The Bronx Casket Co: Sally – new video

This video should not be watched by those who are easily offended (because Sally “saw the devil (tonight)”)

 

 

‘Sally’ comes off THE BRONX CASKET CO. back in January 2011-released album entitled ‘Antihero’ (eOne Music). The video for the song was directed by Mike Tessier. The album was produced and engineered by D.D. Verni and mixed and mastered by Jacob Hansen. Lyrics-wise, on ‘Antihero’ Verni touched on everything from his thoughts on religion to his love of his hometown, to the twisted tale of a witch woman who steals souls, ‘Sally’. SYMPHONY X's guitarist Michael Romeo provided all guitar solos for the record.

“ ‘Sally’ seems particularly Zombie-esque [reference to Rob Zombie] with sex moans and a woman repeating “I saw the devil tonight” over a chugging industrial-rock guitar,” [thought Phil Freeman (AllMusic) who described ‘Antihero’ as “a seriously non-essential album by a band picking bits and pieces of other, more talented performers' schtick and assembling a staggering scarecrow out of them”. About.com's Kelley Simms found the record much more agreeable:] “There’s a great feeling to the melody and rhythm, and the haunting intro chants add to the atmosphere. The doomy SABBATH tone of ‘Bonesaw’ cuts through with a driving riff and keyboard accents. The fictitious story of ‘Sally’, about a hooker/witch woman in the Bayou who lures people into her house and collects their souls, has a seductive vibe. On their version of QUEEN's ‘Death On Two Legs’, the tempo is a bit faster than the original, and Verni [obviously has a different vocal range than Freddie Mercury, but the band pull off all the layered harmony parts quite well. D.D.'s love for Sinatra and Sid Vicious gave him the incentive to roughen up ‘My Way’. It’s a fun version and I suspect it would go over well live. Some fans might scoff at having two cover songs on one album, but both are great choices.” [Read the rest of the review here]

THE BRONX CASKET CO. was formed in 1998 by D.D. Verni, best known as founding member and longtime bassist and songwriter for American thrash metal band OVERKILL - for “the challenge of writing new material and for fun, of course!” In order to express his darker, slower, gothic rock-inspired songwriting, the musician gathered an impressive collection of heavy metal veterans, including ex-MISFITS singer Myke Hideous, guitarist Jack Frost (SEVEN WITCHES/METALIUM), keyboard player Charlie Calv  and drummer Tim Mallare (OVERKILL). The band's self-titled debut album was released in 1999 (Massacre Records) to rave reviews. ‘Sweet Home Transylvania’ (Music Cartel) followed two years later and although the band never played a live show, their fan base continued to grow. Two songs from this release were used in the slasher/horror film “Murder, Set, Pieces” by director Nick Palumbo. Two songs from the group's two releases as well as 13 new songs D.D. Verni wrote purposely were used in musical “The Bronx Casket… A New Musical”, written by playwright Andrea Lepcio and directed and choreographed by Hinton Battle. Doom-sounding album, ‘Hellectric’, was released in 2005 by Regain Records and THE BRONX CASKET CO. embarked on its first tour following the release. The tour consequently led to Hideous' departure from the band. Rob Pollatta replaced Tim Mallare on drums and D.D. Verni switched over to handle all the vocal duties.