Shrunken Head Entertainment's newest artist - Sappy Corpse

[fatphrank]

My thoughts that I previously shared on FB:

"All you needed was horrorcore, this is horrorcorpse..."

After the recent announcement by Lola Ricardo Ramirez and the rest of the SHE-Shrunken Head Entertainment team of the new addition to the roster, I thought it was the perfect time to sit down and give Sappy Izdead a thorough listen.

I first learned of Sappy Corpse in December when I added them to the HorrorcoreWiki site. I can't remember if I sampled a track or two at the time, so I decided to go back and give the debut 2023 EP "Horrorcorpse" a fair chance.

I'll be honest, in a day and age where more and more wicked shit artists are leaning into the death metal-influenced growls and heavy/deeper vocals, Sappy's much higher-pitched voice initially threw me for a loop. It didn't take long for my mind to equate it to something like a modern day Bob E. Nite vocal style, however. It took me back to 2000/2001 when I first learned of SyckSyde and Bob and it made my listening experience that much better.
Without knowing much beyond what I was hearing on my drive to work yesterday, I got the notion pretty quickly that Sappy really is a student of the game. I don't necessarily mean the hip hop game or anything like that, but with references to legendary pieces of the horrorcore scene like NATAS, Bloodshot, and more specifically Mars' 'School House Glock' release, it's easy to tell that Sappy isn't new to the genre by any means, at least from a fan perspective.

With songs covering topics like mental health, school shootings, and straight up gore, "Horrorcorpse" really is a great debut EP.

Throughout the EP, Sappy is able to show a certain degree of versatility that I can only predict with continue to evolve with the next release, which I'm actually extremely excited to hear -- "Sentimentally Morbid." From whisper-y type hooks and a number of switched up cadences, maybe Sappy is more of a student of hip hop than I originally alluded to.

Long story short, I was extremely anxious to see who the newest artist to SHE was going to be and after giving the only project available at the moment a thorough [couple of] listen(s), I can honestly say that I can't wait to see what Sappy and the team cook up next.

I highly recommend checking out "Horrorcorpse" and, more importantly, I urge you to support the newer generation of wicked shit artists. We need more like this...

[MNN_HC]

I will be checking them out post haste, after your review. The more horrorcore, the better.

[fatphrank]

I will be checking them out post haste, after your review. The more horrorcore, the better.

Let me know your thoughts once you listened. Sappy did say that he's been working on his vocal style a bit, so the new album may sound a little different. I'm excited to hear what he cooks up with the SHE team.

[MNN_HC]

Hey Frank, gonna have to give it some more spins. I get the BEN refrence you made, for sure. I dig the cadence and lyrics, it is just the high pitchness that is taking time to get used to. If there is a break with a death growl in a jam, that will give the pitch something to play off of. SC will be a unique artist on SHE, and put together with Hard Jaws, I could see a super group.

[fatphrank]

Hey Frank, gonna have to give it some more spins. I get the BEN refrence you made, for sure. I dig the cadence and lyrics, it is just the high pitchness that is taking time to get used to. If there is a break with a death growl in a jam, that will give the pitch something to play off of. SC will be a unique artist on SHE, and put together with Hard Jaws, I could see a super group.

Give the new album, SENTIMENTALLYMORBID, a spin or two if you haven't already. Sappy has definitely been working on his voice a bit, playing with new sounds and stuff. You may dig it a bit more than the EP.

[MNN_HC]

Will do. Will add it to my spin list. Been spinning a bit of the hc comps recently.