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‘The History of Metal and Horror’ Goes for Crowdfunding Round 2
Back in September of 2015, I posted about a documentary titled The History of Metal and Horror, which goes over the many various ways that the two genres have collided, mixed, collaborated, and fed off each other. It’s a topic that I hold near and dear to my heart because I’m a longtime metalhead as well as a lifelong horror fan, so this is something that is very fascinating to me!
However, it seems that director Mike Schiff’s first foray on Indiegogo didn’t go too well as the crowdfund only raised about a quarter of its $50,000 goal. But that isn’t stopping Schiff, who is on a mission to bring this documentary to the masses. That’s why a second campaign has been launched with a goal of $38,000. It’s still over three times what was originally raised but he’s got two months to make magic happen, which I think is feasible.
The documentary interviewed people from both industries, “…such as Alice Cooper, John Carpenter, Kirk Hammett, Kane Hodder, Dave Mustaine, Bill Moseley, Corey Taylor, Sid Haig, and over 40 more“. There’s also chats with Tom Savini, Claudio Simonetti, Doug Bradley, Bill Moseley, and other horror and metal icons.
A promo for the documentary can be seen below and if you want to help then you just have to click on the above link!
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…
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