Dead Vampires
"The Day After Halloween"
On "The Day After Halloween", Seattle's Dead Vampires go back to the old standards - Ramones and Misfits - for horror punk inspiration, but also sweeten things up with a deliciously fuzzed-out garage sound and a moog synthesizer/​theremin player (who wears a Dracula Mask). The formula works because the band manages to sound both rockingly familiar - particularly on the 50's-inspired tunes "Dead End Drive-In" and "Dead and Blue" - and totally unique at the same time.Though the lyrical themes tend to stick to horror movies, like everything else with this band, there's a zest that separates it from the pack. Take, for instance, this playful lyric from "Abra Cadaver"​:​"​Something'​s gone so very wrong/An Army of lost animated cadavers are pissing all over our front lawn." Campy,clever, but never cute, Dead Vampire's sophomore effort will satisfy your Halloween candy sweet tooth and your blood lust too.
4 out of 5 Skull and Crossbones!