Masked madmen EVIL BLIZZARD ‘Wake The Dead In Bedlam’

MACABRE masked madmen EVIL BLIZZARD join forces with Discharge frontman Jeff Janiak on disturbing new single and accompanying video, ‘Wake The Dead In Bedlam’ (Crackedankles Records).

“I’ve been a huge, huge Discharge fan since I was a teenager, I adore them,” said Evil Blizzard’s Filthydirty. “We were lucky enough to share a bill with them, and it turned out that vocalist JJ was an Evil Blizzard fan, which was obviously a buzz.

“When we were writing the new album there was a track called ‘Four Letter Words’ that’s got a real Discharge vibe, and we toyed with the idea of seeing if JJ wanted to add vocals. But that seemed a bit too obvious a track, and we don’t like ‘obvious’ usually. So, we thought about seeing if he wanted to add something to another track that wasn’t as Discharge as I know JJ has not only a wide musical taste but also varied vocal styles.

“So we sent him ‘Wake The Dead’ as a demo, and he was well on board. I went down and recorded his parts in Leek, and instead of the obvious screaming he added the pretty unsettling whispering parts. And some screaming, of course. He added musical ideas to the track and also brought a lot to the table – literally – for the video, which was all filmed and edited on my phone. Full on lo-fi, as you can no doubt tell.”

And following their recent sold-out 100 Club gig, Evil Blizzard have just announced a series of further shows:

July 25: Wrexham The Rockin’ Chair [with The Chameleons] * Aug 07: Todmorden, The Golden Lion * Sept 09: Space Chase Festival Headline * Oct 10: Leeds, The Key Club * Oct 31: Darwen, Sunbird Records * Nov 14: Yarmouth, HRH Prog Festival * Nov 28: Birmingham, O2 Institute *

Details HERE