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Mayhem’s 12 Days Of Christmas 2025 – Day 6 – Tom Waits December 18, 2025

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Mayhem’s 12 Days of Christmas posts have reached the half way point, day 6. The five posts so far have featured the Apocalypse Disco, Radiohead, Black Box Recorder, Shrub and the Postal Service. This years theme is deeply dark and not very festive. But with all the crap in the world at the moment much of it driven by Captain Bonespurs in the partly demolished White House I thought I would celebrate Chrimbo this year with songs about the end of the world. Yeah, kind of depressing of course, but these are twelve fabulous tracks and whatever happens. Music has, and will always accompany me wherever I go, even if that is into the heart of the forthcoming (???) Armageddon! Maybe I need to make them into a playlist, what do you think?

Today’s song comes from the legendary songwriter and troubadour Tom Waits. The track is “Earth Died Screaming” the opening track on his 1992 album ‘Bone Machine’ which reached number 26 on the UK album chart. In my opinion this is perhaps the scariest song in the series driven by the sparseness of the production and the even more gravelly than usual vocal performance from Mr. Waits.

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Mayhem’s 12 Days Of Christmas 2025 – Day 5 – The Postal Service December 17, 2025

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Mayhem’s 12 Days of Christmas posts have reached day 5. The four posts so far have featured the Apocalypse Disco, Radiohead, Black Box Recorder and Shrub. This years theme is very dark and not very festive. But with all the crap in the world at the moment much of it driven by Diaper Donnie in the partly demolished White House I thought I would celebrate Chrimbo this year with songs about the end of the world. Yeah, kind of depressing of course, but these are twelve fabulous tracks and whatever happens music will always accompany me wherever I go, even if that is into the heart of the forthcoming (???) Armageddon! Maybe I need to make them into a playlist, what do you think?

Today’s song comes from Seattle’s The Postal Service. It is “We Will Become Silhouettes” from their 2003 album ‘Give Up’. This is their only studio album to date, can we have another one please? The song was the band’s fourth single and peaked at number three in the Canadian chart. It was written by band members Ben Gibbard and Jimmy Tamborello. Is the song about the period after a nuclear war or catastrophe? Possibly, but for me it is a great fit for a series of end of the world songs!

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Mayhem’s 12 Days Of Christmas 2025 – Day 3 – Black Box Recorder December 15, 2025

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Mayhem’s 12 Days of Christmas posts is onto day 3. In case you missed the first two posts that featured the Apocalypse Disco and Radiohead this years theme is quite dark and not very festive. With all the crap in the world at the moment much of it driven by the Mango Mussolini I thought I would celebrate Chrimbo this year with songs about the end of the world. Yeah, kind of depressing of course, but these are twelve fabulous tracks and whatever happens music will always accompany me wherever I go, even if that is into the heart of Armageddon!

Today’s choice cut comes from Black Box Recorder, an iconic British band who began their journey in the late 90s. The band consists of Sarah Nixey, Luke Haines (of The Auteurs), and John Moore (formerly of The Jesus and Mary Chain). The song is “It’s Only the End of the World” taken from their 1998 debut album ‘England Made Me’. There is a delightful 60s feel to the song and I would be happy to hear this as the world falls apart.

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Mayhem’s 12 Days Of Christmas 2025 – Day 2 – Radiohead December 14, 2025

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Mayhem’s 12 Days of Christmas posts is underway and here comes day 2. This years theme is quite dark and not very festive. With all the crap in the world at the moment much of it driven by the orange shitler in the White House I thought I would celebrate Chrimbo this year with songs about the end of the world. Yeah, kind of depressing maybe, but these are twelve fabulous tracks and whatever happens music will always accompany me.

Yesterday the series kicked off with the Apocalypse Disco and the end of the world track for day 2 is “Idioteque” by Radiohead. Thom Yorke wrote the lyrics by cutting up phrases and drawing them from a hat, as he did for much of the ‘Kid A’ album where “Idioteque” resides. The track is deeply apocalyptic and seems to cover climate change, fear or paranoia of technology. media control and manipulation and many global threats. So given all that it had to feature somewhere in this series. Who is in the bunker with you?

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Mayhem’s 12 Days Of Christmas 2025 – Day 1 – The Apocalypse Disco December 13, 2025

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As you might have guessed from the title of this post it is time once again for Mayhem’s 12 Days of Christmas posts. This years theme is quite dark and not very festive. With all the crap in the world at the moment much of it driven by Putin and his pedo gimp in the White House I thought I would celebrate Chrimbo this year with songs about the end of the world. Yeah, kind of depressing maybe, but these are twelve fabulous tracks and whatever happens music will always accompany me.

The end of the world track for day 1 of this series is “Welcome To The Disco” by one of Yorkshire’s (and possibly the UK’s) finest purveyors of dark, electro rave anthems, the Apocalypse Disco! So without further adieu put your head between your legs, kiss your arse goodbye and say hello to Armageddon!

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Mayhem’s 12 Days Of Christmas – Day 12 – Delilah Bon December 24, 2023

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Well, here we are at the end of our journey through Mayhem’s 12 Days Of Christmas for 2023. Regular readers will know that this year I have used the series to showcase artists featured in Spotify’s Misfits 2.0 playlist. Some of them I discovered via Misfits 2.0, others I was already a huge fan of. Today’s post features the obscenely talented Delilah Bon, probably my favourite living artist. Since “Devil” in July 2020 she has released some stunning songs plus a great EP, ‘Ready To Kill’ and a self-titled debut album that blew away the competition in 2021. I believe that we might see her sophomore album in 2024, I certainly hope so.

Delilah Bon is the alter ego of Lauren Tate of Hands Off Gretel. In her approach to life, her attitude, and especially her music she stands up for women and girls and the whole LGBTQ+ community and frankly she is an inspirational icon for anyone who dares to be different. She has had a great year with a trio of classic singles, “I Wish A Bitch Would”, “Brat” and the magnificent “Witch”. She enlisted the help of ALT BLK ERA on the latter, another act that featured in this year’s 12 Days of Christmas posts. In addition, I have also showcased WARGASM, Royal and the Serpent, Poppy, Girli, tiLLie, 100 gecs, Casseyette, FKA Rayne, Scene Queen, and Jazmin Bean. Delilah Bon has played some excellent support slots this year for Scene Queen and Shaka Ponk. Earlier this year she performed “War On Women” on French TV’s biggest music programme Taratata. In her music she embraces hip-hop, punk, rap, and metal. If you do not have Delilah Bon in your life yet, why the hell not?

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Mayhem’s 12 Days Of Christmas – Day 11 – Jazmin Bean December 23, 2023

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Christmas is nearly here and we are at Day 11 of Mayhem’s 12 Days of Christmas series for 2023. Focused on artists that have been featured on Spotify’s Misfits 2.0 playlist. Jazmin Bean, today’s choice, is a hugely talented artist that I discovered via the playlist. They are an artist almost like no other, and they have a sound that incorporates metal, pop, horror, acoustic, punk, cinema scope, emo, hip-hop, trip-hop, and dark rock all with hooks with the power to create a new universe. I would like to nominate Jazmin Bean to compose a soundtrack for a British Folk Horror film, I think that they would do an amazing job! The current single “Terrified” is gorgeous and raised the hairs on the back of my neck. Meanwhile, “Hello Kitty” kicks in with a kid’s refrain and then scares the living shit out of you when the huge riffs kick in, incredible tunes.

Jazmin Bean began performing in 2015, and they have got better and better with every release. The new album ‘Traumatic Livelihood’ is scheduled for release next February. Jazmin Bean is also a supremely talented make-up artist and has called their sometimes ‘doll-like’ appearance as ‘a genderless monster’. In addition to producing some incredible music, they also run a cruelty-free, vegan cosmetics company called Cult Candy Cosmetics. I don’t believe that there are many artists that I can think of whom I have seen their parents play live. But I have seen both Jazmin’s parents in live shows. Their Dad is Ginger Wildheart who I have seen many times and their Mum is Angie Adams who drummed with a punk band called Fluffy in the 1990s. I saw them once in a support slot, at least I think I did. Get listening to Jazmin Bean now, that’s an order!

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Mayhem’s 12 Days Of Christmas – Day 10 – Scene Queen December 22, 2023

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Day 10 of Mayhem’s 12 Days of Christmas features New York-born Hannah Collins who many will know as the originator and Empress of Bimbocore, Scene Queen. Yes, Scene Queen has invented her own genre which is a kind of nu-metal, pop-driven, punky sound that allows her to sing her incredibly well thought and feminist lyrics over some great tunes. I didn’t find Scene Queen via Spotify’s Misfits 2.0, although they featured on that playlist a lot. I was lucky enough to see Scene Queen live at the Leeds Festival back in 2022. I think she will be back at the Bramham Park site next year and I am already looking forward to that. She will also be performing at Download 2024.

Scene Queen has released a banging barrage of magnificent singles, particularly “Pink Bubblegum”, “Pink G-String” and three from her album ‘Hot Singles In Your Area’ which is scheduled for release next year. Those three are “18+”, “Pink Push-Up Bra” and the new single “MILF”, all of these suggest that the album might already be a contender for album of the year 2024. Another wonderful plus point is Scene Queen‘s excellent taste in music, back in October she invited Delilah Bon to support her on her UK tour. She has also hooked up with Bellesa Sex Toys, and offered some great deals on vibes! If Scene Queen isn’t in your life yet, she should be! Check her out!

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Mayhem’s 12 Days Of Christmas – Day 9 – FKA Rayne December 21, 2023

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It is time for Day 9 of Mayhem’s 12 Days of Christmas series for 2023 and today’s artist is another that I discovered thanks to Spotify’s Misfits 2.0 playlist. It is an incredibly talented alternative rock artist, FKA Rayne from Vancouver Canada. She started out as more of a pop artist back in 2019 but now embraces a more hardcore metal sound and she hasn’t lost her deft pop touches. The current single “Woof” is perhaps her best yet, although the competition is tough. I particularly love “Perverse”; last year’s “Praying Mantis” is stunning. Check FKA Rayne out NOW!

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Mayhem’s 12 Days Of Christmas – Day 8 – Cassyette

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Day 8 of Mayhem’s 12 Days of Christmas series for 2023 features Cassyette, one of the UK’s finest music talents and another artist that I discovered thanks to Spotify’s Misfits 2.0 playlist. She has been described as nu-metal, but personally I think she just takes metal to new, hardcore heights that it has not reached before. But it’s not only metal she also skillfully blends elements of electro and punk into her songs. Since “Jean” exploded into the world in 2019 there have been an incredible collection of great songs from Cassyette. Plenty of great singles, many of which were collected on the rather wonderful ‘Sad Girl Mixtape’ album from 2022. Her new single “Boom” is a beautiful, bombastic banger and her cover of Harry Styles’ “As It Was” is sublime. Cassyette will only get bigger and better in 2024, be there!

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