The Contrarian – “Dweller On The Threshold”
from the webpage for this release…
1 commentBased on early 20th-century weird fiction (HP Lovecraft, Arthur Machen, Algernon Blackwood, etc.), Eldritch Musicks delivers top-shelf “haunt-rock” that, while entertaining, also offers a glimpse into an eerie world of symbol and derangement. With its uncanny atmosphere and guitar-driven authority, Eldritch Musicks calls to mind classic Blue Öyster Cult and other masters of occult musical mojo… The Contrarian engineered and produced the recording and also performs all instruments and vocals. Additional sonic material is supplied by The Ten Thousand Things, who contributed four lush and unsettling “eldritch drones” to the project.
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I definitely hear the BOC influence, which makes this refreshingly different than most other “scary music” people are trying to make these days. I’m sure there are some youngin’ folks tilting their heads in confusion and saying “What? You mean Black Sabbath wasn’t the only 1970s band dabbling in those themes?”