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Horror punk veteran Wednesday 13 and his creatures
of the night have returned with their 4th full length
studio album entitled “Calling All Corpses”.
The appeal to Wednesday’s music is that it’s
fun, by which I mean that the lyrics are quite cheesy
in regards to all things dark and horror related
but also extremely catchy. The music as well is
actually quite brilliant, whilst it has slightly
differed in approach with each album the main focaus
has always been the same. With 3 extremely successful
albums already under his belt with classics like
“Till Death Do Us Part”, “Too
Much Blood” and “I Walked With a Zombie”
can he keep the momentum going with a 4th release?
Album opener “I Wanna Be Cremated”
is a strong start because already we are shown
that this follows on with the same distinctive
edge Wednesday has always embraced; catchy vocals,
infections lyrics and an overwhelming need to
dance. When the following track rolls on it makes
that previous song seem like a baby, in comparison
anyway because “Ghoul of my Dreams”
is brilliant, an absolute monster of a track due
to the sheer fact it’s eerie and sinister
but with a dirty rock accompanying riff. I’m
starting to notice though that the music is more
on the dirty rock side of the spectrum and is
much lighter than past releases, is this maybe
due to the reformation of Murderdolls?
Regardless of choosing a slightly lighter edge,
“One Knife Stand” is brilliant; it
takes the corny lyrics to the extreme with a weirdly
upbeat backing. That along with “Calling
All Corpses” never cease to make me giggle.
I think the lighter edge is good but it’s
just lost the ominous style that was present on
“Transylvania 90210”, however “London
After Midnight” is a defender of the style,
it’s a bit heavier and not full on like
that album was but it’s halfway there.
As much as I’ve enjoyed listening to this,
I do feel like Wednesday is a shadow of his former
self. I think the fact his shows have been getting
smaller and smaller with the fact that Murderdolls
just had a very successful stint have provoked
this change of pace. Whereas progression and experimentation
is not always a bad thing and this is a very enjoyable
album, I just feel if Wednesday would go back
to his roots his style would be a lot more interesting.
4/5
Review by James Webb |
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1. Blood Fades to Black
2. I wanna Be Cremated
3. Ghoul of my Dreams
4. One Knife Stand
5. Calling All Corpses
6. Miss Morgue
7. Silver Bullets
8. Bad At Being Human
9. London After Midnight
10. Candle For The Devil
11. We All Die
12. Something Wicked This Way Comes
13. Blood Fades To Black (Reprise) |
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- Top Cheese
- Brilliant
- Pretty damn good
- Ok I guess
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What Was That? |
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