It’s less than six months before horror and metal collide in Central Texas at the inaugural Housecore Horror Film Festival–the 3-day underground fan event celebrating the twisted line where horror films and heavy metal meet. Now, festival creators–legendary metal frontman Philip Anselmo and best-selling true crime author Corey Mitchell–have announced that producers David Bond and Manda Manuel have personally selected to premiere their eagerly anticipated international horror anthology, The Profane Exhibit, in the United States at the Housecore Horror Film Festival.
Set in a club deep within the underbelly of Paris, The Profane Exhibit explores the inner workings of a secret, wicked society. At first it resembles an ordinary fetish or Goth nightclub, but hidden within the cavernous building are many rooms, one of which is known as “The Room of Souls,” a private gathering place of the world’s richest and most evil people. Their host is the elegant, yet frightening, Madame Sabatier. As the film unfolds, each member takes a turn and spins a true tale of their depravity for the amusement of the group.
Horror icons from around the world have been assembled to create this truly unique film experience. From the minds that created Cannibal Holocaust, At Midnight I’ll Take Your Soul, Philosophy of a Knife, Tokyo Gore Police, Hardware, Wax Mask, Cemetery Man, Theater Bizarre, The ABCs of Death, August Underground’s Mordem, Cannibal, Time Crimes, and Dread, comes a collection of stories that serve as a mirror for looking deep inside our current world and inside ourselves.
HHFF cofounder and Lead Programmer Corey Mitchell says, “having the U.S. premiere of The Profane Exhibit at the Housecore Horror Film Festival makes perfect sense. TPE is the most extreme horror film to come down the pike in years and HHFF is the epitome of the extreme horror film festival. We are about expanding the boundaries of what a horror film festival can be and TPE does the same thing for horror anthologies.”
Mitchell also stated that The Profane Exhibit will receive the Blood Red Carpet treatment and that directors Coffin Joe and Ryan Nicholson, producers David Bond and Manda Manuel, and composer Maurizio Guarini of Goblin will all be in attendance. Former Austin Chronicle movie reviewer and horror fanatic Marc Savlov will also conduct a Q&A after the screening.
“We are amazed at how much talent we are able to bring in to support this amazing film, in this, our first year of existence,” declared Mitchell. “It is our commitment to the real fans of horror to expose them to new voices in the genre as well as the classic creators.”
The Profane Exhibit’s producers David Bond and Manda Manuel explained why they decided to hold the U.S. premiere of
his film at the inaugural Housecore Horror Film Festival. “We chose this event because we have always been a fan of Philip’s. We felt since this is his first time doing this festival, that it’s perfect for a film of this caliber to start his history of amazing films shown there first.”
The U.S. premiere of The Profane Exhibit joins an already heavy list of festival performances, screenings and special events that have been announced to date, including the North American premiere of Italian maestros of horror
Goblin live-scoring Dario Argento’s horror masterpiece, Suspiria; concerts from Down, Crowbar, Philip H. Anselmo & The Illegals, EyeHateGod, and Warbeast; special guest appearances by noted and notorious filmmakers Coffin Joe, Jörg Buttgereit, and Jim VanBebber; and Void ov Voices–another one-time-only, metal-meets-horror event with extreme metal vocalist Attila Csihar (best known from iconic black-metal band Mayhem) using sonic manipulations to create a live soundtrack for The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari.
Many more bands, special guests, films, and special events to be announced over the next few months.
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Industrial-music pioneers Skinny Puppy will release their latest opus, Weapon, on May 28 via Metropolis Records. In anticipation, the band is premiering the album right here right now. Check it out below, and let us know what you think in the comments.
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It’s Tuesday–the day that albums come out–and this one includes new shit from Deftones and Death, among others. Check out the list of releases below and let us know which ones you have already or are planning to get.
Black Tusk – Set The Dial (Relapse)
Carnifex – Until I Feel Nothing (Victory)
Counterparts – The Current Will Carry Us (Victory)
Craft – Void (Southern Lord)
Death – Individual Thought Patterns (reissue) (Relapse)
Deftones – The Vinyl Collection, 1995-2011 (box set) (Reprise)
Dub Trio – Dub Trio IV (ROIR)
East Of The Wall – The Apologist (Translation Loss)
Elitist – Earth (Blkheart Group)
Fear and the Nervous System – Fear and the Nervous System (ES)
Giant Squid – Cenotes (Translation Loss)
God Seed – Live At Wacken (CD/DVD) (Indie/Prosthetic)
Hammers of Misfortune – 17th Street (Metal Blade)
Junius – Reports from the Threshold Of Death (Prosthetic)
Molotov Solution – Insurrection (Blackheart)
Noctem – Oblivion (Metal Blade)
Ponykiller – Wilderness (Housecore)
Russian Circles – Empros (Sargent House)
Scott Weiland – The Most Wonderful Time of the Year (Rhino)
Skinny Puppy – HanDover (SPV/Synthetic Symphony)
Structures – Divided By (Sumerian)
Thrall – Vermin To The Earth (Moribund)
Wolvhammer – The Obsidian Plains (Profound Lore)
Canadian industrial-music pioneers Skinny Puppy have influenced the likes of Nine Inch Nails and Ministry and earned fans among the members of bands including Deftones and System of a Down. They’re releasing their 11th album, hanDover (SPV/Synthetic Symphony), on October 25. In anticipation of the record, the band is debuting a new song, “Village,” right here. Let us know what you think in the comments. Follow Skinny Puppy at: facebook.com/officialskinnypuppy.
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Brandon Geist
Editor in Chief
Quicksand, Slip
“One of my favorite albums ever, Slip is pretty much always in my listening rotation. Come on, Walter Schreifels, forget Rivals Schools and get these guys back together!”
Morbid Angel, Illus Divinum Insanus
“Still rocking the new Morbid Angel, which is out June 7, and still enjoying it—even the almost audaciously dumb techno-industrial numbers like ‘Destructos Vs the Earth-Attack.’ ‘I Am Morbid’ might be my favorite song of the year so far.”
Decapitated, Carnival Is Forever
“The Polish death metallers have finally returned with a new album—out on July 12—their first since the tragic van accident that severely injured then-vocalist Covan and killed drummer Vitek. Nothing on here is as catchy, focused, and undeniably awesome as ‘Spheres of Madness,’ but there are plenty of the band’s signature twisty tech riffs, manic polyrhythms, and general brutality. Good to have you back, guys.”
Kory Grow
Senior Editor
WhoCares, “Out of My Mind”/“Holy Water”
“New music by a supergroup consisting of Black Sabbath’s Tony Iommi, Deep Purple’s Ian Gillan, Jason Newsted formerly of Metallica, and Iron Maiden’s Nicko McBrain, among others? Count me in! I’ve been listening to the clips since they leaked, and I now have the full songs and can’t stop listening to them. They were written by Iommi and definitely sound more like his solo album than anything he’s done with Sabbath or Heaven & Hell. Gillan sounds great, too. Best part of it all is, proceeds from the tracks go to rebuilding a music school in Armenia.”
Marduk, Iron Dawn EP
“After Marduk’s ridiculously disappointing 2007 album, Rom 5:12, the Swedish black-metal group got my attention again on 2009’s Wormwood. The new EP, containing three songs that apparently don’t relate to the concept the band have for the next album, due in 2012, has the same aggression as Wormwood—and it’s even produced a little better (guitarist Evil sounds evil again)—but vocalist Mortuus’s gurgle-voice is noticeably more off-putting now that you can hear it better.”
Endstille, Infektion 1813
“This German black-metal group has never innovated much, and they don’t create anything new on this, their seventh full-length, which comes out Tuesday. What they do well, however, is create a tense, dark, unpleasant mood that occasionally complements my day. The guitar tone reminds me of prime-era Dissection, and frontman Zingultus’s pained screams, specifically on ‘The Deepest Place on Earth,’ remind me of the frustrated complaints Peter Steele yelped out in Carnviore. For a bad time, call these guys.”
Josh Bernstein
Creative Director
Danzig, Danzig
“It’s funny how you start listening to a record as a joke and then end up not only liking it, but falling in love with it. Case in point, Glenn Danzig. When I first heard that the dude from the Misfits had his own band, I was very excited, but thought the artwork, videos, and Jim Morrison impressions were a goof. Happily, the joke was on me.”
Stiff Little Fingers, Inflammable Material
“The Scottish Clash never got their due, but this disc rocks socks from start to finish. ‘Barbed-Wire Love’ and ‘Alternative Ulster’ are great tracks, and ‘Suspect Device’ is just as mean and gnarly as anything on the first Sex Pistols record.”
Volture, Shocking Its Prey
“I’ve been digging the new project Volture, which is a great side project from Municipal Waste’s Ryan Waste. What the Waste did to salute and honor crossover, Volture does that for the NWOBHM in spades. Check ‘em out!”
Josh Hart
Web Producer
Russian Circles, Geneva
“I have a weird habit of listening to new albums once or twice and then shelving them for a year before I come back to them and listen to them for months on end. This is one of those. I’m hoping now that Explosions in the Sky have a Top 20 album, these guys will get their dues as well.”
Skinny Puppy, Too Dark Park
“The best industrial album (not involving Trent Reznor) ever.”
Novembers Doom, Aphotic
I, like a lot of fans, was skeptical after Into Night’s Requiem Infernal saw the band trying everything they could not to be labeled as doom metal. Thankfully, this is a strong return to form. Check out the track ‘What Could Have Been,’ featuring ex-Gathering vocalist Anneke Van Giersbergen.”
Stephen Goggi
Art Director
Face to Face, Big Choice
“I’m going to see these duders with a bunch of friends from back in the day who I haven’t seen in a while. Trying to relive high school.”
Converge, Petitioning an Empty Sky
“Still my favorite Converge album. Give me sing-alongs and finger points in a song and I am a happy camper.”
Junip, Fields
“I’m down with Jose Gonzalez, so I’m down with this.”
Jimmy Hubbard
Photography Director
Agoraphobic Nosebleed/Despise You, And On And On… split EP
“Man, I love Agoraphobic Nosebleed! Last years Agorapocalypse was easily one of my favorite albums of 2010! This has a bit more of the classic power violence you expect from ANB and it destroys. I love listening to Scott Hull riff out. He is a total riff master. The Despise You stuff is great as well, their first material in 10 years.”
Decapitated, Carnival Is Forever
“Man, I have been waiting to hear the new record from Poland’s Decapitated ever since I heard they had entered the studio with a new lineup. After the untimely passing of drum powerhouse Witold ‘Vitek’ Kieltyka, I was curious to hear what guitarist (and Vitek’s brother) Waclaw ‘Vogg’ Kieltyka was going to come out with. Man, it’s great! Easily the most complicated and mature Decapitated music I have heard! Great stuff, more hardcore, less death, and just plain awesome!”
The Austerity Program, Black Madonna
“I love this band! A lot like a modern Big Black and a very snide Godflesh, awesome heavy bass and angular guitar backed by a Boss DR660 drum machine. 2007’s Black Madonna is a record I played a lot when it came out, and I have been listening to it nonstop this week for some reason…”
In our never-ending quest to provide you with the best music available, we present the Revolver Bootleg Series. Every month we’ll feature new, rare, and often exclusive music.
This installment comes from industrial duo ohGr, who feature Skinny Puppy’s vocalist Nivek Ogre. They release unDeveloped (Metropolis), their fourth studio album, on May 10, but they share one song off the album, “Crash,” here. Ogre fills us in below.
REVOLVER What’s “Crash” about?
OHGR “Crash” gives feeling to the continued disconnect between sustainability and that unflinching need to define oneself through possessions, whether devoured, inhabited in, or continually coveted. How many angels, dancing on a pin’s head, popping various economic bubbles while pricking the skin of Michael Jackson, will be needed to allow the prince sleep? This star struggles with insomnia lost the plot. He was living on his own headlined fumes, now bankrupt, in a self-made world now barely livable. A masthead tied to an economic ghost ship created when many of life’s larger mechanisms began withdrawing, wasting away.
“Crash” is about the very idea of death panels. this abstract form of the inhumane mind bending of people, asserting socialized medicine somehow meant death panels. This horrendous portrait of doctors maliciously holding back treatments from any poor uneducated fool that allows for regulation of one of the most dirty of hippocratic industries. The blue healer in wolf’s clothing? Wouldn’t it be a truer statement that not having socialized medicine for the poor is the purest, most poignant, definition of death panels?
Michael Jackson, who I am sure had seen more corruption of wealth than most, seemed the body politic for a slipping point to which symbolized the beginning of the “Crash.” Who then holds the gun?
Which part did you come up with first?
The idea for the song did not spring from any mechanized nod to verse, bridge, chorus. The motivator in any piece of music comes from the roots of “What do you have to say?” and “How are you going to say it?” Everything else, more or less, falls into place.
ohGr tend to write from the point of supporting the vocal. This does not have to be the starting point however and, as in this case, “Crash” seemed to evolve in a linear mode based on the concept inspired by the emergency call and the healthcare debate at the time. And of course the “blanket!”
Was this an easy song to write?
The whole album was fairly easy to write. There are, as with the first three songs on the album, those rare moments of creativity seemingly flowing with an ease that gives one pause to the gratuitous moment. A tapping into the rich conscious source that exists just outside the 4G broadband driven cellular low wave world we exist in. It’s in those moments that, for me, there is a connection to the very act of trapping, as if in amber through recording, a moment in time. It’s very special.
What sort of feedback have you gotten on this song so far?
As I write this it’s still over two weeks to release so it’s a bit premature to ask for the ejaculation ratings. I like it. ohGr likes it. We no longer possess it. unDeveloped is in the eye of the beholder to feed the back on. Enjoy the trip down.
Photo: Dan Santoni
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