Music

This “Re-Animator” Inspired Metal Track Gets Brian Yuzna’s Two Thumbs Up!

Published

9 years ago

March 18, 2015

German metal band Hackneyed have a song on their upcoming album Inhabitants of Carcosa called “Re-Animator”. As I’m sure you can imagine, the lyrical content of the song is directly inspired by the 1985 film of the same name. As far as metal tracks go, it’s really damn good. It sounds incredibly tight and has a darkly sinister yet widely epic feel.

I’ve also been told that the rest of the album is heavily inspired by the works of H.P. Lovecraft, so fans of that style of metal may very well have found their next big release to pay attention to!

Re-Animator producer Brian Yuzna, who went on to direct the film’s sequels, even gave it his thumbs up, stating that the song, “…is very tongue in cheek.”

The album Inhabitants Of Carcosa was mixed by Nikita Kamprad and mastered by Dan Swanö (Evergrey, Nasum, Opeth). It will will be released on May 15 and can be pre-ordered via Bandcamp.

“Re-Animator” lyrics:
LIFE

REF
I keep working on my cure for longer life
Day and night – NIGHT
My reagent even wakes you if you die
Back to life – LIFE

I
Spending hours in my lab
Treating rats, guinea pigs,
My neighbour’s cat – and Dr Gruber
A little side effect:
After injecting them with life,
They scream aloud and getting uber

Bridge:
This guy called Hill – does not have any skill
Talking about minutes, six to twelve
THAT’S A LIE
This debate’s more than just a strife
He’s ignoring all my facts,
But I will bring men back to life

LIFE
BACK TO LIFE

REF
I keep working on my cure for longer life
Day and night – NIGHT
My reagent even wakes you if you die
Back to life – LIFE

II
After the setback – still searching for a cure
and keep my work ahead – by improvising
But still I have to find a lab – to make it pure
find someone to assist, pretending socializing

Bridge:
His name is Cain, he thinks that I’m insane
But he needs the rent – for a house with basement
A perfect Igor for my plan
Helps me to get into the morgue
So I can finally start to work

REF
Day and night – NIGHT
My reagent even wakes you if you die
Back to life – LIFE

I keep working on my cure for longer life
Day and night – NIGHT
And even if the failures became rife
Back to life – LIFE

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Music

“He Walks By Night” – Listen to a Brand New John Carpenter Song NOW!

Published

2 weeks ago

April 9, 2024

John Squires

It’s a new day, and you’ve got new John Carpenter to listen to. John Carpenter, Daniel Davies and Cody Carpenter have released the new track He Walks By Night this morning, the second single off their upcoming album Lost Themes IV: Noir, out May 3 on Sacred Bones Records.

Lost Themes IV: Noir is the latest installment in a series that sees Carpenter releasing new music for John Carpenter movies that don’t actually exist. The first Lost Themes was released in 2015, followed by Lost Themes II in 2016 and Lost Themes III: Alive After Death in 2021.

Sacred Bones previews, “It’s been a decade since John Carpenter recorded the material that would become Lost Themes, his debut album of non-film music and the opening salvo in one of Hollywood’s great second acts. Those vibrant, synth-driven songs, made in collaboration with his son Cody Carpenter and godson Daniel Davies, kickstarted a musical renaissance for the pioneering composer and director. With Lost Themes IV: Noir, they’ve struck gold again, this time mining the rich history of the film noir genre for inspiration.

“Since the first Lost Themes, John has referred to these compositions as “soundtracks for the movies in your mind.” On the fourth installment in the series, those movies are noirs. Like the film genre they were influenced by, what makes these songs “noirish” is sometimes slippery and hard to define, and not merely reducible to a collection of tropes. The scores for the great American noir pictures were largely orchestral, while the Carpenters and Davies work off a sturdy synth-and-guitar backbone.

“The trio’s free-flowing chemistry means Lost Themes IV: Noir runs like a well-oiled machine—the 1951 Jaguar XK120 Roadster from Kiss Me Deadly, perhaps, or the 1958 Plymouth Fury from John’s own Christine. It’s a chemistry that’s helped power one of the most productive stretches of John’s creative life, and Noir proves that it’s nowhere near done yielding brilliant results.”

You can pre-save Lost Themes IV: Noir right now! And listen to the new track below…