Drawing from darkest depths of the American spirit, American Grave is testament to a subculture spawned from late night savagery, graveyard hangouts and suburban isolation.
 
Deathrock, post-punk, goth, whatever term you prefer, this compilation showcases the sounds and aesthetics of a tarnished golden era, an underground movement that took the DIY concepts of punk and the velocity of a burgeoning hardcore scene and immersed it in echoes, distortion, tribal rhythms and macabre vocals, thematically preying upon cult horror flicks, surrealism, and the manipulation of religious iconography.
 
Whilst the UK had a counterpart scene many would hail as Goth, this was different, this was a truly American incarnation, a new breed of youth haunted by the ghosts of old blues, garage and glam, bleak theatrical imagery dressed up to evoke a response, smeared eyeliner, leather, bones…black. This was a backlash against a culture in decay, bucking against a puritanical oppression brought on by the archaic social standards set by their parents.
 
TRACKLIST:
Christian Death - Spiritual Cramp
Of A Mesh - Guillotine
Super Heroines - Convicts
T.S.O.L. - Code Blue
PSI Com - Human Condition
Shadow Of Fear - In The Flesh
The Cramps - Human Fly
Burning Image - The Final Conflict
The Gun Club - Death Party
Your Funeral - I Want To Be You
The Brainz - Elementary Monster
Theatre Of Ice - She Sleeps
45 Grave - Violent World
Middle Class - The Call
Altar de Fey - Veil Of Death (Demo)
Mighty Sphincter - Waltz In Hell
Dead Moon - Graveyard
Twisted Roots - Are There Cobwebs On My Face?
Fur Bible - Plunder The Tombs
Kommunity FK - Restrictions
Lords Of The New Church - New Church
The Naked And The Dead - Taboo
The Flesh Eaters - See You In The Boneyard
Red Temple Spirits - Dreamings Ending
 
2LP Limited edition vinyl.