Songs Of Unspeakable Terror

Fans of Bloody Hammers have been riding the Transylvania County, North Carolina-based husband and wife duo’s wavelength of heavy metal, doom and goth rock since their formation in 2010 – but never have they encountered a haunt like this! While it doesn’t stray too far from the sound listeners have grown to infectiously adore, the band’s latest full-length offering – Songs Of Unspeakable Terror – explores territory yet uncharted by the band: retro-ized horror punk in all its gritty glory. This beastly follow-up to the band’s standout 2019 full-length The Summoning shouldn’t be confused as an all new direction for the band, however.

These songs are a pandemic lockdown labor of love, a temporary foray into the unknown, while still remaining true to the Bloody Hammers trademark. At the start of 2020, having just released a new album under his darkwave solo project, vocalist/guitarist/bassist Anders Manga was about to head out on tour when COVID-19 hit. Soon locked in their house under the country’s strict stay-at-home orders, Manga and his bride and bandmate, organist/pianist Devallia, spent time jamming in their basement and revisiting some of their classic punk favorites from up north – the Misfits, Plasmatics, the Cramps and Voluptuous Horror of Karen Black, to name a few.

Holed up and barred from the uncertainty of the world, Bloody Hammers churned out 11 new raw-power tracks inspired by these greats, and now, they’re unearthed… from the grave! Laced with spine-tingling vocal lines, bathed in a seductive, macabre cocktail of granular guitars and accented by searing synths, each track on Songs Of Unspeakable Terror is a bonafide horror punk pillar.