Super Heroines - Cry For Help
I’ve posted this one before on the other blog, but it is good enough to find its bad-self reposted here. Let’s see what was written before shall we?
After appearing on the stunning Hell Comes to Your House compilation from 1981, Super Heroines, like fellow L.A. deathrockers’ Christian Death, were quick to put out their debut full-length LP and what a way to open the infernal gates it is. Led by vocalist / guitarist Eva O the band produced an album that was every bit as important and influential to the deathrock scene, and yet sadly, is relegated as an afterthought. What makes the Super Heroines stand out for me are two things. One and perhaps most notably, was their willingness to flirt with heavy metal. By 1982 standards that's a bit ahead-of-the-game I think. And two is Eva O's vocals: the woman who, according to her, had a brief relationship / encounter with infamous serial killer / Satanist Richard Ramirez (!), sounds positively possessed on these songs, like she'd been playing with a Ouija board before the recording sessions invoking something not quite human. She actually sounds pretty damn scary and it elevates the dark punky metal songs into a far more menacing beast if not for her killer vocals. One song in particular I'd like to point out is the "Super Heroines Theme," which is an instrumental; now, I think most folks familiar with punk music know that the genre isn't exactly renown for instrumentals but damn, do the band completely nail it. In fact, it's one of my favourites here.
Ripped to MP3
A2. Cry For Help
A3. Convicts
A4. Super Heroine Theme
B1. I'm Not Here
B2. Red
B3. Remember To Die
B4. Black Wedding
B5. Blue Blood
B6. Run From Reality
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