A Showdown With Satanism

Radio Werewolf - The Lightning And The Sun (1989)

Unclean production

Lots of mystique around this band but little substance. Radio Werewolf began as a deathrock band in the mid 80s. They appeared on the American Gothic compilation and released one LP as a full band. Their early material centers around Nazism and your standard vampire/necrophile occult subject matter, which is what they are best known for. The band split up and core member Nikolas Schreck continued the group with wife Zeena LaVey, daugher of Anton LaVey. The sound changed drastically, as audible on this LP and the two following releases, to dark ambient organ chamber tracks suitable for a Strange Paradise soundtrack. As I've said before, the music isn't all that interesting. The duo were better known for partaking in white power rallies with Boyd Rice or debating with Bob Larson over heinous religious beliefs.

Anneken Hendriks

Slayer - South of Heaven (1988)

Time melts away

In a few hours I'll be blasting this album while comprising an infinitesimal part of that infamous 10 East bumper-to-bumper traffic.

Confidence Of An Innocent Man

Immortal - Pure Holocaust (1993)

Holocaustwinds

Nothing like shrouding yourself in a storm of steel and impenetrable cold to get through those mid-week blues.

EMS VCS 3

Klaus Schulze - Irrlicht (1972)

Exil Sils Maria

Musik ist ästhetisierte Frequenz.

Make Us Substance

Greater Than One - All The Masters Licked Me (1987)

Computers & voices

This is dedicated to eternal motherhood and to the example set by Joseph Beuys.

Dr. Robert Vaughan

Grace Jones - Warm Leatherette (1980)

Penetrates your thigh

Here's wishing Miss Jones a fabulous birthday. Words do not suffice when trying to describe my intoxication with Grace Jones, but I've been a huge fanboy ever since stumbling upon this LP at a college fundraiser. Warm Leatherette is a definitive record the Jones catalogue, replacing the disco chanteuse image with the foundations for what would transform her into an all-around 80s icon. 

Backed by Chris Blackwell and Jean-Paul Goude, Jones blends new wave, dub, and soul into an array of covers ranging from the Normal to the Marvelettes. Her distinct take makes the songs her own in a way that nearly obsoletes the originals. An absolute must have for those of you who have yet to be attuned to this state of Grace.

Ratlosen Betriebsamkeit

Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft - Alles Ist Gut (1981)

Schwitzt meine kinder

"Alles ist gut. Der Mensch ist unglücklich, weil er nicht weiß, dass er glücklich ist. Nur deshalb. Das ist alles, alles! Wer das erkennt, der wird gleich glücklich sein, sofort im selben Augenblick."