Ritual Howls announced a new record and dropped an awesome new track, so let's all rejoice! You can pre-order a super nifty neon green vinyl on their Bandcamp right HERE.
I realized I completely forgot about and never ordered the band's previous release, 2023's Virtue Falters, so I have to go back and take care of that at some point. But this is a very well-timed release; we're approaching Autumn, and just over the last two days, I've felt twitches of it. First, I pulled out the copy of The Damned's live Night of 1000 Vampires the other day, an album Mr. Brown gifted me and that I played continuously last autumn. Then yesterday I had a taste for Joy Division. So, having a new Howls' record for Halloween 2025 will be a welcome event.
NCBD:
Another easy week, but everything here is something I can't wait to read! Let's go:
Hands down the best regularly produced Batman book I've read since Morrison's run almost twenty years ago now. I know this ends in a few issues, but I'll enjoy Dark Patterns while I can. Dan Watters and Hayden Sherman are really operating at peak performance on this one.
Watch:
I found this trailer for Matt Stuertz's new feature, Human, via Bloody Disgusting, which had a headline comparing it to Greg Araki meets Evil Dead 2. I see the Araki for sure, not 100% certain I see the Raimi. Regardless, for what looks like a super small budget, I am intrigued and won't hold a Howie Mandel cameo against the film.
Playlist:
The Damned - Night of 1000 Vampires
Windhand - Eternal Return
John Carpenter and Alan Howarth - Prince of Darkness OST
Revocation - New Gods, New Masters (pre-release singles)
Blackbraid - Blackbraid III
Witchthroat Serpent - Trove of Oddities at the Devil's Driveway
Sleep - Dopesmoker
QOTSA - Rated R
Black Sabbath - Eponymous
Joy Division - Substance
Ritual Howls - Follow the Sun (single)
Ritual Howls - Virtue Falters
Ritual Howls - Into the Water
Ritual Howls - A Safe Haven From the Sun (single)
Cryo Chamber - Echoes of the Hollow Earth
Young Widows - Power Sucker
Card:
From Jonathan Grimm's Hand of Doom Tarot, which you can buy HERE.
• Ace of Cups
• V: The Hierophant
• Seven of Wands
Emotional breakthrough leads beyond accepted dogma/practices to a victory of Will.
First, let's take a moment to marvel at the artistic merit of these three particular cards. My god - I'm blown away every time I stop to examine Grimm's art in this deck. Not just the actual art, but the concepts and pulling together of so many similar attributes - stoner rock, Weedian folklore, Occult influences, 70s Sci-Fi and Fantasy. Breathtaking, I tell you.
Okay, so what the hell is this pull saying? I've finally knuckled down and have been writing very nearly every day, and it's paying off. The book I'm working on - Shadow Play Two - is extremely difficult to write. I have a timeline that dates back to Elizabeathan England and draws in a lot of minor historical figures. I'm having trouble shaping the second act of the book - which I'm back to thinking will take place in both Elizabeathan and Victorian England, and a lot of my work is slow going.
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