No album is more deserving of being heralded as “a ripper” than this from a Ukrainian expat in London, Theo Zhykharyev, who writes and performs nearly every part of an opus where garage rock meets hardcore punk, psychobilly and black metal as if on a Transylvanian hillside under a full moon. Among the fist-pumping fuzz-rock riffs, there are plenty of slower moments too, where Zhykharyev goes into am-dram Phantom of the Opera mode. Read our feature. BBT