Black Mekon announce new album 13 Songs About Monsters for Halloween release

13 Songs About Monsters follows the band's 2023 album NEAT, with blues-inspired track "Radioactive Wolfman" arriving as the first preview of the album, set to arrive just ahead of Halloween.

Over the past two decades, the duo have toured across America, Europe and Japan by the likes of Jack White, Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, Guitar Wolf and King Brothers, having released roughly thirteen albums and nine 7" singles, along with creating their own video game, action figures, bubblegum, a fully functional arcade machine, "Mekonizer" fuzz pedals, an animated movie and several comics.

13 Songs About Monsters builds on the Black Mekon universe with thirteen tales of monsters, murder, witchcraft and paranormal happenings — described as their "most devious and rocking" work.The album will also be released on limited edition glow in the dark vinyl and digitally, with the band playing a special release day show at The Hare & Hounds in Birmingham on 30 October.

13 Songs About Monsters artwork

13 Songs About Monsters tracklist

"There's a Ghost"
"Underwhelmed"
"Bat Leather"
"Ghost Rider (Lovesong)"
"Your Gum, My Hair"
"Tonight I Strike"
"The Ballad of the Composite Cryptozoic Kid"
"Radioactive Wolfman"
"Zombies!"
"Tey Fuu"
"The Fiend"
"Bite Me!"
"Kill Them!"