I remember Halloween...

Halloween is almost here, and I'm seeing that many of my friends are getting in the spirit by holding parties and dressing up this year. Going along with this, I thought the blog could do with a special seasonal entry - complete with some music that would work perfectly at your theoretical Halloween party.

Hour of the Wolf.
An Arizona-based horror punk band made up of 4/5ths of Life in Pictures, a now-defunct metal-core band that was a hell of a lot better than most other metal-core bands. A couple years ago I bought some vinyl off their singer, Hank, and he's a nice dude. Also, his band is one of the few non-Danzig horror punk bands that doesn't suck complete ass. They've put out an EP, a split and have a 10" coming out soon. Catchy, trashy fun - very highly recommended.
Hour of the World - Power of the Wolf (192 MP3)

Bloody Panda.
Based in New York City, Bloody Panda are a sludge band with a Japanese opera singer as a vocalist, and when used together these two elements make for one evil-sounding band. I don't recommend playing this at a party, but if you were too cheap to buy candy for the little tykes, opening the windows playing this a high volume should make them too shit-scared to knock on your door. Throw out that CD of cheesy ghost noises, this will work much better.
Bloody Panda - Pheromone (192 MP3)

Portal.
Put this into the same category as Bloody Panda - not party music, but scary as all fuck. Play this after the party's over. Picture it: you've had your fill of entertaining, you drop some acid and put on this record; if you wake up the next day and haven't pulled all the flesh off your face, you're harder than most. After years of hypnotising Australian audiences they're doing their first set in America at Maryland Death Fest. Brutal.
Portal - Outre (V0-VBR MP3)

The World/Inferno Friendship Society.
My favourite band. Ever. Evereverever. Not only do these guys put out sweet records and put on the best live show I've ever seen, but they're a good Halloween band if you're going for the old-school cabaret punk vibe. Every year they have a special Halloween show called Hallowmas, and they have a live album from one of these shows which fucking rules, but this is their latest studio release and it once again ups the ante for this amazing band.
The World/Inferno Friendship Society - Addicted to Bad Ideas (V0-VBR MP3)