Black Friday? Mary Shelley says yes

Friday, August 6th, 2010 | musiX, pdX

It’s been many a black Friday since the last Black Friday on TDoL—things were getting a little too wholesome around here.

Portland’s Mary Shelley has jerked me from my no-metal funk (hmm … a little nervous placing the words “funk” and “metal” so close to one another). Named after the creator of Dr. Victor Frankenstein the five-piece has been shelling out black metal evil under Portland’s gray skies for years. They have a four-song demo out filled with slice-and-dice riffs, double-kick, and more changes than a costumer at a Britney Spears concert. Above all else, Mary Shelley has a cellist and an incredibly killer, incredibly unreadable logo. Pretty and horrifically frightening at the same time.

The band’s MySpace says their influences are “Nature, horror, literature and music.” I can get behind that.

“Beneath” - Mary Shelley

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