Tone death
Music has often gone with horror movies like peas and carrots but with advances in technology making music production available to the masses the influence of seventies and eighties Italian horror has reached wider than the cinematic sphere and into that of the standalone track(s).
And with that comes the joy of the music video and one director we have been keeping an eye on (and previously covered) is Jan Schulze Beckendorf who works under the name of Opaque.
Jan has previously directed giallo inspired videos for the London based group Zoltan and their track 'The Ossuary' as well as for the track 'Killer Chimes' by the band Giallos Flame not to mention videos for the terrific artist Umberto. And now he returns with another giallo inspired video for the band Sospetto and their track 'Il sonno silenzio' which will be featured on their forthcoming album. You can view the video below.
Well from Germany to Sweden and to the cinematic horror band Anima Morte, who many readers may know as having had a 7" release with the terrific Hooded Menace in which they covered my favourite Hooded Menace track 'Grasp of the Beastwoman' and in case you were wondering what they are up to now....well let me tell you.
Drum roll please!
They have just released a new single titled 'Inertia of the Risen' for which they collaborated with none other than the prolific Fabio Frizzi. The single is due to be released as a collectors edition vinyl single released by Giallo Music.
The band have actually put out a statement regarding their excitement of working with Fabio Frizzi and partially crediting him with the very existence of the band and no doubt this experience was a dream come true for them.
Find out more about Anima Morte over on their Facebook page or follow them on Twitter.
Oh on a side note if you haven't already check out the album Graveyard Disturbances by the 'supergroup' (Can I call them that? I just did) Enoch which features Killjoy (Necrophagia, The Ravenous, Wurdulak) and Mirai Kawashima (Sigh, Necrophagia) - pure horrific audio joy.
You can view the videos for Umberto, Zoltan and more over on the Opaque YouTube channel.