La Muerte ‎– And The Mystery Goes On… (LP)

In the wake of the Birthday Party came a worldwide wave of psychoswampabilly rockers who took that band’s manic-depressive bluesrock and turned it into a music genre. Belgium’s La Muerte was one of those bands. With growling, howling French and English vocals, stop/start frenzy and a guitar that at times does nothing more than squeal with feedback shavings, And the Mystery Goes On out-Parties the Birthday Party, delivering a four-song gothic dose of angst and aggression. The entire lyrics of the fierce “Massacre” are “whooaaah” and “suffering,” voiced in a deviled frenzy of a howl over a hard-crunched drum pound and feedback shivers of guitar; the outstanding “Blues, Heaven or Hell” veers from tense to burning through a dark, crawling labyrinth.

Label: Soundwork

Country: Belgium

Media Condition: Very Good Plus (VG+)
Sleeve Condition: Very Good Plus (VG+)

Plays great but has some superficial marks