Monuments in Ruin presents "Three Albums to Celebrate the Spooky Season"
Say your prayers and hug a loved one tightly as we prepare for the unseen to step out of the shadows and walk among our world once more. To help prepare for the occasion Monuments in Ruin has opened a portal to a few of our knowledgeable record related kindred spirits to unlock the code to a proper musical celebration of the afterlife reborn!
Hypaethral Records Picks
1. Helloween - Keeper of the Seven Keys Pt. 1 & 2
Nothing is more iconically "Halloween" than the 13 minute epic "Halloween" by Helloween. These two albums come as a package for me, so I had to include them both. A perfect pair to kick off the spooky season
Part One:
Part Two:
Pt. One: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kU9ovijJJheFUPO1zcIMmCw3hrbkJNREc
Pt. Two https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mLeHpH6TxPhE5k4ahMS9bNNyW8iyhf-j0
2. Bohren & Der Club of Gore - Piano Nights
Almost nothing says "spooky season" to me more than Bohren & Der Club of Gore. The haunting piano and saxophone in the opening track "Im Rauch" blend perfectly with the wisps of cool fall air. Prepare for a chill
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nP-1JSywCQwegT8dpBJ7laBVYA9TI0xtc
3. Mournful Congregation - The June Frost
Although the title references "June", we need to remember these guys are from Australia, where June marks the end of their fall season. From the ominous church bells in "Solemn Strikes the Funeral Chime" to the melancholic dirge of "A Slow March to the Burial", for me, this album is the epitome of "spooky".
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nu1YAzlmnH_aAmW5pttvl2sQWykcArNUA
Inherent Records Picks
1: Samhain III - November Coming Fire
Probably my all time favorite pick for the turning of the seasons. While the dead start to come alive to once again walk the earth, you'll find Samhain in my cassette deck or on my turntable. Sadly, this is one of those hard to find "shareable links" items. For now, take what you can until this link is no longer available.
Side One:
Side Two:
Side One: https://youtu.be/xUrrOFZmE68?si=FMLuDHY0KKHXY6kC
Side Two: https://youtu.be/3wY-zsKw6yw?si=RVWNmPpdudbt3C3Y
2: The Mummies - Never Been Caught
You are gonna need a reclusive, shadowy, garage rock party to show off your freshly acquired candies. If that is indeed the case, this batch of loosely wrapped punk rock and rollers will be ready when it's time to crank up the stereo and burn off that sugar rush. Expect some dancing ghouls to come knockin' on the door.
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nBhJNvfaYi801wMIINRCS_c-uWB2JwYUY&si=PXiTkX9dh05xPgM4
3: The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion - Plastic Fang
This is the complete package. From the album title, throughout the artwork and directly pinpointed in the lyric direction, this rock and roll nightmare was conjured for the ultimate all hallows eve celebration. Once this album marks your palm, you'll watch as the fur grows under the moonlight and teeth drip with blood. This super fit for the holiday will carry you through a sweat drenched, ghoulish night out with nothing in mind except a good time.
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_m5N7G-UDgo-aad9z5r6_UzXBIw42DgYVE&si=W0ejERJ0TxGhXhvY
King Volume Picks
1: Hammers of Misfortune -The Bastard
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_m8_iBlkc17UsyNPeafTyuiPs0Tav8W6u0
Shameless plug
2: Aiwass - The Falling how could I not?
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mYm3YV3-2XX99UPYzUP_sSgN58wJIVy6Y
3: The Gates Of Slumber - The Wretch
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lX2qopJOFYttBgY3twgHPVeMajQOc0pwE
Ripple Music Picks
1: It might be cliched, but first is always The Cramps "Psychedelic Jungle." Need me some Goo Goo Muck.
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nvUz2rQrwyAHc3Jedc-ww7z1A_Zuwwaio
2: From Ripple, I'll choose Doctor Smoke "Dreamers and the Dead," with songs like "Reborn into Darkness" and "These Horrid Things."
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nAgadRimnG2jucBea2Db9emvcxEjHmGV8
3: Then for my last one, I'll throw you a curveball, Jet Black Berries, an 80's LA band, kinda loosely associated with the Paisley Underground, but with some dark goth influences, think they were on the Enigma label back when it was uber cool. Album is Post Modern Ghosts, with the song "They Walk Among You." and other classics like "Invocation" and "Psychic children of Doom"
((( )))
https://thejetblackberries.bandcamp.com/album/post-modern-ghosts
Bonus: Honorable mention to singles, Bela Lugosi's Dead by Bauhaus because it just is, and although it's cliched and cheesy, there is no Halloween without Monster Mash.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yy9h2q_dr9k&pp=ygUdQmVsYSBMdWdvc2kncyBEZWFkIGJ5IEJhdWhhdXM%3D
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tsPdVsIXqzU&pp=ygUMbW9uc3RlciBtYXNo
Translation Loss Picks
1: Many Blessings - Emanation Body
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mnlj5uxswPSHKagIsXbr8sLYSvIXKHkuo
2: Sinoia Caves - Beyond the Black Rainbow OST
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_k6ffMzhMWhttQauUjZjYvPYDobnR34hQI
3: John Carpenter / Halloween - Motion Picture Soundtrack
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mUEESRnOlQgq3U6MtrKNoDARlbAcCz-2M
Season of Mist Picks
Benighted – Ekbom (2024)
Album is named after a psychological condition that makes people believe their skin is crawling with bugs.
((( )))
https://benighted.bandcamp.com/album/ekbom
Strigoi – Viscera (2022)
A blackened and sludgy mixtape of misery that explores real and conceptual horror.
((( )))
https://strigoiofficial.bandcamp.com/album/viscera
Carach Angren – Franckensteina Strataemontanus (2020)
The Dutch masters of horror resurrect the gruesome story behind Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein with their campiest album yet.
((( )))
https://carachangren.bandcamp.com/album/franckensteina-strataemontanus
Bonus Content!
My all time favorite Halloween episode of the Monuments in Ruin Podcast. The 2018 Halloween Mashup that originally aired on Trendkill Radio.
Dark room and headphones not required but certainly recommended!
https://www.mixcloud.com/MonumentsInRuin/monuments-in-ruin-halloween-2018/
Monuments in Ruin - Halloween Mashups 2018 Intro
Pink Floyd - On The Run
Possessed - The Exorcist
Harry Manfredini - Overlay of Evil/Main Title
Alice Cooper - I Love The Dead
Alain Leonard and Alex Wank - Quella Villa
Sleepy Sun - Prodigal Vampire
Svvamp - Burning Down
AC/DC - Night Prowler
Johnny Cash - Thirteen
Danny Elfman - The Incantation/Lydia Strikes A Bargain
Lucifer - The Philosophers Stone
Happy Halloween everyone.
~ Bobby Rayfield ~ Monuments in Ruin
For more information about the participation labels, visit them online at
Hypaethralrecords.com
InherentRecords.com
KingVolume.com
Ripple-Music.com
Season-Of-Mist.com
Translation Loss
Mixcloud.com/MonumentsInRuin
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