Heralding a new member to the team: Tony Maim

Heralding a new member to the team: Tony Maim

We are sad that Tony Maim has decided to turn down the laughter on his very own and awesome outlet Black Insect Laughter. It will not die down though; sudden bursts of brilliance will continue to appear now and again and once every so often and he will put up a list of his most listened records. And ofcourse we will still be treated to new music from his damn fine Zeppheroin project and apparently there are some other collaboration projects in the work as well. But we are also honored and happy to announce that the man will produce some words of wisdom for the HiVe. He will write about whatever and whenever he feels like and they will keep stinging, stunning and plaguing your mind like the Black Insect Laughter always did! We thank Tony for all his work and energy he put in there and we thank him for wanting to deliver something for us now and again… He is a damn fine madman and he is always right… And we love to be wrong here! Welcome amigo!

Zeppheroin – Methadone Jesus

Zeppheroin – Methadone Jesus

Self released – 2014

Rock, Punk, Wave, Doom

Rated: ***

On the Ginsberg inspired EP Howl; madman Tony Maim, who works magic on his own Black Insect Laughter blog, introduced me to his musical outlet Zeppheroin. He already had two earlier outputs named Naked Lunch and The Atrocity Exhibition and now hits us with a new full-sized fourth release named Methadone Jesus. A Subutex ridden preacher screeching and blaring as a steady beat with a dark wave atmosphere scorches the sky above. There is no place for hope or anything that even resembles a glint of green light on the horizon. No, this is new wave doom for the dirty, the down and the gloomy and there shall be no refuge in this unholy church of distortion. It rips the needle out of your arm and fingers the little hole while chuckling a mean laugh that sends shivers up your spine. This is not meant for fun, pleasure or relaxation. Escapism? Music for a million screaming junkies? Perhaps. But probably not. It only serves as some obscure function of orientation for a lost soul in a maddening world; like a bat’s squeak… So gather 'round all ye lost souls, we friends, yes?

(Written by JK)

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Zeppheroin – Howl

Zeppheroin – Howl

Self released – 2013

Rock, Doom, Post, Metal

Rated: ****

Black Insect Laughter produces a sapphire zephyr that brings screaming proclamation and howling dismay from a long forgotten gutter somewhere between madness and hysteria. It is the man behind this beautiful website that pulls the strings on his very own musical outlet that has been dubbed Zeppheroin. Which produces lo-fi doom with furious aggression and a staggering appetite to eat fire in Paradise Alley. Which sounds like the madman bum searching for carnal desire and unsavory lust for unspeakable truths that flusters the mind and boils the blood. Which drags itself through hopeless back streets and corridors filled with wailing despair and the loathsome charm of the failed and the doomed. Which can only truly be appreciated by those that have heard the pure hymn stemming from the gloomy underground and have seen the absolute heart of the riff, the rock and the poetry of life butchered out of their own bodies good to eat for a thousand years…

(Written by JK with a little help from the honorable Ginsberg.)

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