THE LAST UNHOLY X-MESS JAMBOREE feat. BLOODSUCKING ZOMBIES FROM OUTER SPACE + HECKSPOILER + special guests

What's it about?

Beware of Pepi the Slasher! For ten years, the malicious fiend has been wreaking his lethal havoc, leaving nothing but scorched earth in his wake. His henchmen are five undead Viennese whose hunger for new songs and sounds is insatiable. The Bloodsucking Zombies From Outer Space have been terrorizing Vienna, Austria, and the rest of the world for almost 20 years with their reign of terror, which rhythmically and swiftly goes through bone and marrow. No one else masters the interplay of unbridled horror film love, social criticism, and tongue-in-cheek irony as well as the quintet from Wiener Neustadt. Musical boundaries are passionately torn down and new dogmas are established. From rock'n'roll in "See You At Disneyland" (2004) to "Monster Mutant Boogie" (2008) to "Mörder Blues" (2010), the first of many highlights in morbid Viennese dialect, an invisible thread runs through, bundling the unique development of this band. On their tenth album, "Shock Rock Rebels," this colorful mixture of different styles makes more sense than ever before. Horror pope Alice Cooper would be delighted with the fresh compositions from the Lower Austrian Zombie headquarters. Political mixes with personal. Humorous with thoughtful. Current with timeless. The Bloodsucking Zombies are once again just themselves – and yet so much more. The punk element is more pronounced than ever in songs like the humorous breakup number "Madman" or the unambiguous horror showpiece "The Dentist," "Teenage Antichrist" pays homage to their own shock-rock heroes from Alice Cooper to W.A.S.P., and on the programmatically titled "This Night On Halloween," the gruesomely made-up undead give us a first glimpse of the dark Samhain, where frontman Dead "Richy" Gein and Co. dance with skeletons and werewolves under the full moon – and lyrically lead with vigor and verve out of the shackles of the pandemic. They succeed in the balancing act between nerdiness and universality better than ever before. The rocking, driving "Belial" deals with the cult "Basket-Case" splatter films from the 80s, and "Damien" offers the listener devilish history lessons. But the Zombies can also do otherwise. In "Off With Their Heads," the monster team ventures into political territory and, with sarcastic humor, demands the guillotine for the planet-destroying top 10,000. The thoughtful, but no less swift "Pig Hunt" strikes a similar chord, a parable on the arduousness of the performance society and – of course, it wouldn't be complete without blood and offal! – pure survival during a human hunt. The combo's delicately devilish humor is best reflected in "Stop Writing Songs About Your Girlfriend." There, not only interchangeable pop bards from the German-speaking world get their comeuppance – even U2's crooner Bono cannot escape the edgy zombie bite. The hit-worthy "Geisterhaus" once again shows how well the Viennese dialect suits the undead. The perfect soundtrack for a gloomy foggy walk in Vienna's Central Cemetery. Support: Heckspoiler Presale € 36,- (+ € 4,- Fee) Box-office tba.