Spectre
An appropriately shadowy entity with several albums for WordSound and production spots for Prince Paul and Techno Animal, Spectre is the Nosferatu of underground horrorcore, channeling the more isolated tones of industrial-dub and illbient into hip-hop productions of an intensely paranoid nature. Inspired by the rich legacy of horror films and dark industrial pioneers like Skinny Puppy as well as the old school of hip-hop, the rapper/producer debuted by hosting The Ill Saint Presents Subterranean Hitz, a seminal illbient compilation released on WordSound in 1996.
Spectre's first album, The Illness, dropped later that year (sample track title: "Spectre Meets the Psycho Priest in the Temple of Smoke"), also on WordSound. Between LPs he kept quite busy, making appearances on Prince Paul's Psychoanalysis LP, the second volume in Virgin's Macro Dub Infection series, Techno Animal's remix album Vs. Reality, and Unitone Hi-Fi's Rewound & Rerubbed. Spectre also released RuffKutz, a 90-minute mix tape spotlighting his new label, Black Hoodz, with tracks by Dr. Israel, Sensational, Mr. Dead, and the Jungle Brothers. Sophomore LP The Second Coming was released in late 1998; The End followed in early 2000.
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Tunes From The Crypt
Dub - Released by WordSound Recordings on 1 May 2006
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The Second Coming
Dub - Released by WordSound Recordings on 15 Oct 1997
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The Illness
Dub - Released by WordSound Recordings on 25 Jun 1995
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Enough Of Me (feat. Doug McLeod)
Alternative & Indie - Released by Alienated Records on 23 Jul 2021
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The Tribes
Miscellaneous - Released by Revolutions on 30 Aug 2022
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Lonesome Gambler
Metal - Released by Dying Victims Productions on 28 Jul 2023
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Kickroll Kingdom
Miscellaneous - Released by Revolutions on 1 Mar 2022
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Ready For War
Miscellaneous - Released by Revolutions on 2 Nov 2023
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Lonesome Gambler
Metal - Released by Dying Victims Productions on 20 Jun 2023
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Drifter / The Black Jewel
Metal - Released by Dying Victims Productions on 25 Feb 2022
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Death Before Dying
Electronic - Released by WordSound Recordings on 17 May 2006
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Internal Dynasty
Electronic - Released by WordSound Recordings on 1 Mar 2008
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Go Harder
Miscellaneous - Released by Revolutions on 20 Jan 2023
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