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Just a heads up on the EHC...

Thomas Thorn was once "Buck Ryder" in My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult, so EHC's early albums have a very electronic/techno/dance kind of sound, though they incorporate guitar frequently. On the back of the "Unholy Roller EP," Thorn says about the band, "We are not an 'industrial band' ...we are Satanic Electro-Glam." He also said that even with that description of the band and their style, their audience consists entirely of metalheads and strippers.

Now as the band evolved, Thorn wanted to go more metal, and the sound got heavier, so much so that I was blown away the first time I heard "The Bishop's Folly" on the Empathy for the Devil EP. The following album, Witness the Millennium, was a lot more metal, but was also still heavy on the techo/electronic sound as well. Their final album before their many year hiatus, Electronomicon, was almost fully metal, but still incorporating the keyboards.

I didn't mean to give an entire lesson on the history and evolution of the Electric Hellfire Club, but just wanted to give you a heads up that if you listen to "Burn Baby Burn" material and "Electronomican" material back to back, it's going to sound like two different bands.

Kali on Acid (Electric Hellfire Acid Test remix - same song, female vocals) from Satan's Little Helpers EP



Hypochristian from Electronomicon


The Monkey's Paw from Electronomicon



Oh, and another interesting tidbit...these guys are cover whores. Being on Cleopatra Records (who put out tribute cds to every known band there is), the EHC was frequently asked to record cover tracks for tribute albums. A little searching will reveal covers of the typical bands (AC/DC, Metallica, Iron Maiden) to little of the unexpected (INXS, the Cure) to the bizarre--they've covered Blondie's "Rush Rush" (a great cover, btw) and the theme to the "Charles in Charge" tv show, though they tweaked the lyrics to make song about Manson.