I have been listening to the new record by The Classic Crime, The Silver Chord (you can find my review here), lately. I noticed at the beginning of their hit Abracadavers, that there is the whispering that you cannot really make out just before he screams, “It’s like I never had time!”

I was thinking about it, and the thought occured to me that it sounded like words were being spoken backwards. So I fired up Audacity and reversed the beginning of the track. Sure enough, I was right:

Everyone must dance the dance of death…everyone must dance the dance of death…

Which seems to go right along with the song itself. If you don’t believe me, try it for yourself, or have a listen here.

• Abracadavers Intro