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Casket Casey - Coffin Up Bones
Release: 2005Label: Blood And Guts Records
By: AvNatten
Posted: Nov 19, 2005
When I first heard that Vintersorg/Otyg guitarist Mattias Marklund was going to release a horror punk album I was anxious and excited. I ordered the album "Coffin Up Bones" right away as soon as I found out it was released through the underground US horror label Blood And Guts Records. "Coffin Up Bones" is an MCD that contains four tracks that serves as a preview to the upcoming album the band are working on right now, and which should be released within the coming months. Marklund is joined on the release by vocalist Cia Hedmark also of Vintersorg/Otyg fame, drummer Stefan Strömberg who also was on the first Otyg album, and bassist Patrick Petterson.
The first thing I noticed while listening to the album is that there is no punk involved whatsoever. This is horror rock of the creepiest kind instead. The music tells the story of a woman named Casket Casey with a taste for necrophilia who visits the local graveyard late at night to search for and then dig up her next lover in the cold autumn breeze. During the first two tracks, 'Back To Life' and 'Cold Flesh And Bone' the story unfolds as we listen to Cia tell us firsthand of the grave robbing and necrophilia acts committed by miss Casket Casey. On 'She's Been Bad' the story shifts into the town's gossip, the people are realizing that something bad is going on right under their noses at that old house on the hill. Once they are in her house they are in for quite a grisly discovery. The final track 'Still' is Casey reflecting on her feelings and talking about the ones she has dug up and has a special place in her heart for.
Mattias' guitar work on 'Back To Life' and 'She's Been Bad' in particular is superb and quite often reminds me of former Danzig guitarist John Christ. Hedmark's vocal delivery is full and almost bluesy adding a sorrowful aspect. Lyrics are also included so you can get into the mind of Casket Casey yourself. Coffin Up Bones is the perfect album to play in the cold of autumn with thick grey clouds in the sky, a constant rain falling, and the cold night wind howling.
The first thing I noticed while listening to the album is that there is no punk involved whatsoever. This is horror rock of the creepiest kind instead. The music tells the story of a woman named Casket Casey with a taste for necrophilia who visits the local graveyard late at night to search for and then dig up her next lover in the cold autumn breeze. During the first two tracks, 'Back To Life' and 'Cold Flesh And Bone' the story unfolds as we listen to Cia tell us firsthand of the grave robbing and necrophilia acts committed by miss Casket Casey. On 'She's Been Bad' the story shifts into the town's gossip, the people are realizing that something bad is going on right under their noses at that old house on the hill. Once they are in her house they are in for quite a grisly discovery. The final track 'Still' is Casey reflecting on her feelings and talking about the ones she has dug up and has a special place in her heart for.
Mattias' guitar work on 'Back To Life' and 'She's Been Bad' in particular is superb and quite often reminds me of former Danzig guitarist John Christ. Hedmark's vocal delivery is full and almost bluesy adding a sorrowful aspect. Lyrics are also included so you can get into the mind of Casket Casey yourself. Coffin Up Bones is the perfect album to play in the cold of autumn with thick grey clouds in the sky, a constant rain falling, and the cold night wind howling.
Rating: 7/10
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