The Ghoulstars Honor B-Horror on “Graverobbers from Outer Space”

Flying saucers, open graves, mind pollution, mushroom clouds and evil villains with a smile on their face. Meet The Ghoulstars, a fresh – and frightening blast from pop-culture’s past. Since beaming down onto their native haunt of Finland, this White Zombie-loving group of horror punks have captivated press and tantalized crowds without releasing a single bloody track. Until now! On their blockbuster debut album, The Dark Overlords of the Universe, no tome is too sacred for these ghouls to summon back to life!

“Fans of The Misfits, Wednesday 13, and White Zombie should swarm to this like freshly turned corpses sniffing out warm flesh”, Black Angel Promotion writes in an early review of the album. “This isn’t Horror Punk done to death. This is Horror Punk resurrected – stitched together, jolted with lightning, and set loose on an unsuspected world”.

Pavillon666 howls in agreement. “This is a very strong debut for The Ghoulstars, sure to please fans of Misfits, White Zombie, or Murderdolls. If you enjoy music steeped in pop culture and horror films, grab this album and devour it like the vile creatures you are”.

Today, The Ghoulstars are thrilled to announce the second advance single from The Dark Overlords of the Universe. “Graverobbers from Outer Space” pays faithful homage to Ed Wood’s 1957 cult classic Plan 9 from Outer Space, but the band spin off a few spooky twists of their own.

“‘Graverobbers from Outer Space’ is one of my favorite songs on The Dark Overlords of the Universe”, The Ghoulstars guitarist Markus “Daddy Ghoul” Laakso says. “Horror movies are practically in my blood flow, especially quirky classic like Plan 9 from Outer Space. This song was written as a straightforward pile-driving tribute, though I can’t think of many punk rock songs that have a doomy C-part and güiro”.

Watch the fun and frightful music video for “Graverobbers from Outer Space” on the Season of Mist YouTube channel.

https://youtu.be/gjzClL2XrIk

The Dark Overlords of the Universe comes out May 15, 2026 on Season of Mist.

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Despite their ghostly appearance, The Ghoulstars are a collection of real talent. The band features an all-star cast of current and former members of death-doom royalty and Season of Mist labelmates Hooded Menace, stoner rockers Thermate and Finland’s Top Ten charting Kuolemanlaakso.

What bands these ghouls together on “Graverobbers from Outer Space” is their morbid fascination with classic cult cinema. Filmed in grainy black and white after Ed Wood’s own heart, the song’s music video leaps off the screen. Fellow horror aficionados will spot plenty of Easter eggs: Beetlejuice’s threads, the dashing and deadly Vampira, a flying saucer cited from a thinly veiled piece of string. The song’s infectious chorus will have even the crustiest of old metalheads barking at the moon. But it’s the dark and doomy riffs, followed by a mysterious presence of güiro, that add a delightfully unexpected twist to this monstrously catchy mash-up.

“The Dark Overlords of the Universe is a love letter to everything that blew our minds as kids”, Laakso says. “The album is loaded with huge riffs, big choruses, surprising curve balls and Easter eggs from old horror, sci-fi and coming-of-age movies. Holding it all together is our sheer joy in watching all the pieces fall into the right place.

The video for “Graverobbers from Outer Space” was directed, filmed and edited by Toni Hiltunen.

Additional video credits

An Anti-Teatteri Production

Written by Toni Hiltunen and Markus Laakso

Set design by Sami Kokkonen

Lighting and UFO by Toni Hiltunen

Starring Emilia Matilainen, Sami Kokkonen, Kalle-Pekka Salmela & The Ghoulstars

Too Ghoul for School (3:57) The Dead in Purgatory (4:04) Zombie Apocalypse (2:52) The Dark Overlords of the Universe (3:43) The Brain That Wouldn't Die (3:16) Graverobbers from Outer Space (3:46) The Wolfman (2:48) The Ballad of the Cursed Bandits (2:19) Vampire (2:58) They Dance Upon Our Graves (3:52)