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The Widow's Bane

Painting your face to look like the ghoulish visage of a pasty, rotting cadaver has long been the province of death-obsessed, Scandinavian black-metal bands. The practice, though, dates back to '80s punk legends the Misfits — which is probably where Boulder's the Widow's Bane got the idea. But here's the funny thing: While clearly drawing inspiration from the bleaker side of the human experience, the Widow's Bane plays a folk-based music full of minor-key waltzes and cobwebbed shanties. And, really, what's creepier: a grim reaper slinging an electric guitar, or one squeezing an accordion?

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