Author: Richard E. Rock

  • IS THIS THE REAL LIFE DEEP LEVEL?

    In my debut horror novel DEEP LEVEL published by darkstroke books, four friends set out to explore a network of forgotten train tunnels beneath the streets of London. The network…

  • SALEM RECOMMENDS – FALLOUT by KARLA FORBES

    If you like your thrillers brutal and uncompromising as well as tense and exciting, welcome to the world of Nick Sullivan. Nick is a high-flying banker with a beautiful wife,…

  • SALEM RECOMMENDS – UTGARD BY ENSLAVED

    People often ask what attracts me to the extreme metal scene. Quite simply, it’s because that’s where all the innovation is, and a fine case in point would be Enslaved.…

  • GOING DOWN – HOW DEEP LEVEL CAME TO BE

    It all started with a nightmare. It was still there, raw and vivid, when I opened my eyes in the morning, and I knew it was too good to let…

  • SALEM RECOMMENDS…VEROTIKA

    I couldn’t help noticing that horror streaming service Shudder has been shouting about the fact they now have VEROTIKA available, so I thought now might be a good time to…

  • THE CHAMBER OF ART AND WONDERS

    The sound of sirens filled the valley and, high in the overlooking hills, the idyllic peace was shattered. My first thought was that it was an air-raid warning. Then I…

  • SALEM RECOMMENDS: IF IT BLEEDS by STEPHEN KING

    In writing, you will often hear talk of “The Voice”. For the uninitiated, The Voice basically means the tone or style of the narration. Is it formal? Is it short…

  • SALEM RECOMMENDS PT.3

    Now and again I am asked by someone to define Black Metal, and I always give the same answer: Black Metal is a blasphemous shriek through a frozen forest in…

  • SALEM RECOMMENDS PT.2

    Ah, the San Francisco Bay Area. To metalheads the world over this means just one thing: Thrash Fucking Metal! The Bay Area was the petri dish in which this musical…

  • SALEM RECOMMENDS…

    It is to my shame that I have, up until now, been unaware of the Norwegian Black Metal band ARVAS. ARVAS is the creative outlet of vocalist and multi-instrumentalist V-Rex,…