What is Horror punk?
'''Horror punk''' (sometimes referred to as '''horror rock''') is a dark style of music mixing [[Goth subculture|gothic]] and [[punk rock]] sounds with morbid imagery. Often, song topics are taken from [[horror films]], horror punk bands create an atmosphere by telling tales through their songs. It is closely related to an often overlaps with the [[death rock]] movement; while death rock tends to lean more towards the goth sound, horror punk leans towards a [[doo-wop]] sound.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://drcyclopsrecords.net/|title=DOMAIN ERROR|website=drcyclopsrecords.net|access-date=2011-04-29|archive-date=2012-12-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121227231437/http://www.drcyclopsrecords.net/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.horror-punk.net/ |title=Horror Punk- Misfits Balzac &#124; Physcobilly_Rock - Nekromantix |access-date=2011-04-29 |archive-date=2010-05-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100527214521/http://www.horror-punk.net/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> [[The Misfits]] are recognized as the first band of the horror punk subgenre. Misfits first horror punk recording sessions can be traced back to 1977. In 1982, the Misfits released their first full-length album, [[Walk Among Us]]. Influenced by the Misfits, another early punk band [[TSOL]] released a horror punk album called [[Dance with Me (TSOL album)|Dance with Me]] in the early 1980s. The genre, with the exception of artists like [[Jack Grisham]] (on the [[left-wing politics|left]]) and [[Michale Graves]] (on the [[right-wing politics|right]]), is generally [[apolitical]]. '''Horror hardcore''' is a term coined by [[Dwid Hellion]] that refers to a hybrid of horror punk and [[hardcore punk]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.sweetslyrics.com/bio-Integrity.html |title=Sweetslyrics - Integrity Biography |access-date=2011-04-29 |archive-date=2011-10-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111002152634/http://www.sweetslyrics.com/bio-Integrity.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> The Misfits' third album, ''[[Earth