#fangbanger

AHHHHH I honestly was nervous as hell and I almost exploded and died but it’s okay!! 😵‍💫 Really grateful for the experience I had at Wondercon where I talked about the upcoming Fangbanger anthology graphic novel!

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[Y/N tries to leave Fangtasia, clearly upset]

Eric (blocking the door): Where do you think you’re going?

Y/N: Home.

Eric: Incorrect.

Pam: You live here now. With us. Like a poorly trained pet.

Y/N: I—

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[Eric glaring at Y/N mid-flirt with a bartender]

Y/N: What? I’m allowed to socialize.

Eric: You’re allowed to breathe. Everything else is up for negotiation.

Pam (leaning over the counter): You should leave before he rips out your spine and uses it as a straw.

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Y/N (slamming her hand on the bar): You better back off before I show you what a real threat looks like.

Random Vampire (unbothered): You? You’re shaking.

Y/N: That’s rage. I’m simmering.

Random Vampire: Adorable.

Eric (suddenly behind her): Is there a problem?

Pam (on the other side): We just adore problems.

Random Vampire (noping out): No trouble here!

Y/N (preening): Damn, I’m good.

Eric: …You didn’t do that.

Pam: Let her have this. It’s cute when she’s wrong and smug.

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[Y/N grinding at the club, a vampire tries to join]

Pam (grabbing the guy’s collar): Excuse you. She’s decorative, not communal.

Y/N: Awww, you sound like a protective big sister!

Pam (dragging her away): I am not your sister. I am the reason no one else has tasted you yet.

Y/N (flustered): oh.

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Pam (Hissing at Y/N’s fidgeting): Stand still. I swear if you ruin this hard work, I’ll glue your mouth shut.

Y/N (squirming): I can’t breathe in this corset!

Pam: That’s the point.

Y/N: I feel like a sexy burrito.

Eric (walking in, pausing mid-stride): …Is this a fetish thing?

Y/N: I’ve lost control of my life.

Pam: But not your silhouette. You’re welcome.

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• Y/N: Total hot mess, thinks she’s in charge. Is not.

• Pam: Goth Barbie with a knife collection and a daily eye-roll limit.

• Eric: Ex-Viking with a God complex. Dangerous. Hot. Terrified of his own feelings.

— fangbanger [ fang-banger ]

when an individual feels attracted to vampires !

— autofangbanger [ auto-fang-banger ]

when an individual feels attracted to themselfs as a vampire !

— I K OW THATS NOT A PARAPHILIA NAME I JUST LOVED IT SMCH WHEN I SAW SOMEONE USING 😭😭😭😭 u can use it with a para name . . even tho i could not find ? pretty sure theres one . .

SUPERPOSITION - Fangbanger Review by Ro Crown

Just in time for All Hallows' Eve the band Fangbanger have released their stellar album Superposition. It's alt. rock with plenty of goth, glam and punk. Part of a rock 'n' roll lineage that includes The Smashing Pumpkins and My Chemical Romance, with a propensity for the theatrics and anthemic choruses, Fangbanger delivers a fantastic half-hour long Gothic romp.

Beyond the histrionics that all great gothy punk rock albums require, the musicianship is very good. I enjoy that the bass guitar isn't buried in the mix; Finn Factory's bass parts are interesting and when they take centre stage it takes me back to those 1990s and 2000s punk bands I grew up loving. J.D.'s drumming is very solid throughout and we get several really cool fills; I especially like when we deviate from rock grooves to more punk beats like at the end of "Little Bird". The guitars of K8 Panik and Ven Adams (tumblr's own @vendetta06) take on multiple tones and textures that keep things interesting, and most of all they play actual hooky riffs. Recent trends in Hard Rock and modern Metal have too often seen a lack of memorable guitar riffs in exchange for guitars that sound like texture. That's not the case here.

Alex DeVille's vocals are perfect. They sound exactly how you'd think and want them to sound, but they avoid sounding all the same. In addition to The Smashing Pumpkins and My Chemical Romance, I get hints of Our Lady Peace too but they're not limited to that more nasally tone. There are some pop punk-sounding vocals too. The timbre and grit vary to suit each song, managing not to all the sound same but simultaneously still sound like Alex.

After a brief intro, Superposition's first full song "119" is fast and loud and delivers the first of many big choruses. We also get a guitar solo, which I greatly appreciate. It's a solid opener because it touches on so much of what to expect from the rest of the album. It's heavy, it's rocking, it's emo, it's catchy and it doesn't overstay its welcome. Album closer "The Last Waltz" has a very baroque sounding riff that I adore. The chorus hits hard and is like if My Chemical Romance wrote a song for the soundtrack of A Series of Unfortunate Events. Then it concludes with a detuned piano that fades away. It's a perfect finale after an album that's delivered on the promises of "119".

The more I've listened to this album this morning, the more I've enjoyed it. I keep finding lyrics, guitar licks, drum fills, bass bits that I've missed on prior listens. I put it on at 8:30 a.m. and five hours later I'm still rocking out on repeat listens. I'm having a great time. The only critique I have is that occasionally the mix is a little muddled in the louder more chaotic moments. But this is a common issue with mixing Rock and Metal because they've got a lot of low end. Typically, bands have to come to a compromise and settle on a soup-to-sterile ratio with which they can live. Too soupy and it's unintelligible. Too sterile and it's lifeless, edgeless and synthetic sounding. The band does a good job negotiating that. And let me tell y'all, much bigger bands with huge album budgets have done far far worse than Fangbanger.

Tragically, Fangbanger's lead singer Alex DeVille passed away months ago, and the band has released Superposition posthumously on his birthday. The album's title serves as a depressingly accurate description of what it's like to listen to the album with this knowledge. In quantum superposition a simplistic analogy is a coin that's heads up and tails up at the same time until we observe it. Or in quantum computing a qubit in superposition has a value of both 1 and 0 until we measure it and the energetic wave function collapses to either 1 or 0. Likewise, while listening to this album, I oscillated between how vital and present Alex is and the knowledge of his tragic passing. For 32 minutes, Alex is here and he's gone, but then the music ends and one must confront the loss of a talented musician, beloved by friends, family and fans.

For Alex's bandmates, friends, and family, anyone whose life Alex touched personally, I'm sure they're often reminded of him in ways that make him feel present but also emphasize that he's gone. That's the superposition of the loved ones we've lost. They're still here in a million little ways and gone in a million others. With us but out of reach. That's what Superposition feels like. These songs and his voice will live on, a monument to his heart, soul and talent.

Fangbanger's Superposition is modern and timeless. It recalls the emo and punk of my youth and the 90s alternative I discovered along the way. It is a gothic tale—the band's sound is Frankenstein's Monster, influences stitched together and given its own unique spark of life. This is the best the band's ever sounded. These are their best songs. All their potential present in earlier releases comes together here and delivers something great.

Listen to their single "Stay Away":

And Check out their album: