Oh! The Horror’s new album ‘1692’ is officially out today. Fans can stream the album in full at: https://ingroov.es/1692
‘1692’ is the follow up to 2020’s full-length ‘Halloween 365’. ‘1692’ takes its title from the year of the Salem witch trials. With this new group of songs, Oh! The Horror is positioned to enlist new legions of listeners.
“Tears Of Gold”, which can be found on ‘1692’ was positioned in the Top 40 on the Billboard mainstream rock charts for five weeks in a row with radio stations across the U.S. adding it into their daily rotations. Listen here: https://ingroov.es/tears-of-
Three members and a massive, genre-defying sound: Oh! The Horror – Jonathon Hellhouse, Grady Finch and Jeremy Terror – fuse elements of metalcore, rap, horrorcore, industrial, and pop to forge an electrifying maelstrom of sonic spectacle.
The band was formed in Sacramento, California. Over time, and through an evolving cast of musicians, Jonathon Hellhouse’s original vision solidified, as the band’s current members were bonded by a shared work ethic. “We were the weird guys,” they remember. “The ones wearing masks while other bands were doing progressive metal, shred guitar music. We didn’t fit on the bills, so we booked our own shows.”
Oh! The Horror is self-contained; the band members and their onstage set-up can conceivably fit into a Honda Accord. Guitars are processed and plugged directly into the mixing board. Minus a live drummer, they employ elaborate backing tracks via a laptop, allowing for a perfect match of recordings and concerts.
As their elaborate masks, onstage theatrics, and narrative videos signify, the trio is collectively inspired by spine-chilling horror movies and blood stained video games. Livestream performances became mainstays of Oh! The Horror’s lock down year, with ambitious social media postings and ‘The Live Scream’, a YouTube series. The band is now developing an eclectic repertoire of singer-songwriter ballads, country anthems and pop songs, metalized and reimagined for the TikTok platform.
