If you’re already this deep into the column without immediately going to the comments section to complain or post a youtube video of some random band, you’re probably already open to a band like Rezurex. Don’t let vocalist/guitarist Daniel deLeon’s interesting look deter you from checking these guys out. Let’s keep the horrobilly train rolling with the Los Angeles-based band Rezurex. The band put out “ Lust For Sacrilege” this year and head out on the road often, so break out the white t-shirt and pompadour hairdo. They’re the type of band that you want to play in the school gymnasium during the big screen in your horror movie. Three brothers in Calabrese having been pumping out aggressive punk with plenty of nods to the macabre for over ten years.
While I personally enjoy their original singer Jen “Hellcat” Blackwood’s songs the best, Sarah “Sin” Blackwood, and current singer Kenda “Twisted” Legaspi both hold more than their own at the microphone. Before you run to the hills screaming about suspenders and crew cuts, give the band a listen. The Creepshow is an Ontario, Canada-based horror punk/horrorbilly band. Goolsby went on to do vocals and play bass for Gorgeous Frankenstein, the project lead by ex-Misfit Doyle, and now heads up his own band Argyle Goolsby and the Roving Midnight.
The band put out 5 studio albums before calling it a day, plus a few splits and live albums. Their strong voices make them very catchy and instantly appealing. Something that helped separate this 3-piece from their fellow horror punk bands was that both guitarist TB Monstrosity and bassist Argyle Goolseby could sing. Leather jackets and poodle skirts are recommended when listening.īlitzkid were a horror punk band out of West Virginia that unfortunately split in 2012. I assume it was drinking from the same milkshake and recounting what happened on I Love Lucy. It’s the type of music that makes you want to drive to Make-Out Point with your sweetie and do whatever it is teenagers did in the 50’s. Nim Vind’s style is far more polished than the other bands on this list, but that’s a-ok. Even punks need to croon every now and again. Nim Vind is the project of Chris Kirkham that focuses on catchy melodies and some sweet crooning. They also have a few side-projects including Zodiac and The Deranged Mad Zombies. While the influence still remains, it’s cool to see how they’ve grown over the past 20 years and become their own band. How deep do the ties run between Balzac and The Misfits? Balzac has recorded multiple Misfits covers, formed a Misfits cover band called 728 Misfits, signed to Misfits Records, and had The Misfits cover their song “Day The Earth Caught Fire”. īalzac is a Japanese punk band heavily influenced by both The Misfits and Samhain. The band has reunited a few times in recent years including a run on both US coasts in 2014. More metal than The Misfits, Samhain continued the horror-style content. Chud’s X-Ward, Osaka Popstar, Graves, Gotham Road, and these guys…ĭanzig’s band following the break-up of The Misfits. Here’s a sampling of all three.įor even more fun, here’s a list of Misfits-related projects: some guy named Danzig, Doyle, Gorgeous Frankenstein, Dr. Whether you prefer the Danzig-era, the Graves-era, or the Jerry Only-fronted-era (hey, you never know), you can’t deny their importance and influence. I’m not an expert in the genre and this list is by no means definitive, but here are a few bands that some of you may enjoy. Punk rarely if ever gets talked about around these parts, but horror punk could serve as a bone-covered bridge to metal. Punk, though, has fully embraced the style, creating the subgenre known as “horror punk”. Yes, there’s plenty of metal bands that have a horror theme, but you don’t really hear about it as a separate genre. Metal is no stranger to Halloween, horror movies, and all manner of scary stuff, but for a style of music that loves its subgenres, “Horror metal” never really took off. Lots of spooky scary skeletons and douchebag high schoolers wearing pots on their heads.