i was sifting through recordings i did in the last year to try and post something death metally - which could've fit under the spastic carcass moniker. so here it is! psycho was etched into my memories since childhood. i remember my parents going out for the evening and my goth babysitter letting me stay up to watch it. at a guess i would say i was 8 years old.
i think that the main theme from psycho is arguably the greatest movie soundtrack of all time. it really suits it. so discordant and those sharp violin slashes within the piece (not the ones in the shower scene) actually feel like they could cut.
for this project i tried to figure out what each instrument in the original was playing and transferred that to guitars. i couldn't believe a death metal or heavy metal band hasn't made a good stab (no pun intended) of covering this. i just hope people will think i have!
the sample actually comes from psycho II. i could've opted for a more famous sample but i just adore this one. his real mother just turns up and tells him that he is her son, they chat then he bludgeons her to death with a shovel. not before calmly asking her if she would like a sandwich. classic!
