Comedic, melodic death metal outfit Nekrogoblikon have unleashed another bombastic, uplifting new track titled “The Magic Spider”. This song comes off the band’s new offering Welcome To Bonkers, which is set for an April 13th release.
“We just wrapped up a month long U.S. tour in support of Rings Of Saturn. We were on the road with lots of bands- Gloom, Entheos, Lorna Shore, Allegaeon and Rings. We had so much fun on this tour. It was a blast to hang out with a bunch of other dudes who were down to have fun and be silly, since we’re definitely into that as well,” the band’s vocalist Nicholas “Scorpion” Von Doom commented on the new song.
We decided that now, in celebration of that fun spirit, would be the perfect time to release ‘The Magic Spider‘ from our new album Welcome to Bonkers.
I think this is a very special song for us. I wanted to play around with odd time signatures and somehow stumbled across this piano riff that totally reminded me of the classic rock/AOR days. It almost has a Rick Wakeman/Yes vibe to it, but perhaps it’s a bit more flamboyant.
I love to imagine playing this song live, and just watching Raptor playing it under a spotlight as the song begins, and just thinking like- ‘this guy is the shit, man!’ The song goes on a special journey, from pop-prog to pop-punk to space-surf metal to tropical to epic choral to broadway to calypso to god knows what else. I really hope everyone enjoys the song as much as I do!
“The Magic Spider” is the third single released so far from the upcoming record, following the “The Skin Thief,” as well as “Dressed as Goblins” and its phenomenally hilarious music video.
The group was formed in 2006, by Tim Lyakhovetskiy and vocalist Nicky Calonne. Since quite early on in the band’s career, Nekrogoblikon’s “hype man” John Goblikon (played by Dave Rispoli wearing a goblin mask) has been a constant presence in the band, essentially part of the band itself. Check out the appropriately whimsical and bright yet ridiculous song below.
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