Tag Vampires
Bullets can’t kill them. Daggers? Hatchets? Fat chance. Not even ill-advised splinter groups of Iron Knights could completely destroy these wretched revenants. From beyond, beyond the grave, the Stuka Squadron have roared back into unlife with the magnificent Zeppelin album…. Continue Reading →
I honestly did not believe that this was going to ever happen. The rumours of a new album have been around for a long time. Mainstay and bassist Lord Pyre has seemingly pulled off the impossible and got a stable… Continue Reading →
I vaguely remember my first encounter with the fantastique world of French director Jean Rollin (1938-2010) being incomprehensibly trimmed, grainy, bootleg VHS tapes of Zombie Lake (1981) and The Living Dead Girl (1982). Wading green zombies and toxic bloodless vampires… Continue Reading →
Creeping out of ancient crypts are 5 sinister, initialized figures from Germany here with a debut album of Vampyric BM. With just two demos previously to their name there’s a lot at “stake” as well as the scope for me… Continue Reading →
A debut release from this (I think) duo and it’s a concept album mixing the idea of F.W. Murnau, director of classic 1922 film Nosferatu, going to Hollywood and getting mixed up with actual vampires in 1928 (which I guess… Continue Reading →
Step inside, pull up a seat and have a drink, the hearth is lit and it’s nice and warm in here. I wouldn’t get too uncomfortable, after all this is from a more innocent time, one before the greu and… Continue Reading →
Scroll down for competition. British horror films definitely need support and encouragement although sometimes it can be a difficult task. I am more of an age to appreciate the old guard such as Peter Walker and Norman J Warren and… Continue Reading →
Church Within Records started a project of releasing a series of split EPs, starting with “The Church Within Vol. 1: Vampire Bites”, which features Lord Of Solitude from New Zealand and Thronehammer from the UK and Germany. The entire series… Continue Reading →
There was no shortage of non-glittery bloodsuckers pulling in thirsty crowds at the flicks in the 80’s. The likes of Joel Schumacher’s The Lost Boys, Kathryn Bigelow’s Near Dark and Tony Scott’s The Hunger proved that a fascination with all… Continue Reading →
When it comes to New Zealand films undoubtedly the person who has the made the biggest impact in recent years is Peter Jackson. Long before he was on his Tolkien trip and breathing life into books about precious rings and… Continue Reading →