Creeper have announced that their fourth album, Sanguivore II: Mistress of Death, will be released via Spinefarm on Halloween, October 31. And as a taste of what we can expect, William Von Ghould's band have served up a deliciously dark new single, Blood Magick (It's A Ritual).
The album is the follow-up to 2023's Sanguivore. A press release states: "Sanguivore II: Mistress of Death is a thematic sequel rather than a direct continuation of the original story. Like a classic horror anthology it spins a new tale from the same bloodline as the original, this time using its bloodied vampiric heart as the common thread to introduce a brand new narrative.
"The tale takes us back to the moral hysteria that was the Satanic Panic and its impact upon the world of ‘80s hard rock and heavy metal. It was a time in which the late Prince of Darkness, Ozzy Osbourne, and Judas Priest were dogged by court cases. Iron Maiden played deep into America’s heartland, while W.A.S.P. and Mötley Crüe inflamed conservative minds with outrageous theatricality and decadence."
