The Darkest of the Hillside Thickets is a rock band that is dedicated to promoting the literature of H.P. Lovecraft, who wrote of lost cities, tainted geneology, alien gods, and that fabled tome, The Necronomicon. The Thickets haven't been able to get ahold of the ancient spellbook, but they've got their own brand of corruption. They're on a Lovecraft binge of madness, and they mean to take you with them. The Darkest of the Hillside Thickets have a reputation for entrancing and inciting their live audiences with their melodic blend of energetic punk and rock, while wearing spine-tingling costumes that help bring their good-natured macabre songs to life. Their latest project is "The Shadow Out of Tim" concept album, a reimagining of Lovecraft's short story "The Shadow Out of Time."

The Darkest of the Hillside Thickets live in Vancouver, Abbotsford, and Chilliwack.

You can email us at thickets@uniserve.com

Our song “Some Things Man Was Not Meant To Know” from the album The Shadow Out of Tim was used for the end credits on the short film “Casting Call of Cthulhu.” See it at http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=Pyd7U_p3mEc

I’ve updated the stale info up on garageband. Feel free to go and vote for “A Marine Biologist” and/or “Burrow Your Way to My Heart” at
http://www.garageband.com/artist/the_darkest_of_the_hillsi

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Here are some photographs from our show on May 10 at the Media Club, Vancouver BC, courtesy of Adam Smith.

Have you missed having tentacles in your ears? Well, the Yog Radio hosts are back for another two hour show that includes an interview with H.P. Lovecraft Scholar, S.T. Joshi and The Keeper’s Cupboard by Jabonko. Music by Darkest of the Hillside Thickets (specifically “Some Things Man Was Not Meant To Know” at the very end of the show).

Where? Why at http://www.yog-sothoth.com of course!

Superfan Erica Henderson has created a music video for our song “Theme to Spaceship Zero.” Check out it’s splendour at http://www.youtube.com/v/cIEVI07o1eU

You can see more Thickets videos at http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=B0C1EA265F4E752B

Saturday, May 10th I.M.U. presents The DREADNOUGHTS, The DARKEST OF THE HILLSIDE THICKETS & The GET AWAY STICKS @ The Media Club, 695 Cambie. Doors 8pm, $10 Advance - Purchase advance tickets online HERE!

The DREADNOUGHTS - Ball-busting Celt-punk from Vancouver’s newest group of drunken misfits, with a shot of pirate-shanty, a shot of Irish melody and a triple-chaser of street punk. The result is a powerful live sound, with whirling fiddles, mandolins and accordions inviting you into a world of drink and debauchery. Imagine Rancid had their tour bus hijacked by a group of inebriated gypsies… and you’re beginning to understand. Be sure to come out and catch these young up-and-comers who opened for The Real McKenzies, recently perfomed on Global TV and who regularly sell out shows all over Vancouver!

The DARKEST OF THE HILLSIDE THICKETS - Following their seven year tour of outer space in support of “Spaceship Zero: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack”, The Thickets return to Earth and the waters off New Zealand in a very special operatic adaptation of H.P. Lovecraft’s “The Shadow Out of Time.” In the original tale set in 1913, Professor Peaslee of Massachusetts has his mental faculties swapped by an alien mind and learns terrible truths about life on Earth and beyond. The latest full-length Thickets CD “The Shadow Out of Tim” features modern marine biologist Dr. Timothy Vess’ descent into madness brought on by similar circumstances. The Darkest of the Hillside Thickets, a cult mainstay since 1992, take you on a rock’n'roll tour through space and time, painting sonic pictures of the ocean deep, mysterious ruin-covered islands, and prehistoric jungles. Five out of five Cthulhu scholars agree - “The Shadow Out of Tim” is the perfect soundtrack to occult investigation! The single ‘A Marine Biologist’ was recently released as a free download on MySpace and thickets.net!

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