Originally released in October 2009, I Got the Pox, the Pox is What I Got is the debut EP from cult musician and misanthrope Benjamin Shaw. Billed as "six and a half songs of nausea, noise and hilarious anecdote" and accompanied by a pair of grisly music videos, Shaw's polarising sound was introduced to independent music audiences around the world through BBC airplay, reviews kind and cruel and a slew of live shows which saw the introverted Shaw slip between transcendent and petrified.

Though greater acclaim (and polarisation) would come with the introduction of deeper dissonance, nihilism, electronics and sparsity on releases like Megadead, Rumfucker, There's Always Hope, There's Always Cabernet, this debut was the perfect calling card for a singer-songwriter who wanted nothing to do with his own genre. His contempt for the form he's working within can be heard throughout fan favourites like ‘When I Fell Over in the City’ and the ten minute title track.

This remastered release comes packed with an additional five recordings, including a lo-fi cover of Nosferatu D2's holiday classic ‘It's Christmas Time (For God's Sake)’ and two stripped down live recordings, which are wonderful for comparison with Shaw's 2019 Live donaufestival album in terms of witnessing how he has eschewed the inherited self-limitation of his genre.

https://bnjmnshw.bandcamp.com/album/i-got-the-pox-the-pox-is-what-i-got-remastered-and-expanded

Helsinki vampires, the 69 eyes recently kicked off their Hell Has No Mercy 2020 U.S. with the Duke of Spook and his devilish ghouls known collectively as Wednesday 13, Sumo Cyco and The Crowned. To celebrate, the band have released the lyric video for their sixth single 'Hell Has No Mercy' from their latest album West End. The video directed by Vincente Cordero, stars award-winning and internationally published model, performer, fire artist and latex superstar, Dani Divine.

Jyrki 69 comments, "I couldn't think of any hotter options to have in our videos than Dani Divine! It's so great to return to the American road again, we are very lucky vampires,"

West End consists of 11 up-tempo rock anthems full of heaviness, black memento mori moments and dark humour and features several great guest vocalists such as Dani Filth, Wednesday 13 and Beastö Blancö's Calico Cooper.