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[Review] Bohren & Der Club Of Gore ‘Beileid’

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Beileid is the seventh album release from Bohren Und Der Club Of Gore, a four man project who’ve evolved from a 1992 German hardcore band into what they are today – the founders, masters, and pioneers of the doom jazz subgenre – which blends horror themes with blackened, jazz driven ambience. In the past and at its prime, its has been the perfect replacement for foul, Black Sabbath atmospheres when fast rhythms aren’t quite in sync with the mood – Bohren Und Der Club Of Gore are the consistent go-to alternative for slower, drowsier, aural evils.
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Enter now, after years of locked down brilliance, an awkward evolvement, as track #2 Catch My Heart maneuvers to buck the trend and perhaps open up a new avenue of creativity with the addition of vocals. Its dark and bluesy, but for those who have been devoted to the 100% pure instrumental drone of chillness and dread, the vocals of Mike Patton, done well enough, are slightly abrasive to the experienced puritan. 
Those craving more of the same, but different, can take solace in Zombies Never Die, which starts the album in standard Bohren fashion. Sedated, heroinly paced, and delicate – all while invoking shadows of Goblin and George Romero’s 1978 Dawn Of The Dead. Its subtle, but its in there. Like something Fran would have drank herself naked to beside the cases of SPAM after Steve was shot and killed – it could be easily slivered into the film and its soundtrack.
Beileid (German for condolence) – the titular and final tag, is a very patient and depressing soundscape of low pads and synths, gently accented with doomed sadness and impending evil, sheltered just slightly, like a campfire in a lone tent on the wide open fields of a frozen tundra. Death surrounding a pale, fading flame of hope. After learning the title’s translation only after giving that description, its does seem perfectly appropriate. 
The Final Word: These are the types of impressions left with you in the most delicate of manners when you listen to a Bohren album. And while two-thirds of this most recent album is not bad, with only 3 tracks, it does fall short of a “must have”. Addicted listeners like myself wont be able to avoid picking it up, but newcomers may want to investigate Sunset Mission, Black Earth, or Dolores for a deeper dyed, more blackening doom jazz experience.
3.5/5
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‘The Lost Boys’ Musical Extends Broadway Run With North American Tour Set for Spring 2028

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May 28, 2026

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The Lost Boys: A New Musical officially kicked off on Broadway last month, and Deadline now reports that the show’s Broadway run has been extended into next year.

The show was originally set to run through November, but Deadline reports that The Lost Boys: A New Musical “has released a block of tickets through Sunday, March 7, 2027.”

The news comes in the wake of The Lost Boys: A New Musical becoming the most Tony-nominated musical of the season with twelve nominations including Best Musical.

Additionally, “The Lost Boys will launch a North American National Tour in Spring 2028, at Playhouse Square in Cleveland. Additional cities and tour dates will be announced later.”

The Lost Boys: A New Musical is of course an adaptation of the 1987 horror classic from director Joel Schumacher, with the cast including Ali Louis Bourzgui as lead vampire David (originally played by Kiefer Sutherland), Maria Wirries as Star (originally played by Jami Gertz), and LJ Benet as the soon-to-be-turned Michael (originally played by Jason Patric).

The horror musical’s cast also includes Shoshana Bean as Lucy Emerson, Benjamin Pajak as Sam Emerson, Paul Alexander Nolan as Max, Jennifer Duka as Alan Frog, Miguel Gil as Edgar Frog, Brian Flores as Marko, Sean Grandillo as Dwayne, and Dean Maupin as Paul.

The Lost Boys: A New Musical is Directed by Michael Arden, featuring Music and Lyrics by The Rescues, Book by David Hornsby & Chris Hoch, Story by James Jeremias & Janice Fischer, and Produced by James Carpinello, Marcus Chait & Patrick Wilson (The Conjuring) by special arrangement with Warner Bros. Theatre Ventures.

When a mother and her two teenage sons move to Santa Carla in desperate need of a fresh start, they soon uncover the darker side of this sunny coastal community. While Lucy tries to piece her family’s life back together, Michael keeps pulling away in search of belonging.

As he finds connection with a local rock band and its charismatic leader, his younger brother Sam comes face-to-face with a terrifying reality: When night falls, Michael’s new friends are even more dangerous than they first appeared.

Joel Schumacher directed the original The Lost Boys vampire movie in 1987, wherein two brothers move to a new town and discover that the area is a haven for vampires.

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