Review: Blood, gore and death metal
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 06 29, 2013
This is not a book I normally would read. I love metal and I love horror, but not the glut of sparkling, simpering, romantic vampire rubbish that has ruined the bloodsucker myth. Amazingly, the author managed to capture the essence of true vampires using black metal/Goth music to lure their victims in for the kill, and made it seem so plausible. This book is a no holds barred, intriguing take on the undead mythos which I haven't seen since Anne Rice's compelling Interview With the Vampire published in 1976. Move over Anne, this book kicks the vampire, Lestat right in the ass. The simple fact is that Mr. Warren can write. I honestly don't think I've read a book as beautifully written as this one in ages. Yes, it's gory and brimming with sex, but his prose is eloquently brutal, evoking a time when authors knew how to effectively use language to take the reader to places both impossible and improbable. And to his credit, Mr. Warren really knows and understands the music business which made the story even more satisfying, so Metal music fans, horror fans, vampire fans---read this book.