POISONBLACK, A Dead Heavy Day (2008, Century Media)

The skull:
Cool! A skull! Looks like it’s flying off a skycraper and streaming blood before it hits the ground. Rad! Best album cover ever!

The music:
Gothic metal! Neat! It’s even better than the final Sentenced album! This kicks! I downloaded it for free twice! I’m really into goth lately, I have these black beads and this really thick black eyeliner. Kids at school think I’m a freak, but I still play soccer and I’m running for student council this year. Can we go to Sonic for lunch? That place is total goth.

— Friar Wagner’s 13-year-old niece Matilda