Genres: Heavy Metal, Hard Rock
This is the weakest album of Rob Zombie's music career but for fans of the B-movie lyrics and dense guitar punch will have some fun. I am actually a fan of Rob Zombie, I like the ridiculous lyrics and the monochrome production reliant approach he takes to music. What I mean by 'production reliant' is that if you hear one of Zombie's albums you've heard what you're going to get for 99 percent of the time. This isn't such a bad thing as the silly horror-show lyrics and aggressiveness are fun when the songs are well crafted. The problem with Zombie's albums is that element of craft is missing from most of his output, those that do work are heaps of fun but I make the concession that the albums are very inconsistent. Zombie used to front a popular metal band White Zombie back-in-the-day but his output since changing his moniker to Rob Zombie has been stronger and more commercial.
Zombie has started using organs from the last album Hellbilly Deluxe, Vol. 2 that came out in 2010 and it was something that gave the music a different feel and groove. Here Zombie uses the organ too and it does the same but it is used sparingly in 'Teenage Nosferatu P***y' which is a fun kickoff to the album but halfway through the next track 'Dead City Radio And the New Gods of Supertown' the music starts to drag. The album picks up later with the best sections coming in the middle of the playlist as the chorus for 'Ging Gang Gong De Do Gong De Laga Raga' is a brainless chant that fits. 'Rock and Roll (In a Black Hole' , 'Behold, the Pretty Filthy Creatures!' and 'White Trash Freaks' are all fun little excursion. Bizarrely a cover of Grand Funk Railroad's 'We're an American Band' turns up and it is passable but something that might work better live rather than on record. The remaining 3 tracks aren't very good and probably needed some tweaks for them to sound distinctive. Zombie at least keeps up the tempo in these songs but it feels like songs that fill out a set.
RATING: 2.5/5 STARS
Below is a video for the song 'Dead City Radio and the new Gods of Supertown'
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