Even by Creeper’s spooky standards, there’s an unusual pallor about the Southampton crew when we find them hanging in the shade backstage at Slam Dunk Festival. Frontman Will Gould, who’s now going by ‘William von Gould’, watches passers-by with hungry eyes behind dark sunglasses, while guitarist Ian Miles picks at a mysterious red substance congealed onto the black leather jacket hugging his skinny frame. They look every inch a pack of wild animals out for blood. It’s the beginning of the darker, heavier Sanguivore era for the goth-punk mainstays. With lead single Cry To Heaven having already opened the door to a swaggering new sound indebted to ’80s heroes like Danzig and Sisters Of Mercy, we can expect the full album to take us on a “violent” adventure when it ar...
