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Infected Band Of The Week: Let’s Head To San Jose To Check Out Flesh Weapon

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Time for another Infected Band of the Week, where we get the info on an Infected user’s music project. This week brings San Jose, California’s Flesh Weapon to the spotlight. Mixing horror samples with hip-hop, these guys definitely bring their love of the horror genre into their music! Check out all the info after the jump!

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1) What’s your name, your Infected name and your role in the band? 
Jason Franks aka NoS LeRatZ (leratz); Vocalist / APC40 / Keyboards / Producer
2) What is your band name and where did it come from? 
Flesh Weapon – We had a running list of ideas for band names and we noticed that ‘Flesh’ and ‘Weapon’ were recurring words on the list. Late one night (or early morning) we got to discussing each person’s potential to be a weapon in their own right.  
The idea of a Flesh Weapon is broad:  it could be your fist, or it could your brain.  Without question the name sparks controversy and is very tongue in cheek.  We like seeing the expression on people’s faces when we tell them who we are.  Obviously the music and meaning are much deeper than that, however.
3) Where are you guys from? 
San Jose, CA.
4) Who are the other members and what are their roles? 
Paul Dommert aka Paulie Gone; Vocalist / MPD18 / Keyboards / Producer
Todd Graham aka Toad; Vocalist / Guitars
5) How would you describe your music? 
An amalgamation of every sound we have ever heard as well as some that we have not.  Our music spans a wide spectrum of emotion while staying focused on the human experience.  We blend organic instrumentation with found sound to create a multi-timbred sonic landscape.  The end result is akin to a horror film: draw the listener in, make them feel comfortable and then cue the suspense.
6) What are some bands that influence you? 
Nine Inch Nails, Cage Kennylz, The Prodigy, A Perfect Circle, Bassnectar, DJ Shadow, Aphex Twin, Dr. Dre, and Portishead.
7) What are some of your favorite horror movies? 
The Keep, A Nightmare on Elm Street, The Exorcist, Evil Dead, I Spit On Your Grave, The Audition, Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer, Night of the Living Dead, Salem’s Lot, Poltergeist, In the Mouth of Madness, Alien, (this list could go on forever).
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John Carpenter’s New Album ‘Lost Themes IV: Noir’ NOW AVAILABLE!

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May 3, 2024

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John Carpenter, Daniel Davies and Cody Carpenter are back with Lost Themes IV: Noir, a brand new album from Sacred Bones Records that was released today, May 3.

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.

The new ten song collection was loosely inspired by the noir genre and marks new territory for John Carpenter and his cohorts, imbibing their trademark synth hooks and pulsing drum machine with propulsive post punk basslines and smoldering guitar solos.

Here’s the full Lost Themes IV: Noir track list:

  1. My Name is Death (video below)
  2. Machine Fear
  3. Last Rites
  4.  The Burning Door
  5. He Walks By Night (video below)
  6. Beyond The Gallows
  7. Kiss The Blood Off My Fingers
  8. Guillotine
  9. The Demon’s Shadow
  10. Shadows Have A Thousand Eyes

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 listen to Lost Themes IV: Noir right now!

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