While he's been known to perform his share of horror-flick party tricks, Rob Zombie doesn't need any smoke and mirrors to stagger the senses on this long-awaited return. He's still carrying the {|Alice Cooper|} torch -- holding it higher than ever, actually -- on songs like "American Witch," which moves with a theatrical guttersnipe swagger, and naturally, still...
Read moreWhile he's been known to perform his share of horror-flick party tricks, Rob Zombie doesn't need any smoke and mirrors to stagger the senses on this long-awaited return. He's still carrying the {|Alice Cooper|} torch -- holding it higher than ever, actually -- on songs like "American Witch," which moves with a theatrical guttersnipe swagger, and naturally, still stuffing every nook and cranny with obsessive horror-flick cullings (like the theme from {|The Devil's Rejects|}, which turns up here in all its glory). Even more intriguingly, Zombie shows his aptitude in playing the sex card, which he slaps down with authority on the churning, Levitra-charged "Foxy, Foxy" -- a tune that proves he knows his way around the T. Rex catalog every bit as well as the collected works of {|George Romero|}. As is his wont, Zombie doesn't skimp when it comes to loading on the layers of heaviness -- "Let It All Bleed Out" is as savage as anything he's ever done -- but he's also demonstrating more of a willingness to peel things back. That added space not only makes it easier to appreciate elements like the modal lead that snakes through "Seventeen Year Locust," it also gives listeners a welcome chance to catch a breather before the gore starts to flow again.
Brand: GEFFEN RECORDS
