Rob Zombie is serious

Were the White Zombie and the recent Rob Zombie CDs always a seething mixture of rock-hard, but always groovy Metal and sound collages from various B (or C or D!) Movies and you could about this absurd mixture laugh enough often, Rob Zombie makes with the new disc Ernst.

The CD is not harder than the absolutely brilliant predecessor's "The Sinister Urge" (one of my absolute favorite CDs), but exuding in most songs a very dark mood, so - purely atmospheric moderate - Down or Danzig are not too far away ,

Sometimes the old Groove flash back on, such as in the single "Foxy, Foxy". But mostly ruled gloomy sound pure.

Rob Zombie's voice reminded more than ever of Alice Cooper and the music is reminiscent of a slightly jazzed, groovier version of the old master. Rob Zombie has replaced up to bassist Blasko also the band and as you can hear on this CD for the first time repeated guitar solos, but perfectly integrated into the overall sound. John5 (who has already swung the guitar for the likes of Rob Halford, David Lee Roth or Marilyn Manson) does a very good job with partly morbid, perfectly integrated into the overall mood sounds.

I miss the old steam ramming sound still something - therefore only 4 points. Live is the whole but certainly belong from.

Among the songs:

1. Sawdust in the Blood: nasty Intro. Since it will be the same memories of zombies recent movie "The Devil's Rejects" awake - nothing for the faint hearted.

2. Continuing with American Witch. Absolute hit, unwiederstehlicher Groove - just great!

3. Foxy, foxy - would have fit well on "The Sinister Urge". Porn samples, a chorus you will not forget again and - GROOVE!

4. 17 year locust - totally slanted guitar melody. Morbid sluggish. Black Sabbath are greeting.

5. The scorpion sleeps - well, for me a real failure. Sounds like a flabby rehash of Manson's "Beautiful People". Boring shuffle rhythm and annoying chorus ...

6. 100 Ways - quite boring but it creepy Instrumental

7. Let it all bleed out - yeah! So we want it. Could be of the Guitars ago by Rammstein. Uptempo with typical Rob Zombie Vocals. Would live fully depart.

8. Death of it all - here are greeting Down. Acoustic guitars make an eerie intro to a sluggish Doom monsters. Pretty good, but leaves any zombie typical humor absolutely miss (as, unfortunately, the majority of the CD).

9. Ride - relatively boring. Even back acoustic guitar intro, again relatively sluggish. Middle class.

10. The Devil's Rejects - great! Also again sluggish, but super gloom and great chorus. Hammer Song!

11. The Lords of Salem - still a killer song at the end. Here reigns gloom and Black Sabbath are not far here.

All in all, interesting development. But serious bands there really enough - I found the old style cooler ...