The Stabs play deeply dark and angry music. It's more difficult than you might imagine to make songs this full of hate. You can't play too quickly or get too excited. You need to steer away from pop hooks. You can't be too in tune or sing too nicely. Keep it slow. Keep it heavy. Scream, but make it a long, hoarse moan that fades into the crashing drums and piercing guitars. Make sure the song is longer than it ought to be with plenty of noise and distortion at the end. If you can succeed at all these things, what you end up with is Black Widow.
The Stabs' Black Widow
*Black Widow can be found on The Stabs' album Dirt.
*Image credit: Damien Hirst, "Cancer Chronicles, 2003
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