When the reanimated skeletons of Necronus, a cemetery planet across the dark expanse of space, decide they need Earth paved into a landing strip, they send, possibly the worst of their agents to undertake the task. Arrogant, pompous and not the brightest laser in the arsenal, Heironymous Poshe , takes on human form and travels to Earth aboard his Black Spire, a space ship that could easily pass for a giant, black cathedral. However, Poshe has plans of his own, namely to avoid a desk job on the Necrid home world and live a life of leisure in a fixed orbit above Earth. For centuries, Poshe (along with his robot slave and an imprisoned midget) has avoided his prime directive. Instead he has spent his time abducting Earth women, celebrities and bands for a non-stop, nightly party above the Black Spire.
But Poshe’s days of care-free, hot-babe abduction are coming to an end. Tired of Poshe’s lack or results, Lord Krom Wrath, supreme ruler of the Necrus, launches a full scale invasion of Earth. Poshe bands with the only people on Earth who understand his cause (a group of Goth kids, a cadre of ninja priests and a small army of Hasidic Rabbis- ironically, all of them people who wear all black!) to repel the oncoming armada of Necrid ships. The final space battle is the “Jews in Space” Mel Brooks promised us and never delivered!”
Genre: Horror/Musical Directed by: Aurelio Voltaire Screenplay by: Aurelio Voltaire; based on his comic book Oh My Goth! Produced by: James Morgart, Keryn Thompson
Voltaire has started recording demos for the upcoming album, Raised by Bats!
He has released a demo excerpt for one of the song ,called “Captains All” on his website. There is also some new titles, which has all been added to the Raised by Bats-section of Vorutania.
He also stated summer as a possible release date for the album.
Better late than never – Raised by Bats have now been added to the Discography-page!
The page is fairly empty at the moment, but it’ll be updated with news and links to lyrics as they’re announced.
Voltaire has uploaded a video in which he recites a version of the poem “A Visit from St. Nicholas” (‘Twas The Night Before Christmas) that he wrote named ‘Twas the Night Before Black Mass.
Vorutania has been updated with some minor fixes, including some lyric corrections and an overhaul of the Call of the Jersey Devil-page. All of the Artbeat Voltaire-songs are now (finally) also available for you to listen to on the Artbeat Voltaire-page.
Many thanks to kim Palao for helping out by pointing out errors and reporting broken links!
And in other news: Voltaire has apparently already started work on the next album!
In his own words: “Started work in the next album today! It’s going to be a Deathrock album called “Raised by Bats.” The first song I’m working on is called The Masquerade. I wrote it when I was 17! The main instrument is…. (wait for it) Harpsichord! It brings to mind a mix of Deathrock and Visual Kei.” (via Voltaire’s Facebook)
Here’s the book blurb:
Five suburban mall rats and a washed up Goth singer find themselves stranded in the Pine Barrens of New Jersey where they discover two horrifying truths: The Jersey Devil, hellspawn of folklore and legend, is real; and New Jersey (as many already suspected) is the gateway to Hell!
With the help of one lone witch, this small group must face off against their deepest fears and the most unholy monsters in a battle where their very souls, the world they live in, and any chance of returning to Hot Topic in one piece is at stake!
The first novel by musician and horror media personality, Aurelio Voltaire, Call of the Jersey Devil is a hilarious and terrifying homage to 80s horror and genre films. Like a mad doctor, Voltaire has Frankensteined together elements of Evil Dead, The Breakfast Club, Poltergeist, and This is Spinal Tap to create a creature feature that will have you laughing out loud when you’re not glancing nervously over your shoulder.
Contents:
- Talk about BiTrektual‘s release. You can get the album at CDBaby and iTunes, among others.
- There is an alternate cover version of BiTrektual which is currently only available at shows.
- Call of the Jersey Devil is being released by the book publisher Spencer Hill Press’s imprint Spence City. The book will be released worldwide in May 2013.
- Odokuro is still on a festival run and has won several awards. It will be online in November once it’s finished its festival run.
- After a long delay, the Odokuro IndieGoGo-perk DVDs will be sent out very soon and should be arriving by the end of the month.
- The Voltaire Webstore has BiTrektual t-shirts.
- He talks about upcoming shows, you can find them on Voltaire’s website.
- He also talks about Robin, who needs a new wheelchair. You can donate to help her get a chair and get more information on her IndieGogo page. Voltaire has given the campaign a big package of stuff for them to raffle off in order to raise more money, so if you’re interested in helping them buy a wheelchair for Robin and get an opportunity to win some rare Voltaire items at the same time you should “Like” them on Facebook or follow them on Twitter to stay updated.
"I left all the talking to Obi Wan. And though he's old I
think he's the only one... who gets who I am and that I need
a change and his eyes light up, when he says my father's name."
