Bram Stoker

Who were BRAM STOKER and the mysterious T. Brodson who composed all the tracks? This enigmatic 1972 release was recorded for Woolworths generic Windmill label and recorded presumably by session players to cash in on the early seventies success of bands like BLACK SABBATH, ATOMIC ROOSTER and BLACK WIDOW. The BRAM STOKER moniker evokes macabre gothic atmospheres, and so does their music with tracks like "Blitz" conjuring up a doom laden sound.

In Bram Stoker’s iconic 1897 novel , there is roughly a chapter and a half devoted to the mysterious events that took place on board the Russian ship the Demeter. Having sailed from Varna, Bulgaria to the shores of Whitby, England during a violent storm, the schooner is discovered with no crew in sight and the captain’s carcass tied to the ship’s helm. Aside from a few entries in his log referring to a “malevolent presence” onboard, little is explained as to exactly what happened after their departure. For over 100 years, this has been all the information we fright fans have had to go on concerning that doomed passage…until now. IDW Publishing recently released the four-part miniseries Bram Stoker's Death Ship (subtitled ), but unrelated to the long-in-development film of that title on the same subject that intends to shed some light on that dark, cryptic excursion into hell. It’s an ambitious task, and did it succeed..? The first issue is a Minutemen scan while the succeeding ones are near-lossless original scans by mda0331.