OCTOBERFEAST – Danzig
[OCTOBERFEAST is the greatest celebration of the year, a revelry dedicated to pop-culture’s most nutritious Halloween detritus. Plastic screams and artificial sweeteners have never been more bountiful. In the old country, villagers refer to the extended party as Satan’s Snacktime]
The malignant hordes have festered upon the campgrounds, sprawling about in a triumphant display of terror. They take killer rips from gasoline tanks teeming with Mountain Dew. They burning effigies of the Kardashians. They feast upon orange-frosted cupcakes and handfuls of roasted pumpkin seeds.
There is no doubt that the OCTOBERFEAST merrymakers are having the times of their lives.
However, total immersion in the immoral leaves the partygoers defenseless! At this point, virtually every one of `em is pumpkin-drunk and fear-fatigued. What should happen if some Donnie Decency stormed the gates, pamphlets about hygiene and righteousness in hand? Well, we could very well see the dark disciples converted, repurposed for existences without surfeits of sugar and regular poltergeist-attacks.
The horror!
Fortunately, there are those who keep careful watch over the OCTOBERFEAST – after all, the success of any evil entity is contingent upon the strength of its sentries. Voldemort has the Death Eaters. Darth Vader has the Stormtroopers.
Not to be outdone, OCTOBERFEAST has its own last line of defense: Etrigan’s Guild. For the safety of the celebration, the identities of this cacodemonic collective’s members are shrouded, revealed only to the perpetrating do-gooders. But in the spirit of Satan’s Snacktime, tonight the captain of the guild is stepping forward, making his presence known to any considering infiltration.
The Captain of Etrigan’s Guild: Glenn Danzig
As the founding singer of the Misfits, Danzig helped create the horror punk genre. As the genre’s first recognized act, the Misfits smashed together punk-rock and rockabilly riffs, upped the tempo, and crooned lyrics harvested from the graves of 1950s horror movies. Donning funereal garb, Danzig fronted the band to all sorts of recognition as punk’s best Halloween-themed band.
Too evil to be confined to one group, Glenn Danzig went on to form Samhain, and eventually Danzig. In a case of truly malevolent evolution, Danzig left not only the upbeat world of punk rock for the brooding heaviness of metal, but also ventured further into the realm of occult thematic content. The result? Records upon records of musical mania, soundtracks for staging chaos and contemplating inner darkness.
Also, Danzig loves comics. Which is why he got the job as Captain of Etrigan’s Guild. True story.
Check out the following videos, each a testament as to why Mr. Danzig has earned the right to oversee the OCTOBERFEAST festivities.