-blog-blah simply ‘cause she refrains from kicking people at shows and doesn’t resemble one of
Hostel’s casualties).
Learned long ago: Any record worth listening to presents homogenous program eliciting disorientation—and either boredom, frustration, or—best of all—personal eureka with its impenetrability. Scaremaker doesn’t have the vision or chops to craft something like this yet, but I also learned long ago any music that simultaneously brings
Night of The Creeps and big ol’ blood covered boobs to mind rules with zee iron strap-on.
[Stewart Voegtlin]
Scaremaker
What Evil Have They Summoned
Razorback
2010
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