Graveyard Disturbances
[Baphomet Records]

Have you ever been watching one of those 1970's or 1980's horror movies and been thinking to yourself in those moments just before something gory on screen happens "Man, that's some spooky damn music!"? With the recent boom in the horror movie industry over the last few years, there has been a lot of new fans emerging every day that love every aspect of the art form, including the musical soundtracks of the movies. And there's some fans that have been there all along over the years when horror was almost a dead genre enjoying these types of movies ever since they were little kids old enough to pop movies into the laser disc, VHS or Beta machines themselves with their scared and shaking little hands. Some of those fans grow up and start bands like Enoch.

Enoch is comprised of Killjoy from Necrophagia/Ravenous and Marai of Sigh. Don't let that fool you into thinking "Graveyard Disturbances" is a metal album at all, because nothing could be further from the truth. "Graveyard Disturbances" is a full and complete soundtrack to any horror movie that you wish to come up with within the reaches of your own mind while you listen to it. Most of the album is done using a synth to create the flowing and downright disturbing nuance of the album. Ambient sound effects and samples complete the atmosphere and really add a depth to the synth parts. At first I HATED this album. I put it on in the middle of the afternoon with the sun shining brightly and looked at it through a metal fans perspective and wasn't too impressed. I played it again later after it turned dark out and I turned all of the lights out. I then tried to get all of the non-metal bias out of my system and listened to it again. That time I was amazed at how much I liked this when it was listened to under the right circumstances and when I had the right frame of mind. It is done so well, that even though there are no lyrics whatsoever, from just the sound samples used, I could tell their were stories actually taking place within each song. I never would have noticed that if I hadn't opened my mind to it. The CD also contains a video of the track "A Tribute To Sanity", but I couldn't get the thing to run, so unfortunately I can't comment on what it is about here.

The production is done really well. It is a great sounding production, but everything is played to sound very 70's or 80's horror in style. I guess the keyboards are what accomplishes most of this old horror soundtrack vibe because a lot of those older horror movies used similar keyboard parts as their musical centerpiece.

The Digi pak's packaging is killer, with a very cool almost abstract painting adorning the cover and equally disturbing artwork on the inside of the Digi pak and in the booklet. The booklet contains no lyrics, because well, there aren't any lyrics. And the Enoch logo is very cool, even though looking at it may make most people think that they are a metal band.

"Graveyard Disturbances" is the perfect album for those into metal that need to add something non metal to their collection, especially if they are fans of horror movie soundtracks composed by Fabio Frizzi and John Carpenter. After listening to this album, it makes me want to throw on a horror flick right away. And if you're anything like me, you'll be paying more attention to these horror movie soundtracks after hearing "Graveyard Disturbances" and always making comparisons.