Classic, Yet Underwhelming
Rob Zombie continues his recent trend of producing an album every three years with The Electric Warlock Acid Witch Satanic Orgy Celebration Dispenser. With everything Rob Zombie is doing these days (directing films among other things) its amazing he finds time to make a new album, especially an album as encompassing as this one.
One of the most fun parts of the album is deciphering where the recorded samples in most of his songs are from. In “the Hideous Expectations of a Hideous Gore Whore” one of the quotes early on was from the movie Fast Times at Ridgemont High. Others throughout the album are from different television shows and news programs, but it really shows how much time and effort Zombie dedicated to this album. He has voiced his approval of the album since its conception. The album has several catchy songs such as “the Life and Times of a Teenage Rock God,” and “The Hideous Expectations of a Gore Whore.” These each feature and awesome chorus combined with great additions of electric background noises and music quotes.
The best song on the album is “In the Bone Pile.” The chorus is as catchy as any of the songs on the album using some studio magic to alter Zombie’s already foreboding voice. Following the chorus, you get an excellently powerful guitar riff that complements the chorus perfectly. You feel like Zombie has brought you back to the old school Rob Zombie days, but with a beautiful new-age spin to it. The problem wasn’t with the tracks listed above, but with the others which felt like filler tracks.
Songs like “Wurdalak,” “Super-Doom-Hex-Gloom, Part One,” and “A Hearse Overturns with the Coffin Bursting Open” leave a lot to be desired. While “Super-Doom-Hex-Gloom, Part One” and “A Hearse Overturns with the Coffin Bursting Open” are both relatively short and contain almost no lyrics between the two, “Wurdalak” was the worst of them all. It was by far the longest track of the album, and being at the end, you expect it to bring together the entire album. Instead of leaving you happy and satisfied, “Wurdalak” leaves you begging for the song to finally come to an end.
Overall, the album had its bright spots, but lacked any connectivity in the songs. It seemed more like a greatest hits album with some of the hits being left out. When The Electric Warlock Acid Witch Satanic Orgy Celebration Dispenser hit, it hit hard and great, but the misses were too many to really say it is one of Rob Zombie’s best.
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