House of Krazees is a groundbreaking horrorcore trio from Detroit, Michigan, consisting of The ROC and Mr. Bones and Hektik. Introducing themselves 31 years ago on the strength of their first two EPs, Home Sweet Home and Home Bound, the next, Outbreed, and their back-to-back full-length debut album, Season of the Pumpkin, would become early Evil Shit The classics on the scene were created by sophomore Head Trauma until they disbanded in 1997. ROC would join Skrapz to form HaLFBrEEd, releasing their debut album The Night They Came Home as HoK, while Mr. Bones & Hektik signed with Psychopathic Records, becoming disciples of Insane Clown Posse and rebranding themselves Crazy duo Jamie Madrox & Monoxy. HaLFBrEEd disbanded in 2000 after kontamiNATION, though it became another horrorcore staple, while Twiztid, who released their first nine albums out of nowhere, left in late 2012 and formed their own label, Majik Ninja, a decade ago Entertainment. Kicking off the Halloween festivities, the original lineup of The ROC and Twiztid return with their third full-length LP.
After the intro, first track “Sent Here to Take You” starts our journey off perfectly, foreshadowing what’s to come, with this aggressive opener detailing their schizophrenic tendencies, while “Lifeline” Take the cold-blooded boom bap route instrumental and talk about stabbing muhfuckas. “Into Hell Face 1st” brings a rap vibe, before “Mask, Playing Games” bleakly lyrically sings Jason Voorhees’ tip, asking you what the hell’s worth once you reach the abyss.
‘Make It Dark’ returns to the craze, bringing darkness into your life and discussing if they can stab the world before ‘Killing Machine’ brings a little industrial hip-hop vibe so they can talk about comatose numbness stabbing with a mask butcher knife . “Carnage, Carnage” continues to showcase the trio’s homicidal tendencies, leading to “Swimming in Your Blood” to dust off its own obsession with doing so.
As for “Break Skin,” we have House of Krazees providing a bit of dark atmosphere, discussing the possibility of immortality and never dying again, chewing on the gristle, while “Killer Hunter” jumps through more kicks and hoops Let’s talk about killing. “The Basement” puts an incredible spin on the traditional “Boom Bap” sound, building towards the final moments of “31” and talking about if that’s where you really want to die, it’s up to you, while “Thorn” To make sure each of them leaves nothing behind to end up killing people.
If you ask me, I never really considered The Night They Came Home to be House of Krazees’ last album and HaLFBrEEd’s unofficial debut. That said: their first release since Head Trauma demonstrates the longevity of this evil shit pioneer group. ROC’s production takes it back to its roots, and it’s the most evil Twiztid sound I’ve heard in a while, foreshadowing their upcoming album Welcome to Your Funeral, which was brought to life by Rob Zombie’s engineer Zeuss. Back to where it all began.
Rating: 9/10
