Neil Crud on Louder Than War Radio – Show 195 (27.10.25)

 

“Broadcasting From The Haunted House Of Love”

It’s that time of year again — the clocks go back, the pubs fill up earlier, and half the people I know are already dressed as ghouls before they’ve even had breakfast. So it felt right that tonight’s show veered somewhere between a séance and a mosh pit.

Still recovering from last Friday’s industrial-electro-feast at The Skerries, Bangor, where Skinflick, Attrition, and Schkeuditzer Kreuz summoned something wicked under the flickering lights — and with another one coming up this weekend (with White Ether, Scotch Funeral, and Spears) — my ears are still howling, but the ghosts demanded another broadcast.

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The Dead Air Sessions

We began in a familiar place: nostalgia dressed in feedback and mis-chords.
Kentucky AFC – Bodlon still hits the spot as it did back in the day; that bittersweet comfort you don’t outgrow. From there, I jumped to Prey – Toxins, because I’m still buzzing from sharing the stage with them a couple of weeks back. There’s something utterly infectious about their energy — maybe it’s the toxins.

Warlockhunt followed with Prey, the title track from their forthcoming album (out 14th November on Pyrrhic Defeat Records). They’ll be launching it at G21, Chester that very night — expect bass, sludge, and ritualistic distortion.

The new Phinius Gage single Wrong Direction came next — a total earworm that’s been burrowed in my skull for weeks — and then we hit something new and noirish from Liverpool. Planet Noir – Mary Shelley conjured a gothic hum straight out of a rain-slick alleyway. Their debut EP Destination (recorded at York’s Young Thugs Studio and produced by Steve Whitfield of Scenius) sounds hugely pleasing and familiar to the ears.

And speaking of Scenius, their Golden By No Means from the excellent 13 Billion Dark Years LP is still shimmering in my head. (Shameless plug: go read my review on Louder Than War.)

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The Punk Continues

From there, No Choice stormed back with System Of A Clown — one of five brand-new tracks they’ve recorded for an album due early next year. Decades in, and these South Wales veterans still sound sharper than ever.

Then came Citric Dummies – I Can’t Relate, from their split LP with Turnstile — I genuinely can’t stop spinning this one. If anyone spots a UK distro carrying it, give me a shout before I start importing them by the crate.

South Wales kept the momentum going with RANK – It’s Up To Us from Brave New Lows; they’re threatening new material in January, which is as good a new-year resolution as any.

Skinflick followed with Fuck The Horse — from their upcoming EP Fear Of The Hope Machine, out on Halloween. After their comeback show in Bangor, I can confirm the fire’s still very much there.

And because that night at The Skerries clearly hasn’t left my system, Attrition’s Dante’s Kitchen (Skinflick Remix) made a perfect ghostly companion piece — originally from 2005 but still reanimating dancefloors and crypts alike.

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Monsters, Moogs & Motherfuckers

Stranglehold – Sideline brought some hard-edged Birmingham bite, while White Ether – All Things Must Change felt like a deep breath before the next weekend’s gig. Then, for a hit of pure chaos, Johnny Moses And The Electric Motherfuckers crashed through with Electric Motherfuckers, from the Dam-Nations showcase on Dammit Records.

Johnny — once the guitarist for punk legends Menace — is back in full throttle alongside Pat Manic Jr. and Paul von Paulus. Together they sound like a bar brawl in 4/4 time, gearing up for album number two in 2026.

Keeping it in the Dammit family, The Phantim swooped in from Lüneburg with Ghost In My Chucks, off the same Dam-Nations October compilation — proof that you can be undead and stylish.

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Falling Into The Void

Things turned darker again with Intercourse – Cadaver Resume, from How I Fell In Love With The Void. It’s one of those albums that feels like it’s peeling the paint off your brain — beautiful, uncomfortable, and entirely necessary.

Then came a long-awaited moment — OORYA – Pilots, a new track from the forthcoming Who Are Ya! album on 9x9 Records. I’ve waited so long to hear new Oorya material, and it’s exactly as wild, weird, and wonderful as expected.

Imploders – Nuke This City detonated next — a frantic blast from their Targeted For Termination LP (out on Static Shock Records). I caught them in Liverpool last year, and they nearly tore the roof off. The recorded version is only marginally less dangerous.

And to almost close out the show — because it is the season of the supernatural — Zombina & The Skeletones arrived with Haunted House Of Love, from their upcoming In Sinistero album on 9x9. If any band can turn horror into happiness, it’s them.

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Playlist – Show 195

• Kentucky AFC – Bodlon

• Prey – Toxins

• Warlockhunt – Prey

• Phinius Gage – Wrong Direction

• Planet Noir – Mary Shelley

• No Choice – System Of A Clown

• Scenius – Golden By No Means

• Citric Dummies – I Can’t Relate

• RANK – It’s Up To Us

• Skinflick – Fuck The Horse

• White Ether – All Things Must Change

• Stranglehold – Sideline

• Johnny Moses And The Electric Motherfuckers – Electric Motherfuckers

• The Phantim – Ghost In My Chucks

• Intercourse – Cadaver Resume

• OORYA – Pilots

• Imploders – Nuke This City

• Zombina & The Skeletones – Haunted House Of Love

• Attrition – Dante’s Kitchen (Skinflick Remix)