Blackhouse – Pro-Life

Blackhouse
Pro-Life
1984 Ladd-Frith

Sterling Cross
Ivo Cutler
Roger Farrell

Side 1:

1. Born Again
2. Love
3. Jesus Loves You
4. Always By Your Side
5. Long Live Life ….into…. The One Truth
6. Pro-Life

Side 2:

1. Power of the Lion
2. Go (Positive Path)
3. Prayer
4. Apparition ….into…. Abolition of Strife
5. Be Good

Pro-Life was the first Blackhouse album released way back in 1984. It has been re-issued on cassette, CD, vinyl, and digital many times since then, sometimes with extensive bonus tracks. Sometimes it is listed just with one long track for each side (side one is labeled as “No Rhythm” and side 2 is labeled as “Pro-Rhythm”). They followed this one up with their second album Hope Like a Candle also in 1984 (or possibly 1985). So the labels for the sides are pretty accurate. The first side is noise industrial often without much discernible rhythm. The second side has rhythm to it. It’s all made with various distorted vocals, sounds, random percussion noises, and guitar (or guitar-like) screeches and noises (plus some programmed rhythms on side 2). The next to last track on both sides are longer tracks that end up being two songs that run together (sometimes listed separately on some versions).