The Haunting (Theatre of Ice album)

The Haunting
Studio album by Theatre of Ice
Released 1982
Recorded Nevada, 1981
Genre Deathrock
Label Demented Mind Mill Records
Theatre of Ice chronology
The Haunting
(1982)
Beyond the Graves of Passion
(1983)

The Haunting was the first full length album by the American deathrock/gothic rock band Theatre of Ice, recorded in 1981, and released in 1982.

The recording sessions took place in a supposedly haunted house somewhere in the deserts of Nevada. While many at the time thought it nothing more than a gimmick, the band claimed that it inspired them to create what is now considered one of the more deranged albums ever recorded. Rather than opting for one musical style, the album alternates between hard, razor-sharp, creepy-crawly punk rock with echo-like wolf howls to textural synthesizer soundtracks filled with strange noises. But, while the musical style varied, the themes remained rooted in modern horror.

Musicians

Track listing

  1. "A Militant Hymn"
  2. "Down Arizona Way"
  3. "Theatre of Ice"
  4. "You are the Children"
  5. "Puppet Love"
  6. "The Burning Man"
  7. "A Single Bullet"
  8. "The Ghost Did a Scarey Walk"
  9. "Driven"
  10. "Monsters From Beyond"
  11. "A Wagonload of Corpses"
  12. "Fade to Red"
  13. "The Sound"
  14. "Creature on the Hill"
  15. "On and On"
  16. "Comfort"
  17. "Brain Damage"
  18. "Message From Home"
  19. "From the Ruins of My Mind"
  20. "Procession"
  21. "Golden Girl"


Reviews

Notes

  1. "Reviews". (July/August 1985, Issue C). OPtion, p.19
  2. "Reviews". (October 1983, Vol. 1 No. 3). Unsound, p.43
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