Paranormal punk-rock period dramas. Gothic glam-rock Greek tragedies. Horror-punk murder ballads. Creeper don't make albums, they make soundtracks, and third full-length 'Sanguivore' is no different. Leaning into the late 80s and early 90s supernatural horror scene - think The Lost Boys or Interview With A Vampire - 'Sanguivore' is a vampiric rock opera that rattles and rolls with such swagger it should be seen in stadiums: a culmination of nearly a decade's work.
Opener 'Further Than Forever' feeds their feverish desire to emulate Jim Steinman, a nine-minute rock opera romp through strip clubs, setting a bar so high Olympic pole jumpers can't reach it. Luckily, Creeper can. 'Sacred Blasphemy' is straight-up stadium-sized horror punk, whilst 'Teenage Sacrifice' shoots oxytocin straight into your veins on a bed shared by Nick Cave, Gary Numan and The Sisters Of Mercy.
'Black Heaven' digs a darkwave grave to a new-wave, gothic-rock nightclub, a heady cocktail created with equal measures of Boy Harsher, Type O Negative, and Simple Minds. Hannah Greenwood's spectral piano plays out protagonists Spook and Mercy's maddening tale on the grand finale, 'More Than Death'. Led by a lights-down-low goosebump-inducing vocal delivery by vocalist Will Gould, it leaves you crying into your record sleeves.
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