Heads For The Dead - Never Ending Night Of Terror
Release Date: October 10th, 2025
Pulverised Records
Heads For The Dead are not a new band for me. I own their previously released albums, "Serpent's Curse", "Into The Red", and "The Great Conjuration". When I received their new album, "Never Ending Night Of Terror", I was happy to write something up on Exquisite Death about it.
Heads For The Dead is an international band from what I can see. Places in which the band is listed to be having members from include,
United Kingdom / Germany (early); Sweden / Germany / United Kingdom / United States (later). The vocalist, Ralf Hauber, who also happens to be from Rotpit who we have reviewed here in the past, states that their new album is an, "overall more extreme album, in all aspects". An interest in classic slasher movies such as, "David Cronenberg’s ‘Videodrome’, Roman Polanski’s ‘Repulsion’, and the original ‘Friday the 13th", were named. Also, "Stuart Gordon’s ‘The Beyond’ and ‘Re-Animator’, ‘Motel Hell’, and ‘City Of The Dead", provided inspiration. Multi-instrumentalist, Jonny Petterson (also from Rotpit), wrote the music for "Never Ending Night Of Terror". "Cult" soundtracks and a famous band within the genre, Necrophagia influenced his writing. The previously listed movies lyrically motivated Hauber. He chose to add his own fictional elements to them as well though. In addition to the core members, Matt Moliti from Sentient Horror is on lead guitars and the newest addition, Evan Daniele, from Sentient Horror and Dead And Dripping, is on drums.
"The Vastness Of Time" opens with zombie inspired sampled dialogue that is ruthlessly followed by old-school, blood-drenched, death metal. One things that makes Heads For The Dead stand out in comparison to others within their genre is the subtle use of keyboard elements. These are not overbearing, but add a sinister dimension to their sound. The ferocity of this track is intense. Initially it beats you down unforgivably but allows for growth that leads you down different paths warding off stagnant elements. Death metal is its basis, but there is no aversion to slight melody and catchy rhythms. "Death Mask" has an eerie start. Similar tempos are here with an addition of new cinematic sounds. Crawling under your skin, the aim is to cater to that uneasy place inside humanity's darkened subconscious that we all flirt with from time to time. I like how the groove elements of the song gave way to a mood building interlude at 1:56. The third song, "Phantasmagoria" is another one that opens with an emphasis on groove. From there it progresses into further depths of sanguinary. The underlining feel placing our attention on memorability and frightening atmospheres. "In Disgust We Trust" hits hard from the onset. The purpose is to be a short but aggressive hammering, punching a gaping hole into our flesh. In contrast, "Never Ending Night Of Terror" has a mellower beginning. As a whole, the track is slower in pace. Like a festering member of the undead lurching ominously towards its meaty desires. The song takes on a depraved break at 2:45. Perhaps we are hearing whispering answers to the malicious calls from the dark. Never fully materializing into faster tempos, the track is like seeing your oncoming demise without being able to stop it. "Give Me Life" opens with a horror themed sample before returning to raw and intense fear stoking. Amongst the hostility there is also wicked sounding melodic ideas present. "The Harvester" is a track conceived in the bowels of human torment. Menacingly encroaching into our comfort zones, feeding fear and dismay and stripping that last sense of safety from us. An excellent combination of variety in sound, from straight death metal to a foreboding slower idea at 2:45. Next, "The Shape Of Light Bleeds Black" continues Heads For The Dead's venomous attack. Despair is setting in from the horrifying realizations placed into our minds through their sonic trespassing. Perchance slight odes to doom metal are displayed on this track. Frightening in its slow tempo and dark shrouds, meticulously constructed in blood-drenched corruption. "To The Very Last" starts with a sample pertaining to "Dawn Of The Dead".
From there, our entrails are displayed ceremoniously as an enticing invitation for the dead. Furious assaults are continuously instigated from our musical accompaniment. The last track, "Witchkrieg" is a tribute to the band Goblin. From unlit melodies in the beginning to ruinous forces thereon, the track features an array of turns stylistically. My favorite part of the song is at 1:23. The chugging rhythm provides a melding of all the other murky aspects of the song. As a whole, the song is shadowy, yet thrashing with melodious purpose.
"Never Ending Night Of Terror" is a unique album that incorporates a terrorizing nod to the old-school, but understands modern necessity.
Support it.
www.facebook.com/headsforthedead
www.pulverised.net
Release Date: October 10th, 2025
Pulverised Records
Heads For The Dead are not a new band for me. I own their previously released albums, "Serpent's Curse", "Into The Red", and "The Great Conjuration". When I received their new album, "Never Ending Night Of Terror", I was happy to write something up on Exquisite Death about it.
Heads For The Dead is an international band from what I can see. Places in which the band is listed to be having members from include,
United Kingdom / Germany (early); Sweden / Germany / United Kingdom / United States (later). The vocalist, Ralf Hauber, who also happens to be from Rotpit who we have reviewed here in the past, states that their new album is an, "overall more extreme album, in all aspects". An interest in classic slasher movies such as, "David Cronenberg’s ‘Videodrome’, Roman Polanski’s ‘Repulsion’, and the original ‘Friday the 13th", were named. Also, "Stuart Gordon’s ‘The Beyond’ and ‘Re-Animator’, ‘Motel Hell’, and ‘City Of The Dead", provided inspiration. Multi-instrumentalist, Jonny Petterson (also from Rotpit), wrote the music for "Never Ending Night Of Terror". "Cult" soundtracks and a famous band within the genre, Necrophagia influenced his writing. The previously listed movies lyrically motivated Hauber. He chose to add his own fictional elements to them as well though. In addition to the core members, Matt Moliti from Sentient Horror is on lead guitars and the newest addition, Evan Daniele, from Sentient Horror and Dead And Dripping, is on drums.
"The Vastness Of Time" opens with zombie inspired sampled dialogue that is ruthlessly followed by old-school, blood-drenched, death metal. One things that makes Heads For The Dead stand out in comparison to others within their genre is the subtle use of keyboard elements. These are not overbearing, but add a sinister dimension to their sound. The ferocity of this track is intense. Initially it beats you down unforgivably but allows for growth that leads you down different paths warding off stagnant elements. Death metal is its basis, but there is no aversion to slight melody and catchy rhythms. "Death Mask" has an eerie start. Similar tempos are here with an addition of new cinematic sounds. Crawling under your skin, the aim is to cater to that uneasy place inside humanity's darkened subconscious that we all flirt with from time to time. I like how the groove elements of the song gave way to a mood building interlude at 1:56. The third song, "Phantasmagoria" is another one that opens with an emphasis on groove. From there it progresses into further depths of sanguinary. The underlining feel placing our attention on memorability and frightening atmospheres. "In Disgust We Trust" hits hard from the onset. The purpose is to be a short but aggressive hammering, punching a gaping hole into our flesh. In contrast, "Never Ending Night Of Terror" has a mellower beginning. As a whole, the track is slower in pace. Like a festering member of the undead lurching ominously towards its meaty desires. The song takes on a depraved break at 2:45. Perhaps we are hearing whispering answers to the malicious calls from the dark. Never fully materializing into faster tempos, the track is like seeing your oncoming demise without being able to stop it. "Give Me Life" opens with a horror themed sample before returning to raw and intense fear stoking. Amongst the hostility there is also wicked sounding melodic ideas present. "The Harvester" is a track conceived in the bowels of human torment. Menacingly encroaching into our comfort zones, feeding fear and dismay and stripping that last sense of safety from us. An excellent combination of variety in sound, from straight death metal to a foreboding slower idea at 2:45. Next, "The Shape Of Light Bleeds Black" continues Heads For The Dead's venomous attack. Despair is setting in from the horrifying realizations placed into our minds through their sonic trespassing. Perchance slight odes to doom metal are displayed on this track. Frightening in its slow tempo and dark shrouds, meticulously constructed in blood-drenched corruption. "To The Very Last" starts with a sample pertaining to "Dawn Of The Dead".
From there, our entrails are displayed ceremoniously as an enticing invitation for the dead. Furious assaults are continuously instigated from our musical accompaniment. The last track, "Witchkrieg" is a tribute to the band Goblin. From unlit melodies in the beginning to ruinous forces thereon, the track features an array of turns stylistically. My favorite part of the song is at 1:23. The chugging rhythm provides a melding of all the other murky aspects of the song. As a whole, the song is shadowy, yet thrashing with melodious purpose.
"Never Ending Night Of Terror" is a unique album that incorporates a terrorizing nod to the old-school, but understands modern necessity.
Support it.
www.facebook.com/headsforthedead
www.pulverised.net