This past Sunday marked my first article for Seen, whose name your may recall from our 4th of July party (which also served as Seen’s official launch party). Every week I’ll be doing an article over at Seen that will expand a bit on something we post about regularly on the Bloglin. I’m still working out a set time each week for new articles though so bare with me.

The first installment of the Crook’s Crypt focused on something that if you read the Bloglin regularly should be no stranger to, Witch House and Mater Suspiria Vision in particular. I’m sure you all probably realize at this point that the whole scene and that band in particular is something that I’m completely enthralled with heavily and probably will be for the foreseeable future.

To me, Witch House/Drag is Goth music for a new generation and a new millennium, fully embracing all the things that drew kids into the genre through the 70s and 80s—the secrecy, the occultism, the suspense, the danger, and the moodiness—but minus all the things that turned people off from it in the 90s—the neon dreads, the vinyl pants, the fangs, and the platform industrial boots.

In my opinion, of all the names making waves on the blogosphere, the collective known as Mater Suspiria Vision have risen as the best of the best. These guys not only make their own songs, but have a seemingly endless stream of remixes, videos, and mixtapes that they churn out at an almost ridiculous pace. Not a day goes by without something new from this camp of electronic occultists. Just yesterday they debuted another new video, for their “Ghost Drone” remix of the European disco classic “Rasputin” by Boney M. Watch it… pretty terrifying stuff! I haven’t seen a band capture sheer terror quite this well since Skinny Puppy of the 80s and 90s.

Head over to Seen now to continue reading the article and don’t forget to “Bump” the article if you like it. Be sure to add Seen to your bookmarks and start visiting it regularly!

- My Pal the Crook