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BLOO-D's evolution since "Guess Who's Back" has been a matter of putting things back together. By reconstructing the sounds that shaped the early releases of VVMPYRE, we get "The First Vampire", both an evolution and a double down of BLOO-D's past releases. Even if the format remains the same, this is a new beast entirely.

Taking the goth guitars and dark instrumentation of the past while adding more dance beats and more infectious vocals, the result is a cataclysm of the mainstage dancefloor and the gothic dancefloor. Thus, the dark dancefloor commander has dubbed a term for this sound: Big Room Goth. Inspired partially by fellow producer Violet Wanda's explorations into similar territory, some of the evolutions definitely show said inspiration. But BLOO-D's distinct darkness bleeds into even the start with Pop remixes of girl groups like Play, SEREBRO and the Ke$ha choice. When they do get dark though, like on "Tarantula Girl" or the original "Nightmares On A BLOO-D Moon", they truly embrace the darkness fully.

Even the mashups have a distinct evolution to them. The choices are equally as unlikely but the dancefloor combinations are there. DJ Shinobi's collaboration results in GACKT colliding with Ladytron to result in almost the perfect example of this, while the collaboration with Von Hans adds further atmosphere and feel alongside the dance beats. The bootleg of smashing together Like Suicide and Streetwalker brings together the EDM and Goth sounds as well in a tone not too far from Futurepop, while also having the distinct Gothic touch that makes a BLOO-D release. The end results here are a clash of sounds that go together perhaps even better than the combination may already sound.

Dance music for vampires, horror scores for the nightclubs, shocktronica for the uninitiated.

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