Come and see Lords of October perform live on Sunday night at the Joe Bob Briggs Drive-In Jamboree at the Mahoning Drive-In in Pennsylvania. There will be amazing bands all weekend long and Lords of October are the headliner on Sunday night before Joe Bob and Darcy do their Drive-In double feature!

Spread the word! Watch this video! The drive-in will never die!

Unholy Hells. It is 2021. The first day of January is here and I greet you all with love, horror and strangeness. I trust that we will do what we can with the time that is given to us. Let’s make it a great year if fear and fandom!
For me, it’s all about making some projects happen. Here is a small list of some things I thought I would update you with!

Firstly, the actual ELDER SIGN album will be out very soon. The songs have been done and finished totally for a short while now and I am really proud of it. It will be available online everywhere, of corpse, but I will also be getting some physical copies at some point, too. Probably vinyl, too. It all depends on that one thing, oh yeah, you know what I mean! MONEY! It is always a treasured chore to be an independent artist. We will see what we can do to make this happen! Also, there will be some videos, too, in time. We have been working on one for FORMLESS and will have it done sometime later the next couple of months. Maybe before. It all depends on what happens in my very strange life. 

I will finally get back to the I LOVE LUCIFER podcast, too. I have only completed a couple of them, so far, but it is a work in progress. Now that I have more time, I will surely get back to it. Thank you for everyone being patient and supportive. This year looks to have many more hours free for this demon. In addition to the podcast, I will be putting out another weird, gory and bizzaro little book of splatter filled goodness. I have not a title for it just yet, but you might think of it as a cross between the incredible hulk meets Jason Voorhees. More shall be revealed!

LORDS of OCTOBER will be doing more recording, live shows (if the pandemic would kindly fuck off) and videos, too. There is much more to do all around, so if I can find the time, you will see it! I don’t want to say too much now, but I can tell you that if I can do it, there will be more music, movies, books and live engagements. Only time will tell. 

All the best,
Lucifer Fulci

I remember right around this time in 2019, I was beginning to create a calendar for all of 2020. Projects, tour dates, recording schedules, new projects, new ideas and all kinds of plans. We all know how that went. 2020 happened and now that it’s almost over, looking back, I’ve done the best that I can. I have followed the rules, stayed as safe as possible and made the most of the time that I’ve been given.

I’ve been very busy. By the day, as my Bruce Wayne type Avatar, I’ve been going to work or at least working from home a lot of the time, attending to my school work and being a part of an internship. That shall put me through to complete my Bachelors in Social Work by the end of this year. I’m talking about next month. I understand what senioritis means. I want to be done and I am just cruising towards the end. When it is all said and done and there is no more school to be had-at least for a WHILE- I shall find myself with a LOT more free time. For this, I am SO STOKED! I am quite READY to be DONE!

By the Dark of the night, I am still my own Batman and being a part of certain things that Define the creature that I am. There have been a lot of projects and creative Endeavors put on hold due to the pandemic and the crap show that we have been given this year, but that does not mean there has not been a lot going on. It just doesn’t seem as important as it used to, what with so many people dying and so much dissonance within our world. In one way or another, it’s always been that way, but 2020 needs no further introduction to its vile nature.

The Two Terrors

What the hell has been going on ALL YEAR? Well, in no particular order, I have been working (ever so slowly) on a few different works of the written word. Under my daytime name of David Mark Stashko, I have been creeping away at little books called The Anomaly-a strange sci fi type of thing, A Screamin’ Splatterpalooza-a rock and roll horror show that is a cross breed with Rocky Horror, Scooby Doo and the X Files…this is meant to be a book to begin with, but it deserves a movie, for sure, and that will happen. Oh, yes it will….from the darker side of my horror resume, I am chipping away at another grotesque edition of my crazy brain world. This one does not have a title, just yet, but it is brewing..and it is a twisted sicky.

Musically, I have made some David creations, which can be found if one simply looks, but it is not the main focus. It happens when my heart directs me. Such as the musical works of Lucifer, but that is a different story. Lucifer has been working hard on the Cryptozoology record by Lords of October-that is, going over what we began to do earlier in the year and seeing what kind of updates I can bring to the table. We will get more to that once we are best able to gather and not take risks with this virus. I mean, we have a LOT of this record working together. But we have to get back into it when we can. In the meanwhile, I came up with another 5 song grip of tunes for LORDS that I will work on with my beloved Uncle Salem and family. I thought it might be cool to do a concept of something that has to do with Michigan ghost stories. Something like that. Tribute to our home state. I have outlines of songs already, but that won’t happen before Cryptozoology. In addition to that, we wanna do some re-workings of classic Halloween songs, acoustic songs, all kinds of ideas. Not only that, I have been wanting-for a long while-to create various events throughout the year that highlight some of the most wonderfully wicked and spooky aspects of our planet…and have Lords perform at each one! haha. How self serving. Still, no public type events right now. Just. Gotta. Be. Safe. So, more music videos. Did you see the Annabel Lee lyric video? My wife put that together. We also put out a cheap ass video for Sci Fi Double feature from the last record…and Uncle Salem is putting one together for HOUSE by the CEMETERY, also from the HAUNTING at BECKWITH COURT.

More music? Why, yes, please.

THE ELDER SIGN, by Lucifer Fulci, is almost done. I have released 4 songs out of 5 already, and currently working on a music video for FORMLESS, with special guest vocals by Uncle Salem, himself! I love this album. So much great guitar work from Matt Namzor. Love this one. I am hoping to get some vinyl of this one, but we will see what we can do there. I have another 5 songs or so for another one, which might be another different avenue of hard rock and metal. I love to mix it up, but I also really want to re-do a lot of the tunes from my earlier records as Lucifer. The production sucks ass on several of them! Gross! I love the songs, tho, and I think they deserve a new life. We shall see. Working along with that.

Lastly, GOBLINSPAWN, my not so subtle musical project inspired by the works of GOBLIN, John Carpenter, ZOMBI, Fabio Frizzi and more, will be releasing another record. I have been working on music for this, too, thruout 2020, but I simply cannot begin one thing fully without finishing other stuff. I will probably get to working on this one after the last Lucifer song is posted. I know that I can do all the GOBLINSPAWN music on my own, socially distant and safe, so that seems to be the reasonable thing to do. Funny, too, about this project…I am taking no effort to really promote it, it is not available anywhere except on Soundcloud for now, but it keeps getting more and more fans. I dig it. It is just so much fun to make music that I love, inspired by the horror movies that I love. I might get more official with it later, but for now, I am stoked to see so many people that are into it. Thanks!

The Return of the Thing

Ah, yes, the ending of the trilogy of words here. Time to wrap it up, eh?

Short films. Speaking engagements. Podcasts. Oh yeah, I forgot to mention that I began a couple of those this year, too. Now it is official, EVERYONE has a fucken podcast! haha. I LOVE LUCIFER is a LOT of fun to do. I have only done a couple and I will do more, but hell yeah, what is better than hearing myself speak? Hearing others speak, for sure! I did another one called Light, Darkness and Dreamscapes, too. My wife joins me on that one and we have had a lot of fun exploring weird locations and we even interviewed the art legend Stephen Bissette. Only done a few so far, but it did happen in 2020.

A LOT happened in 2020, to be sure, but like I said before, the creative stuff, while important for us ALL to continue to do, just did not seem as important or relevant with so much true horror happening all around us. There are a few sparks of hope that have been shining through as of late, but it remains to be seen. One day at a time. I do have hope. And I have a lot of faith that everything happens for a reason. In fact, when I think of how things happen or why, I always seem to be taken away much further than what seems so obvious. We are much more than what we are taught. There is so much more happening than just waking up, watching the news and living on this planet. Remember to think. What are we? Floating around on this giant, living space ball in the middle of eternal darkness. There is light at the end of many warp tunnels. It all just so happens to be right in front of us. Do you see it?

The light of the universe. It lives in all of us.

The bursting of chilled air wakes my senses and reminds me that another year has come to pass. The solstice has arrived and the time of dying time is upon us. What has this year gone by offered me? You? What has come to pass?

Some of the highlights of this past year have been the collection of fiendish family and friends that have, time and again, shown love and care for me and those around me. I am flattered to have such people in my life. Loving, caring, creative and sensitive folks who know that HORROR is best birthed from our fantastic minds. There is enough true horror in the world, each and every day, and the fictional scares and supernaturally cool lives that we can lead are a great distraction for such darkness.

2017 has allowed me to offer musics from my solo works as well as the band. Lords of October are happy to know that you loved the album EQUINOX! Such a great thing to be validated by amazing people. Thank you for the support. We have more videos, gigs and special offerings coming up this next year, too. Just wait! And the next album? Its a killer. A monster. It is something very special that we are stoked to create for you.

Same goes for all music I make. It has taken me a while to complete my current solo album, but that is not because I do not want to. It is because I am trying new textures, styles and sounds. I am inspired, but I am also learning more about production. My previous solo outings have had a poor quality to them, imho. This one is far better and has some nice guest appearances from some shredding masters. It is worth the wait, I say. I am in no hurry, anyways. Lords of October is my main music offering. I PROMISE that before the end of the year, you will hear another brutal tune of terror from the solo album. And it will be heavy!

Wormutanous was my fictional literary offering this year and again, I thank you for so much support. Its been great to be able to write again and travel to worlds unknown. I am near complete on a new book called “The Elder Thing” and will unleash that upon your eyes and fears in the early part of 2018. There are a couple of other literary works I will be offering, too, including an awesome Halloween book for the little ones that I have created with my forever queen, Scarah Stashko. She never ceases to amaze me.

So much more has happened, but my focus is today and in the future.

What I can say is this. If you keep living, I will keep working to scare and entertain you. I will take care of me, you take care of you and together? We might just be able to make it through another year with love intact.

All the beast,

Lucifer Fulci.

Greetings and bleedings, one and all. May it be that you find this day shrouded in darkness, chilled with horror and bound by the supernatural that gives life to us all.

3 things…from another world.

First, a great howl from the netherworld to my family of fear. Grave times were had last evening with The Ghoul Cast​. We talked silent horror and some Italian Zombie gore. The new podcast will be posted soon, so pay attention! The cast from last evening was myself- Lucifer Fulci​- The amazing Jennifer Roe​ ( Horror expert and member of the Flint Horror Collective), and Paul Counelis​  ( Rue Morgue Magazine​ ). In our company was the always touchable, lovable Chris Ringler​ and my beloved, bloody bride, Scarah Stashko​. Also, for the first time, I had the pleasure of meeting an artist of horror in his own bloody right, Mr. Ryan Olson​. I had heard a lot about him from his sig other, Lady Jen, but finally got to meet him last evening. What a total connection! To find another blood brother. In fact, he reminded me a LOT of each one of us, but most particularly, of one of my all time favorite people, Loren Gillespie III​. By all means, if I could be some kind of horror ambassador, kindly meet one others, fellas!

It was a great time of terror. Please check it out when posted.

Secondly, If you had not seen, I will be appearing at the MOTOR CITY COMIC CON for the first time, this coming May 15,16,17. I will have all of the latest, gory goodies from my vault of vile morbidity, including but not limited to, copies of my CD SUPERNATURAL HORROR METAL, my two latest books, AZRATH the UNHOLY and MALEVOLENT and Lucifer’s Guide to the Italian Cannibal Film, shirts, buttons, more books, maggots, worms and copies of my new short film, THE HORROR STATION, on DVD, that will also showcase two of my latest lyric videos for the songs GODZILLA and NOSFERATU. Please stop by and pay me a visit!

Lastly and certainly not beastly, I want to send out special spell of gratitude to each and every one of you, fiends both old and new, for continued support and attentions. While I would still be bleeding out all sorts of the strange and unusual creations that blister my mind, without you, it would be with lessened fervor and a sad, bloody tear. I am always and ever grateful for you. Thank you for looking, listening and being the fascinating creatures that you are. You tempt me. You make me thirst. Surely, one day, we shall have to slice your skin and cook you alive…heh heh heh.

Here is my tribute to you for today.