The Electric Hellfire Club - Empathy for the Devil
This is a 2 CD collection of cover tunes and other Halloween strangeness from this rather eclectic band of Satanists. I’m not really a big fan of this band but anybody that sticks a Jack-O-Lantern and a Baphomet pentagram on the cover of their album is cool by me. This is more Techno/Industrial than anything else, with a heavy leaning towards Techno. There are some Industrial parts but this is mostly beat-driven and doesn’t sound a bit out of place when being played at the Gothic version of a disco (where I bought this). I was at the Shrine of Lilith waiting for Galaxxy Chamber (one of my favorite Gothic/Ritual bands) to come on, so don’t think I frequent these places. Believe me, I was the only one in the entire place wearing an Exodus t-shirt. The covers they chose are rather odd, though all of them are Satanic to some degree. They even do a cover of Motley Crue’s “Shout at the Devil,” and “Highway to Hell” by AC/DC . The Electric Hellfire Club only put one original song on this release, but I found that it was much more interesting than their selection of covers. The only cover track that I really enjoyed was the “Halloween Medley.” That particular song takes up the entire second CD and has parts of “Bela Lugosi’s Dead,” “Black No. 1” and the theme music from the movie Halloween. The other tracks were okay, but I really preferred the original song and the “Medley” track the most. I doubt any new fans will be converted by listening to Empathy for the Devil but those of you out there who like The EHC will want to search this one out.
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