Hellbilly Lyric Videos “Rising Son” & “Buck Knife”
Ratchet Blade Records
has released two hellbilly lyric videos from the new Phantom of the Black Hills album That Witch. Here are the videos for Rising Son and Buck Knife, along with some brief descriptions:
The Massacre at Wounded Knee was initially referred to as the “Battle of Wounded Knee”. A metal plate was added to the signage at the site to correct this, and remains to this day.
By the time the massacre was over, more than 250 men, women and children of the Lakota had been killed and 51 were wounded (4 men and 47 women and children, some of whom died later); some estimates placed the number of dead as high as 300.
Twenty US soldiers were awarded the Medal of Honor for their participation in the slaughter. By contrast, only three Medals of Honor were awarded among the 64,000 South Dakotans who fought for four years of World War II:
The lyric video for the song Buck Knife tells the tale of a Civil War veteran suffering from PTSD and the reception he receives when he returns home:
“Wild Witch of the West” Video is Live
The new Phantom of the Black Hills video for Wild Witch of the West is live, it is the first music video from the new Phantom of the Black Hills album Scalped, out 8/25/17 on Ratchet Blade Records. It was directed by Chopper Franklin and features Mather Louth from the Heathen Apostles. Wild Witch of the West is an unofficial sequel to the Heathen Apostles video for Fist City, and contains footage from that video shot by Harmony Gerber.
Check out the Pre Sale for Scalped by clicking HERE.
New “Scalped” Promo Trailer & Pre-Sale
Both the Scalped pre-sale and promo trailer have launched today, the trailer has snippets of some of the new songs and the pre-sale has two great deals, including a free album and early delivery of Scalped. You can check them out HERE.
Shooting Wrapped on “Wild Witch of the West” Video
Shooting has wrapped on the shooting of the new Phantom of the Black Hills Wild Witch of the West video, the first single off of the new album Scalped, out August 25th, 2017 on Ratchet Blade Records. The video was directed by Chopper Franklin and features Mather Louth of the Heathen Apostles (who also contributed vocals to the song), check back for the release date.
Phantom Remix On New Heathen Apostles Album
The Phantom of the Black Hills has done a remix of the Heathen Apostles song The Reckoning for their new album Requiem For A Remix, out now on Ratchet Blade Records. The album also includes remixes by Chopper Franklin and Almighty Watching, click HERE to preview and purchase. Below is a sampler video for the album, the POTBH remix begins at 4:20 (yes that’s right).
POTBH Featured In New Heathen Apostles Video
The Phantom of the Black Hills have cameos in the new Heathen Apostles video for their version of Loretta Lynn’s Fist City. The two bands are both on Ratchet Blade Records and Fist City is the latest video from the Heathen Apostles new album Fire to the Fuse. Click HERE to preview the album.
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POTBH Video Cameo For Heathen Apostles
The Phantom of the Black Hills have made a cameo in the upcoming Heathen Apostles video, their version of Loretta Lynn’s Fist City. The Phantom does meet a violent end, but don’t worry, he lives to fight again! The video debuts on Monday October 26th, check back for more details and links.
Song Video For “Hellbetties Risin'” Is Live
The song video is up for ‘Hellbetties Risin”, the first single from the fourth Phantom of the Black Hills album Moonshine Bright on Ratchet Blade Records, check it out, comment and pass it around. You can order the Moonshine Bright release by clicking HERE, it ends Friday Nov. 14th.
“Moonshine Bright is album number five for the masked Hellbilly / Doom-country band from the USA. The genre style comes from the band itself, they blend a lively mix of styles from Southern Rock, punk, Alternative Country and a B-movie atmosphere. All in all it’s difficult to categorize: it is powerful, fully instrumented (supplemented by the classic country instruments: banjo, mandolin and violin), gloomy, aggressive and melodic. Bluegrass fiends will love the fast mandolin and banjo sections the best, and inevitably the rapid playing of Split Lip Rayfield comes to mind. But the again the next moment is a distorted guitar and the sound kicks into gloomy Rob Zombie to realms. The whole thing is exciting and is expected to attract fans of 16 Horsepower, Hank Williams III, The Meat Purveyors (and rockabilly and bluegrass in general).” Ox Zine (Germany)
1. Moonshine Bright 03:35
2. Hellbetties Risin’ 03:07
3. Dead Man 03:54
4. Rectify Me 03:13
5. In Hell 03:42
6. Never Surrender 03:14
7. Outlaws Will Be Free 03:44
8. Black Hearted Killer 02:59
9. The Storm Is My Shelter 04:03
10. A Life For An Eye 03:18
