Is Lugosi’s Morphine the missing link between Samhain and 45 Grave? I’m inclined to think so. Like the prior band, Lugosi’s Morphine falls on the thrashier side of deathrock, yet like the latter group they temper their horror-punk with an (un)healthy does of gallows humor. Songs like “The Ugly” and “The Devil Bat” manage to be both vicious and humorous, but even when the pace is slowed on tracks like the semi-acoustic “We Die Young” the album still retains its bite. Though a bit raw, I can’t imagine that With a Demoral Chaser should be otherwise; it’s good to see a band like Lugosi’s Morphine carrying the old-school torch.

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