Dr. Macabre – Ghost Stories Chapter 1

This record became a huge hit and helped redefine hardcore - starting a motion towards "slower" sounds.
We're talking about the track "poltergeist" here, of course.
Otherworldly, wailing synths drown the mid-ranges while reverberated drums puncture the sub-bass.
But the flip side is worth a glance, too. "Voodoo Nightmare" is a weird, haunted jungle 'cauchemar'.

Let's talk about Darkcore. Both Darkcore and Doomcore are difficult genres to get into. Needless to say, your girlfriend won't like it. However if you ever wanted to ease your girlfriend into Darkcore, play Poltergeist, written and produced by a French guy in a scary hockey mask. You can watch as your girlfriend enjoys the most deceptive introduction to a track and watch her face change when that kick and vividly scary synth takes over. This track has so many scary sounds it should be in a soundtrack to a Horror movie. It is actually quite surprising that a track so dark did so well in the Dutch Hardcore scene. Maybe this was part of the rejection of Happy Hardcore and hearing Highlander's Hold Me Now. Also the track is very slow and I believe it inspired the Newstyle Hardcore that slowed down the bpm's of Gabber. When he takes the mask off he is known as Guillaume Leroux, proof that has good Hardcore artists and don't all make sleep inducing Frenchcore. Released on one of legendary Marc Acardipane's labels, Poltergeist is beautifully dark and something you and your girlfriend can share together.

Some photos of Dr. Macabre's operating theatre/studio from the 1990's:

https://imgur.com/a/4WS8KPz

300 plus bpm. . . Today.... you need to slow down. . . Look out of that train as the beautiful scenery es you by?

I'd love to see/hear Dr. Macabre do a remix with both Poltergeist and Voodoo Nightmare combined as one track as love them both equally! And then have Marc Trauner do a re-remix! ;)

One of the highest selling hardcore records in The Netherlands, 8,000+ copies sold.

This is what Guillaume Leroux had to say about the track Poltergeist, commented on one of the Poltergeist videos on YouTube:
I have to it that i've never been into labeling any of my shit. hardcore, doomcore, what ever you call it, i've never tried to fit into any of the so called "styles". Especially with this track i only made with "fuck the party" in mind. long intro, slower than anything at that time. I was supposed to be the most hated track ever. Fun to see how wrong i was. Cheers.

All hardcore lovers know this record. "Poltergeist" was in its day when it came out an instant classic. Multiple plays on one hardcore party was normal. And the crowd loved it. I've seen a dance floor on a "Thunderdome" in Antwerp, Belgium go wild. 20.000 Ravers broke loose after the "There Here" sample from the Poltergeist movie. Then a heavy 909 bassdrum kicks in escorted by 909 claps. Then one of the most scariest synthleads comes in. Afterwards many times sampled, rebuild, used...like Rave Creator's "New Mind".
On the B side however we find "Voodoo Nightmare" a strange track compared to the A side. It starts out with a drumband riff accomplished by a break beat. A nervous Juno sound accents the beat when a deep basslead goes,hard and growling, testing your woofers. A man's voice shouts "What are you looking at buddy, you want a piece of me, come on, come on". Drum and bass acid tekkno of the finest hour is what your getting. I think this is the better track of the two, but you can't deny a large audience. "Poltergeist" put Dr. Macabre on the hardcore map, and listining to "Voodoo Nightmare" there is intelligent hardcore.