DEVILS WHOREHOUSE The Howling (2004) CD

Morgan Håkansson making horror punk records under a different name while still being in Marduk is the most Swedish thing imaginable, and The Howling is the proof.

Devil's Whorehouse is the project where one of black metal's most prolific architects gets to worship openly at the altar of Glenn Danzig and the original Misfits lineup, and the result is something genuinely fun in the way horror punk used to be fun before every Hot Topic band diluted it to nothing. The Howling hits that specific intersection of monster movie atmosphere, heavy riffing, and b-grade menace that the genre exists to deliver. Eight tracks, no filler, and a Swedish black metal musician's very sincere love letter to the American underground. Gothic, grim, and completely unpretentious about it.

Format: CD. 8-track EP. Released 2004. Origin: Sweden.

Fans of: The Misfits, Danzig, Death Wolf, Marduk