This phenomenal 1998 album was the result of members of Swedish neo-prog bands, Anekdoten and Landberk coming together to pay respects to the great soundtracks of horror and exploitation cinema of the '60s and '70s. Symphonic Holocaust by Morte Macabre contains mostly very loyal covers from such classics as Rosemary's Baby, City Of The Living Dead, The Beyond, and Cannibal Holocaust, and culminates in the sprawling original composition bearing the album's title. Brilliantly executed and slathered in mellotron, this will appeal to anyone interested in dark and evocative music or film score.
Mellotron is not to be taken lightly. My curiosity is piqued now. We'll see how it stacks up against Lalo Schifrin.
ReplyDeletewonderful album that gets regular spins in my stereo . shame they only did this one . their original bands(anekdoten) never really did it for me though. bit like debut album king crimson giving a nod to argento and fulci movies - in one word : awesome
ReplyDeleteNo doubt you are familiar with FANTOMAS' album - The Directors Cut, where (obviously) the reinterpretations of various film scores are a tad more of the almost industrial type.
ReplyDeleteThanks. I have been told good things about Anekdoten and Landberk; look forward to hearing this.
ReplyDeleteTremendous album, and they've hinted that they're working on a sequel.
ReplyDeletesounds intriguing to say the least. looking forward to this....too bad this wasn't up during halloween week to pump out the windows.
ReplyDeleteI'm sure I will love this....
ReplyDeleteWOW. I'd never heard of this. I'm a big fan of Anekdoten and Landberk too. Thanks for this Aesop!
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Brilliant album, I was able to buy one of the last vinyls @ an Anekdoten gig.
ReplyDeleteSorry. You asked me to burn the vinyl rip with the extra track. My bad. If you are new to the name Landberk, I strongly suggest you track down "Indian Summer".
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ReplyDeletefantastic album!
the first track blow my fuckin' away - coz it was my fave theme from the "The City Of The Living Death".
german proto black band Evoked Doom used this track as well on their demo (straight rip it from the movie score).
Im always was hungry for movie soundtracks from 70\80s...
well, maybe you post also John Carpenter works? This man had always known how to do a really minimalistic, but really hit-driven stuff.
BTW, in the end of the first track everyone can hear sample from russian news broadcast... weird.
Excellent record (and good kept secret)
ReplyDeleteNot a big fan of Anekdoten either, but this is recommended stuff.
The first Spring album is the best mellotron-record ever for me.
Danny
Great, thank you! Just what I was looking for right now.
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ReplyDeleteplease check this out:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pkee89yPPJ8
both Landberk and Anekdoten are great. Anekdoten recordings are not as good as their live stuff.
a dearly departed friend made me a copy of this that is so beat up and worn out now...i'm glad someone posted this. this is such good music.
ReplyDeleteWOW! You had me at 60's 70's exploitation soundtracks! Mellotron as well? Too much! THANKS!!!
ReplyDeleteI will have to give this a listen considering how much I love gialli. Also, by any chance to you have a copy of Moriconne's score for Argento's "The Bird with the Crystal Plummage"? Haunting score.....
ReplyDeleteI've never heard of this, and it looks right up my horror lovin' alley. Thanks Aesop.
ReplyDelete... and RIP Paul Naschy!
Paul Von- That radio sound is most likely from the guitar amps. You can hear the same thing on "Another Great Love Song" by Aesop's band and the first Sanctuary album. Still odd huh?
ReplyDeleteHmmm, spaghetti with Swedish meatballs. Might work...
ReplyDeletethnx ace! this is amazing!!
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