Ex Inferis

The air vibrates and thrums with the building energy. The guitar player’s fingers were akin to lightning on the strings with heavy distortion screaming through the amplifiers. The double-bass drum sounded hit after hit, a machine-gun tempo backing the incredible solo. Behind the mic, the vocalist headbangs in a whirlwind of hair like a crazed fiend. The crowd roars with enthusiasm, chanting their name in a steady crescendo as the solo reaches its culmination.

“Ex Inferis!” the singer whispers into the mic. Electricity arcs from the instruments and penetrates the crowd as blue smoke and charred flesh fills the auditorium.

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*Author’s Note: I originally wrote this to submit to an online horror publisher . . . until I realized it’s supposed to be modeled after a song in particular, which I had conveniently forgot. So, now I offer it to you!