Our good friends who we have had the chance to talk to several times, The Deathtones, have released a fun new Christmas album. 7 songs of dreadful cheer! Some of your favorites such as Silent Night and Jingle Bells on speed. Also, there is a few new songs of slaughter for the holiday season such as Black Christmas. This album is so much fucking fun and has fueled a lot of my writing for the holiday season.
I am happy to say I love everything about this album. It chugs along and the album length is 20 minutes. They rope you along with this album with such great timing. It can get easy to get tired of Christmas Songs. However, this speeds right through the holiday cheer with powerful chords and great vocals. Also, knowing how this band does their recording (watch our past episodes on Dadmented AND Punk Rock Geek Den) everything fits together so nice. The tempo is straight forward with each band member It's great for all those punk rock Christmas parties. Because its something for everyone. In their usual fashion, they are a very technical band.
The Deathtones are something different in the horror rock community. Sure there is some similarities, but they are just done perfectly with this band. They are a step above what I hear, its refreshing. There can only be so many horror punk bands out there because lets face it, they all kind of have the same sound and technique. You wont get that with this album, or any of The Deathtones work.
In the end, without rambling, this is one of my favorite new albums to have been released and I hope for more of that ghoultide cheer next year! You can find the album streaming, or you can help pay bills and order awesome merch and physical copies from Bandcamp!
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