Music Corner: Cd Review

Christopher Robertson

A familiar, weary movie score opens and a Vincent Price-like voice reassures us that “evil rules.”
A movie sample mean Calabrese is up to their old, dark rituals again. If you don’t know who the boys are yet, they’re one of the best things our fair, naive valley has going for it, musically. If you’re already initiated to their brand of horror camp, you know to expect fun.
Their third full-length effort proves their demonic possession has taken hold, with each aspect of their music amped up to feverish heights. Arizona truly has a band to feel proud of.
The horror theme takes a more existential approach, geared towards the fans of Lovecraft or Poe and deals less with shrunken heads and haunted hot rods.
A majority of the album is focused on these abstract thematic elements, and the recurring melodrama might put off some fans, both new and old.
But the party isn’t over. With standout tracks like “Venomwolf” and “Blood of the Wolf” as break-neck, hardcore thrashfests, bloody and gruff with wolf imagery, a resurrection of the late Misfits’ “Earth AD/Wolf’s Blood” album.
Other tracks like “Black Anathema,” “Violet Hellfire,” and their songs are filled with creeping, goth-inspired guitars, soaring, crooned vocals that are fuller and clearer than ever.
For fans of Samhain, Danzig, The Ramones, Tiger Army or even some late-90’s AFI, pick up “They Call Us Death” on March 20 and give your mind and body over to the cosmic forces of evil.

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