VLAD T. ADDAMS has released a new video for the track “Jack in the Shadows” off his latest album, “The Killer Clown”, currently available across all major streaming platforms, with CD versions to follow shortly.
“Jack in the Shadows” offers a direct look into the macabre world of Vlad T. Addams. The track has a significant rock edge, a blend of horror-infused hip-hop and industrial elements.
Vlad T. Addams’ music fuses elements of grime rap, gangster rap, and hip hop with a horror aesthetic. Each composition includes macabre, often cinematic, intros, creating a style that blends Hip Hop and industrial culture, with gothic and near-metal textures.
“The Killer Clown” is the second full-length album from the Italian-American musician and producer. While maintaining his horror-infused style, the new album introduces a more accessible approach. The tracks maintain a strong essence with memorable choruses and sharp riffs.
Regarding the album, Vlad T. Addams stated, “When we finished recording our first album we stopped for a week, normally we would have started promoting the album, in the sense of looking for a label, but instead we continued recording other songs that I had in mind and it was like starting all over again. The debut came out exactly as we wanted and it seemed perfect in its own way, but I wasn’t convinced that we had expressed everything exactly, with the idea of making a ‘dark’ album we closed off many possibilities and discarded many things, with ‘The Killer Clown’ I wanted to write something catchier, very rhythmic without breaks, undoubtedly a more incisive and complete work, and our producer decided to launch our second album on the market first.”
He added, “When the project was born I had no reference other than Mr. Hyde (USA), so we didn’t copy anyone and by doing an online search on horror/rap bands I noticed that they are all oriented towards the standard sound of the genre, they don’t have any ‘industrial’ attitude and they probably never listened to an industrial, esoteric or black metal records. For this reason we are dirtier than others. Our intros testify to this, they are all mini soundtracks and our music has something really dark inside, with all its ironic and cinematic nuances.”
“Jack in the Shadows” is one of 14 tracks on “The Killer Clown,” an album that also includes “Killer Clown Boogie,” “Septimius The Mad Guy” and “The Twisted Tale” featuring vocals by Miss JB (Just Guess).
“The Killer Clown” Tracklist:
1 Killer Clown Boogie
2 Down Below
3 Cycle of Life
4 Ghouls in the Hood
5 Queen of the Reign
6 Septimius the Mad Guy
7 Instrumental
8 Uncle Fester
9 The Twisted Tale
10 Aliens In Egypt
11 Jack In the Shadows
12 The Killer Nurse
13 Horror Luna Park
14 Haunted Frequencies