Name: NOWHERE TO RUN | Horror Palace Shop
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NOWHERE TO RUN

HorrorPalace.com continues branching into music as it offers another new and intriguing release fans of ominous music might find a nice inclusion to their collection.

Haunting lyrics certainly abound in the album Nowhere to Run by maestro Merlin K. Oz, Jr. Oz’s work is quite unique as far as horror themed material goes. A common problem with dark horror themed music is the sound mixes heavy metal and horror scores styles in a trite manner. In his short, three song EP, Oz is able to create a uniquely distinct sound that maintains a foreboding sense of menace without being overly derivative of traditional styles of horror themed music.

The title track Nowhere to Run is a perfect illustration of this innovative style. The sound seems to be part early 1980’s New Wave, modern J Pop, and classic European horror scores. The lyrics create a scenario of no escape from fantasy themed worlds where malevolent entities may be lurking. The image of trees and the ground changing appearances through the changing of the seasons hints at being entrapped in a world where there is no escape from. Time merely passes as the listener remains a prisoner of this darkly magical world.

Something Special has an almost 1990s retro soul style quality to it and this help it bring across romantic themes. It might seem odd for a romantic song to appear on a horror themed EP, but the lyrics are quite dark and have an almost stalkerish quality to them. In a way, this is an obsessional love song that makes it a nice inclusion on a musical work that is Halloween themed.

Yeah Ah does offer very haunting musical chords that accompany very serious and solemn lyrics that slowly build into upbeat sounds. This can be considered a strange song that further contributes to the alienation and loneliness that permeates the subtext of the EP. The song repeats the mysterious refrain ”Thinking about it” and the listener is drawn into these mysterious words through the ominous nature of their presentation.

Oz goes for something different with his EP and succeeds. The common drawback among many artists going for something different is they try to be strange and, while they succeed in their strangeness, they do not deliver a memorable work of quality. Nowhere to Run by Merlin K. Oz, Jr. is definitely a work of quality. If you like dark themes, retro sounds, and a unique vision, this is the EP to buy.