Satan Takes a Holiday – Anton LaVey

So do any of you dudes know who Anton LaVey was? There’s not really any grey area to this question. If you don’t already know that he is responsible for that epically banned piece of literature they call The Satanic Bible – not “A” Satanic Bible, but THE Satanic Bible (which they apparently sell at fucking Target???) – he was also the effing High Priest of The Church of Satan.

No shit. So I guess it’d probably make sense to find out that he made a record full of haunting renditions of some classic tunes, featuring his own synthesizer stylings and ghostly vocal melodies by himself, and none other than a miss Blanche Barton – the High Priestess of the same church. Ever heard it? Want to? Scared? Are you sure you’re ready for this? Hold your horses.

This record rules way harder than tons of other records – which would be expected from Satan’s right hand man, I guess. It’s called “Satan Takes a Holiday” and boasts such hits as “Answer Me” (a german love song written in 1953 by Gerhard Winkler and Fred Rauch…) and “The Whirling Dervish” (written in 1938 by Harry Warren and Al Dubin for the film “Garden of the Moon”). And get this: Sammy Davis Jr. was pretty chummy with the man, himself. Yea – Sammy fucking Davis Jr was friends with the devil. Here lemme prove it:

Alright I’ll shut up already.

DOWNLOADS

Anton Lavey – Satan Takes a Holiday (MP3)
Anton Lavey – Answer Me (MP3)
Anton Lavey – Honolulu Baby (MP3)

Buy it, cause I think we both know that it’s just not the same in digital format, or just click that link and download the whole thing. Either way, it’s a necessary listen. Oh and um… happy Sunday.

Ha.