David Thrussell (Snog, Black Lung, Soma) and Darrin Verhagen (Shinjuku Thief) present a vivid retelling of the classic horror tale ‘The Call Of Cthulhu’, one of the most popular works by the iconic American writer H. P. Lovecraft.
Set against a bold and immersive soundscape, the legendary ‘The Call Of Cthulhu’ unfolds its nightmare vision of elder gods and ancient mysteries through Thrussell’s stentorian voice and Verhagen’s brilliant soundtrack.
H. P. Lovecraft himself needs little introduction. Described as the father of cosmic horror and generally acknowledged as one of the greatest writers of the 20th century, his chilling stories of madness and mayhem have been adapted into popular films, graphic novels and radio plays.
Lovecraft’s work continues to resonate with modern day audiences through its visceral exploration of primal fear and deep psycho-geography, presenting stories that are at once both ancient and futuristic. They grapple with primordial angst, digital suffocation, alienation, atomisation and the loss of identity in an accelerating future, leaving an indelible mark across popular touchstones like John Carpenter’s ‘The Thing’ and swathes of outré culture.
Metropolis Records is proud to present this unique and spellbinding project of spoken word horror and weird fiction in a deluxe 2xLP ‘crushed bone’ colour vinyl edition with haunting original artwork by Richard Grant/I+T=R. It is sure to appeal to horror movie fans and lovers of dark music. A digital release will follow soon.
For it is indeed a New World…and H. P. Lovecraft saw it coming.
DAVID THRUSSELL
David Thrussell is a true antipodean subterranean. Provocative and controversial, he has carved an epic underground career since the early 1990s as an electronic musician, film composer, filmmaker and writer. Working with electro-conspiracy-pop as Snog, hauntological-avant-club-electronics as Black Lung, dark ambient and techno as Soma (with Lisa Gerrard/Dead Can Dance collaborator Pieter Bourke), as well as numerous other guises, Thrussell has played with Kraftwerk, remixed Aphex Twin, performed in East German castles and Roman amphitheatres, DJ-ed privately for Quentin Tarantino and headlined festivals as far afield as Japan and Hungary.
2025 saw Thrussell collaborate with French sound artist Gwenn Tremorin (Flint Glass) to record the remarkable ‘Nyarlathotep And Other Tales Of Cosmic Dread by H. P. Lovecraft’ album, the limited edition LP of which sold out within twenty minutes. The year also saw a reissue of the seminal Soma album ‘The Inner Cinema’ and the eccentric film project ‘Eros Maximus’.
SHINJUKU THIEF
Shinjuku Thief is the dark ambient and experimental project of Australian composer Darrin Verhagen. Renowned for exploring the shadowed edges of sound and psyche, the project swiftly distinguished itself through its immersive atmospheres and unsettling thematic foci on releases such as ‘The Scribbler’ (1993), the dark orchestral ‘Witch Trilogy’ (1993-2002) and ‘Sacred Fury’ (2005). Annihilating vengeance rips through the score for a controversial staging of ‘Medea’ (2002), moving from suffocating sacred ritual to noise-soaked brutality, while Shinjuku Thief’s film soundtracks are similarly dark. They include the supernatural mystery ‘Boys in the Trees’ (2016), the Black Plague-inspired ‘Winter Orbit’ (2020) and the post-apocalyptic tragedy of ‘Black Garden’ (2020). Whether occult symbolism, existential dread, ontological uncertainty or hidden systems, the project ultimately treats sound as a vehicle for confronting taboo, repressed or unsettling material. There is a sustained fascination with darkness – not merely as aesthetic mood, but as a psychological and metaphysical terrain.