8 Inspirations: “Onslaught of The Dead”

  1. Children Shouldn’t Play with Dead Things – I saw this as a kid and I loved the retro look of the 70’s fashion and hair with the grain and vintage interior. The graveyard sequence is my all-time favorite Zombies rising from the grave scene.
  2. Day of The Dead’s Cave Scene for it’s Darkness – When you can’t see, it’s scary. In. “Day of the Dead” there’s a cave scene where the good guys go fighting zombies. It’s not a long scene at all, but I wish it was. Since it’s impossible to go back in time and tell Mr. Romero to make that longer or better yet make it the whole movie, I’ll make my movie like that.
  3. One Cut of The Dead – I was completely gung-ho for the campy and gory beginning. The second of half the film makes it go from a good old fashioned B-Zombie flick, to genius.
  4. John Waters – No Budget One Man with a Camera Style is exactly what I’m doing. From a filmmaker’s POV shooting with a minimal crew is ideal, but for some reason talent are the opposite. I’ve had some back out of a project when they learn there’s not make-up person.
  5. Hershel Gordon Lewis – Fun and Style over Logic and Realism. I love the gore of his films, but the pacing kills it. And don’t get me wrong I love boring films, but old films that are boring don’t know they are boring. New films are at least self-aware people will stop watching if it’s boring.
  6. Zombie Video Games – Pacing – Speaking of pacing. When I first heard zombie video games were being adapted to film I imagined and I guess hoped, they’d be just like the games, but live-action. When I saw “Resident Evil” for the first time I liked it, but it was just like a normal action movie. It didn’t feel like a video game.
  7. Bela Tarr – Long Shots – I’ve been a fan of his since 2007 when I watched “Werckmeister Harmonies” from Old Bank DVD in DTLA. All of his shots are one long take. For example, “Satanago” is 6 hours long, but it has only 35 shots. e.g. There’s a girl walking with a dead cat for four minutes non-stop.
  8. Roy Andersson – Anti-Close-ups and Wide Shots – Obviously, I do it, but I don’t like doing the close-up cuts back and forth edits. It’s necessary sometimes, but I don’t make it my goto for every scene with dialogue. I prefer wide shots that feature everything or everyone and no close-ups at all like Roy Andersson films.

“A Thirst for Blood” EP

A Spring release of songs recorded during the same session as “The Witch that was Guilty, But Silently Watched Your Daughter’s Burn”. They weren’t ready in time for the album, except for “Zombie Wolf” which was previously released on the “Tunes of Terror” compilation on Halloween 2022. And two remixes from two songs on the 3volver Compilation Cassette Tape “Trees Outnumber Stars in the Milky Way” and “I’m Better Drawn Out of Focus”.

A Thirst for Blood by Ten-Headed Skeleton

Album: “The Witch that was Guilty, But Silently Watched Your Daughter’s Burn” Out Now

TEN-HEADED SKELETON – THE WITCH THAT WAS GUILTY BUT SILENTLY WATCHED YOUR DAUGHTER’S BURN

“Challenging the listener through perplexing themes, spacious production, inventive beats, and so much more, Ten-Headed Skeleton has truly outdone himself on his newest project, The Witch that was Guilty, But Silently Watched Your Daughters Burn. You can only imagine how much music consistently gets sent our way, and with that, this undoubtedly has stuck out among the pack due to its extreme versatility and ability to sound like nothing we’ve experienced. It touches on so many new styles and genres” – WEWRITEABOUTMUSIC.COM https://www.wewriteaboutmusic.com/reviews/ten-headed-skeleton-the-witch-that-was-guilty

11 Songs written and produced by Ten-Headed Skeleton (Except cover song “Shout” written by Isley Brothers)

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“a truly standout project, serving up a whole underworld of sounds. The opening track ‘Show Me The Haunted House’, with retro bit-crusher effects and video game distortion sets the tone for the rest of the album. Tracks like ‘Until the Flesh Came Off’ then play with gory interview tapes and dichotomies between upbeat dance/pop rhythms and horror-tinged sounds; whilst others feature incredibly outlandish and morbid lyrics. Standout tracks 6 and 7 are highlights in the album for their distinctive and darkly catchy hooks like ‘Replace your teeth with five-inch knives’ and ‘All you need is love All you need is love, All you need is a push off a cliff‘”

URBANVAULT.COM https://urbanvault.co.uk/2023/02/10/ten-headed-skeleton-the-witch-that-was-guilty-but-silently-watched-your-daughters-burn-album-audio-itunes-spotify/

“Here is the contrast-the instrumental background is straight out of a video game soundtrack, and Ten Headed Skeleton has some choice verses that he raps over them. Each instrumental varies, and so does his lyrical flow… Knife and Until the Flesh Comes Off show his superior sense of flow, all the instrumentals merely a way to keep the beat ticking. The cartoonish appeal lies in the details of the track as well, the wonderment being in the confidence Ten Headed Skeleton has in his verse abilities.“

SINUSOIDALMUSIC.COM https://sinusoidalmusic.com/2023/02/15/ten-headed-skeleton-the-witch-that-was-guilty-but-silently-watched-your-daughters-burn/

“Doomsday on Parade” Single Featured on “Noob Saibot” Compilation Vol. 1

Illuminated Paths Records released a new hip-hop compilation Noob Saibot Vol. 1 featuring new work from artists Kool Keith, Passage (Anticon), Myka9, and my exclusive single “Doomsday on Parade” (Track 11). You can download it or buy the cassette tape here $12.00 https://illuminatedpaths.bandcamp.com/track/doomsdae-on-parade-w-ten-headed-skeleton-2