Music
Duran Duran’s Halloween-Inspired, ‘Danse Macabre’ is First From New LP
Whether you were around in the ’80s or ’90s or not, you must have heard about Duran Duran, the British pop band that, at one time, was just as popular as the Beatles.
The group just announced their 16th studio album, Danse Macabre, and have teased it with the title track which you can listen to below. What is interesting about this LP is that it was inspired by Halloween and all the weird things that happen during that holiday.
“The song ‘Danse Macabre’ celebrates the joy and madness of Halloween,” said Nick Rhodes, the band’s keyboardist and vocalist. “It is the title track of our forthcoming album, which gathers together an unusual mix of cover versions, reworked Duran Duran songs and several new compositions. The idea was born out of a show we played in Las Vegas on October 31st, 2022. We had decided to seize the moment to create a unique, special event…the temptation of using glorious gothic visuals set to a dark soundtrack of horror and humor was simply irresistible.”
He adds: “That evening inspired us to explore further and to make an album, using Halloween as the key theme. The record metamorphosed through a pure, organic process, and not only was it made faster than anything since our debut album, it has also resulted in something none of us could have ever predicted. Emotion, mood, style and attitude have always been at the heart of Duran Duran’s DNA, we search for light in the darkness and darkness in the light, and I feel we have somehow managed to capture the essence of all of that in this project.”
Danse Macabre doesn’t only have original material but contains some reworks and covers as well: Billie Eilish’s “Bury a Friend,” Talking Heads’ “Psycho Killer” (feat. Victoria De Angelis of Måneskin), The Rolling Stones’ “Paint It Black,” Siouxsie and the Banshees’ “Spellbound,” Cerrone’s “Supernature,” and The Specials’ “Ghost Town,” and a Rick James-inspired bop “Super Lonely Freak.”
The album is due out on October 27.
Drummer Roger Taylor hopes fans will listen and have a new appreciation of them, “I hope you take a journey with us through the darker side of our inspirations into where we’re at in 2023. Maybe, you’ll leave with a deeper understanding of how Duran Duran got to this moment in time.”
Music
The Vampire Lestat Releases Cover of Billy Idol’s “Dancing With Myself”
Dance on, the Beautiful Unwell, because The Vampire Lestat’s newest single has officially arrived on all streaming platforms!
The Vampire Lestat — the newest rock band taking over the world — has released a cover of Billy Idol’s “Dancing With Myself” as the third single ahead of their full album release coming this summer.
Originally recorded in 1980 by Generation X, the punk rock band fronted by Billy Idol, the song didn’t gain major traction until Idol rereleased it as a solo artist in 1981. That version climbed to number. 27 on the US Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart, cementing its place as an ‘80s staple.
Now, 46 years later, the track has been resurrected once again — and honestly, it couldn’t be more fitting for a band led by someone who claims to be an immortal vampire.
Yes, for those just tuning in: the frontman of The Vampire Lestat, Lestat de Lioncourt, insists he’s the real deal.
Whether you believe him or not, this cover marks a strong and deliberate direction for the band. Lestat’s voice slides effortlessly into Idol’s range, capturing that same sneering, electric energy while still making the song feel like his own. The new wave influence meshes perfectly with the aesthetic the band has been cultivating, something nostalgic, stylish, and entirely original all at once.
More importantly, the lyrics land differently in the context of the band’s previous singles, “Long Face” and “All Fall Down.” There’s a throughline of loneliness here that feels intentional.
Lines like “Well, I wait so long for my love vibration / And I’m dancing with myself,” and “If I looked all over the world… but your empty eyes seem to pass me by,” feel rather personal. There’s a lingering sense of longing that suggests Lestat isn’t just performing just for a crowd, but rather for someone in particular.
And that someone? Possibly not as absent as he’d like us to think.
Between the emotional undercurrent of “Long Face” and the beautiful man that’s been spotted at multiple concerts — someone who seems to command both Lestat’s attention and the audience’s in a lot of ways — it’s hard not to suspect there’s some very messy, very compelling relationship drama unfolding behind the scenes of The Vampire Lestat.
This is all speculative, of course, but it’s starting to feel like a pattern given everything we’ve seen from the band thus far.
But if you’re curious what an “immortal vampire” sounds like covering one of the most iconic songs of the ‘80s, you can stream The Vampire Lestat’s “Dancing With Myself” now wherever you listen to music.
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We here at iHorror will be covering the full album release once it’s out this summer. And we’ll also be keeping you updated on who that love with the “empty eyes that seem to pass [him] by” could be 👀
Music
Ice Nine Kills’ “Twisting the Knife” On ‘Scream 7’ Soundtrack
Ice Nine Kills officially enters the canon of one of the most iconic horror franchises with ‘Twisting the Knife,’ featured in the forthcoming film Scream 7 (Feb.27). Cast member McKenna Grace joins the band on the new single, a rare, high-impact crossover between one of modern metal’s most ambitious bands and one of horror cinema’s most enduring properties.
Take a look at the video for Twisting the Knife Below, then read what lead singer Spencer Charnas has to say about his contribution.
Charnas says of his musical involvement in the film:
“Twisting the Knife is our tribute to Wes Craven and the Scream franchise, which means so much to us. Scream is baked into the DNA of who I am and of Ice Nine Kills—my love of horror, comedy, and the collision between the two. I was already obsessed with Halloween and Friday the 13th, but Scream was the first I saw in theaters. Hearing the killer talk about horror movies, in that distinctively pop-culture savvy Kevin Williamson way, blew my mind.
In recent years, we’ve gotten to know and work with Matthew Lillard, Skeet Ulrich, Neve Campbell, Rose McGowan, Jamie Kennedy, Lee Waddell, and others in different capacities. We announced the collaboration with Scream 7 at Wembley Arena, with Ghostface and Rose McGowan, which was surreal in itself.
When we learned that Mckenna Grace is a fan of our band, it made perfect sense to invite her to sing. She recorded her part in my home studio, in the same room where I keep my screen-used Scream knife prop, one of the four rubber knives made for the first movie.
Marco Beltrami’s Scream scores are just as influential to me as any other component of the films. In our song, there are echoes of the moody atmospheres he’s created, with our own INK twist.”
Scream 7 opens in theatres on Friday, February 27th.
Per the press release:
“Twenty years on from the release of their debut album, Ice Nine Kills are one of the most intentional and commercially successful bands in modern heavy music, driven by immersive cinematic world-building and a deep fusion of melody and bombast. Their two breakthrough albums, The Silver Scream and The Silver Scream 2: Welcome to Horrorwood, generated over 1.5 billion streams alone and positioned the band as a rare crossover force.”
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Straight Through The Heart: Movies Where Love Turns Dangerous
We’ve all taken the plunge at one time or another in the name of love, or at least the prospect of it. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn’t.
The movies below all deal with that topic; only the characters in these films might die during their courtships. If you’re sour about love, indulge your cynical side and give any one of these a watch. Find them by searching Just Watch.
Possession
A woman starts exhibiting increasingly disturbing behavior after asking her husband for a divorce. Suspicions of infidelity soon give way to something much more sinister.
Audition
A widower has his film producer friend organize a fake audition as a means of helping him find a new girlfriend, but the woman he selects is not who she appears to be.
Fresh
After quitting dating apps, a woman meets the supposedly perfect man and accepts his invitation to a romantic weekend getaway, only to find that her new paramour has been hiding some unusual appetites.
Bones and All
A young woman embarks on a 1000-mile odyssey through America, where she meets a disenfranchised drifter. But all roads lead back to their terrifying pasts and to a final stand that will determine whether love can survive their otherness.
Fatal Attraction
A married man’s one-night stand comes back to haunt him when that lover begins to stalk him and his family.
The Loved Ones
When Brent turns down his classmate Lola’s invitation to the prom, she concocts a wildly violent plan for revenge.
Spring
Evan (Lou Taylor Pucci, Evil Dead, Thumbsucker) is a young American fleeing to Europe to escape his past. While backpacking along the Italian coast, everything changes during a stop at an idyllic Italian village, where he meets and instantly connects with the enchanting and mysterious Louise. A flirtatious romance begins to bloom between the two — however, Evan soon realizes that Louise has been harboring a monstrous, primordial secret that puts both their relationship and their lives in jeopardy.
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