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Messa una pietra sopra l'esperienza White Zombie che aveva fruttato ottimi album come "L.A. Sexorcisto" e "Astro Creep: 2000", il cantante (nonché regista e scrittore) Rob Zombie inizia la sua carriera solista con questo buon album dove finiscono tutte le sue maggiori influenze di sempre: dai riff assassini alla Slayer alle bordate tecnologiche alla Ministry passando per le strizzate d'occhio verso un certo Marilyn Manson ed il risultato è un buon album, non un capolavoro beninteso, ma un'album piacevole, accattivante dalla prima canzone all'ultima, un'album che attira pur non essendo il massimo dell'originalità !
"Hellbilly Deluxe" inizia con una intro ("Call Of The Zombie"), in cui una bambina recita alcuni versi che (forse?) appartengono ad una qualche poesia malefica. Si parte davvero con "Superbeast", batteria incalzante, voce maligna per un ritornello anthemico e base industrial per uno dei pezzi migliori dell'intero album, oltre che ad essere diventato un classico di Rob. Sulla stessa scia di "Superbeast" è "Dragula" dove però c'è una maggiore apertura a certi ritmi disco/new wave tipici del Reverendo Manson, che però non rovinano affatto la song, davvero molto frizzante e carica per un Rob in forma ! Il capolavoro dell'album è la seguente "Living Dead Girl", un'atmosfera dark che ci introduce ad un industrial cadenzato e sporco, a metà tra Nine Inch Nails e Ministry, i riffoni pesanti presi dal thrash metal e le influenze arabeggianti fanno da cornice a quest'ottimo pezzo. "Perversion 99" nella sua breve durata, è un dark/industrial strumentale torbido che svolge la funzione di riempitivo, inutile. "Demonoid Phenomenon" è un'altra punta del disco, altro pezzo che frulla maleficamente riff Slayerani e gusto tecnologico, anche qui ritornello anthemico.
"Spookshow Baby" è un pezzo più rokkeggiante, si discosta un po' dall'industrial e abbraccia certe influenze orientali abilmente, risultando un'altra canzone piacevole. "How to Make a Monster" è un altro riempitivo, una canzone di speed industrial della durata di 1 minuto e 38 secondi. "Meet The Creeper" è un pezzo un po' ripetitivo ma il suo riff principale e i contorni tecnologici la arricchiscono rendendola una bella canzone. "The Ballad Of Resurrection Joe And Rosa Whore" è un pezzo che ha il tema portante di tipico stampo Reznoriano, ma arricchito dal ritornello più sulla scia dello stile di Rob, decisamente più aggressivo di quello dei NIN. Pezzo cattivo (nel senso di arrabbiato) è "What Lurks on Channel X ?" con una batteria pesante e un riff sporco e duro, anche se Rob non è proprio al massimo, non è abbastanza aggressivo ma espone una voce bassa e roca. L'organo di una messa funebre ci introduce a "Return Of The Phantom Stranger", tipico pezzo in pieno stile Rob Zombie, industrial cadenzato con atmosfere di sfondo dark, si hanno aperture melodiche per quanto riguarda la voce, più posata e rilassata (con le dovute eccezioni ovviamente), si conclude questa discesa nella mente torbida di Rob con la outro "The Beginning Of End", pezzo strumentale di 1 minuto e 52 secondi ricco di batteria impazzita e sampler tecnologici.
Oltre che ai fans dello stesso Rob lo consiglio vivamente anche agli amanti dei già citati Ministry, Nine Inch Nails, Slayer e Marilyn Manson.
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02 Superbeast (03:40)
Shriek the lips
Across a ragged tongue,
Convulsing together.
Sing violently,
Move the jaw
Cry out loud.
Bound up the Dead
Triumphantly
The ragged they come and
The ragged they kill!
You pray so hard on bloody knees.
The ragged they come and
The ragged they kill!
Down in the cool air I can see.
Hey, Yeah - I'm the one that you wanted
Hey, Yeah - I'm your Superbeast
Hey, Yeah - I'm the one that you wanted
Hey, Yeah - I'm your Superbeast
Stir the limbs across the wrist,
Full possession of memory.
Bury me as a dog,
Icy hands surrounding me.
The ragged they come and
The ragged they kill!
You pray so hard on bloody knees.
The ragged they come and
The ragged they kill!
Down in the cool air I can see.
Hey, Yeah - I'm the one that you wanted
Hey, Yeah - I'm your Superbeast
Hey, Yeah - I'm the one that you wanted
Hey, Yeah - I'm your Superbeast
Shriek the lips
Across a ragged tongue,
Convulsing together.
Sing violently,
Move the jaw
Cry out loud.
Bound up the Dead
Triumphantly
The ragged they come and
The ragged they kill!
You pray so hard on bloody knees.
The ragged they come and
The ragged they kill!
Down in the cool air I can see.
Hey, Yeah - I'm the one that you wanted
Hey, Yeah - I'm your Superbeast
Hey, Yeah - I'm the one that you wanted
Hey, Yeah - I'm your Superbeast
03 Dragula (03:42)
Superstition, fear, and jealousy
Dead I am the one, exterminating son
Slipping through the trees, strangling the breeze
Dead I am the sky, watching angels cry
While they slowly turn, conquering the worm
Dig through the ditches and burn through the witches
I slam in the back of my Dragula
Dig through the ditches and burn through the witches
I slam in the back of my Dragula
Dead I am the pool, draining from the fool
Weak and want you need, nowhere as you bleed
Dead I am the rat, feast upon the cat
Tender is the fur, dying as you purr
Dig through the ditches and burn through the witches
I slam in the back of my Dragula
Dig through the ditches and burn through the witches
I slam in the back of my Dragula
Do it baby, do it baby
Do it baby, do it baby
Burn like an animal
Dead I am the light, dig into the skin
Knuckle crack the bone, twenty-one to win
Dead I am the dog, hound of hell you cry
Devil on your back, I can never die
Dig through the ditches and burn through the witches
I slam in the back of my Dragula
Dig through the ditches and burn through the witches
I slam in the back of my Dragula
Do it baby, do it baby
Do it baby, do it baby
Burn like an animal
Dig through the ditches and burn through the witches
I slam in the back of my Dragula
Dig through the ditches and burn through the witches
I slam in the back of my Dragula
Dig through the ditches and burn through the witches
I slam in the back of my Dragula
04 Living Dead Girl (03:21)
Who is this irresistible creature who has an insatiable love for the dead?
(What are you thinking about?)
(What are you thinking about?)
(What are you thinking about?)
Rage in the cage
And piss upon the stage
There's only one sure way
To bring the giant down
Defunct the strings
Of cemetery things
With one flat foot
On the devil's wing
Crawl on me
Sink into me
Die for me
Living dead girl
Crawl on me
Sink into me
Die for me
Living dead girl
(What are you thinking about?)
(What are you thinking about?)
Raping the geek
And hustling the freak
Like a hunchback juice
On a sentimental noose
Operation filth
They love to love the wealth
Of an SS whore
Making scary sounds
Crawl on me
Sink into me
Die for me
Living dead girl
Crawl on me
Sink into me
Die for me
Living dead girl
(Ooh, ooh, oohh, ohhh)
(Ooh, ooh, oohh, ohhh)
(What are you thinking about?)
Cyclone Jack
Hallucinating hack
Thinks Donna Reed
Eats dollar bills
Goldfoot machine
Creates another fiend
So beautiful
They'll make you kill
Crawl on me
Sink into me
Die for me
Living dead girl
Crawl on me
Sink into me
Die for me
Living dead girl
Blood on her skin
Dripping with sin
Do it again
Living dead girl
Blood on her skin
Dripping with sin
Do it again
Living dead girl
06 Demonoid Phenomenon (04:11)
(oh) hell on earth
for what its worth
dead on dreaming
you started screaming
the wizard of how
the king of now
cry like a banshee
and die like you want me
Violator(hey)
Desacrator(hey)
Turn around and meet the hater
Violator
Desacrater
turn around and...
Demonoid Phenomenon
get it out get it on
Demonoid Phenomenon
Get it out Get it on
Oh the conquering worm
the slithering germ
lost in the black sleep
i see how the gods weep
the horror of maddness
the terminal saddness
the cool air of mourning
gave me that warning
Violator
Desacrator
turn around and meet the hater
Violator
Desacrator
turn around and...
(enjoy that dead girls body)
Demonoid Phenomenon
Get it out get it on
Demonoid Phenomenon
Get it out Get it on
08 How to Make a Monster (01:38)
She freak out at a damaged life like a jailbait in the park
A teenage wolf with a bloody knife goin' down in the dark
How to make a monster baby, how to get it on
How to make a monster baby, how to get it on
Go go zombie, go go yeah,yeah, yeah, yeah
Go go zombie, go go yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Roots in hell and only time will tell if your baby is insane
A child bride with bloody eyes got Satan on the brain
How to make a monster baby, how to get it on
How to make a monster baby, how to get it on
Go go zombie, go go yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Go go zombie, go go yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Repeat verse 1
09 Meet the Creeper (03:13)
(The Devil is in all you!)
Creature core you can't ignore
I got a 5000 fingers of dead yeah
A Rats are we you can't break free
You're with the livin' on your bed yeah!
Meet the creeper, dig it deeper!
Meet the creeper, yeah!
Yeah!
I see the dead in your eyes!
I transform in the skies!
Stabbin out the city's crowd
Like a dagger fallin on your baby
Thrill the kill I know you will
Feed the monster and the lady
Meet the creeper, dig it deeper!
Meet the creeper, yeah!
Yeah!
I see the dead in your eyes!
I transform in the skies!
Creature core you can't ignore
I got a 5000 fingers of dead yeah
A rats are we you can't break free
You're with the livin' on your bed yeah!
Meet the creeper, dig it deeper!
Meet the creeper, yeah!
Yeah!
I see the dead in your eyes!
I transform in the skies!
Meet the creeper ahhhh
Meet the creeper ahhhh
Meet the creeper ahhhh
Meet the creeper
11 What Lurks on Channel X? (02:29)
Thirteen acres of Hell (scream)
Ladies and gentlemen (x4)
I would like to make the following statement (x2)
The young generation, that sick generation (x2)
chorus
What is lurking? what is here?
What is lurking? what you fear
What is lurking? what is here?
What is lurking? what you fear
Channel X (x4)
Impressionable young people (x4)
Brutal honesty will be shown on this screen (x2)
The young generation, that sick generation (x2)
chorus
What is lurking? what is here?
What is lurking? what you fear
What is lurking? what is here?
What is lurking? what you fear
Channel X (x4)
12 Return of the Phantom Stranger (04:31)
Shape shifting high
and a haunted eye.
Falling plastic and paper demons!
No trace of time,
I'm branded sly,
I am your ghostmaster baby free me.
All you know,
is alone,
you see a,
Phantom Stranger!
Down you go,
all alone,
you love my,
Phantom Stranger!
My sinister sounds
Sweep the grounds
Still-born I Lie beneath it
I throw it away
the freaks all stay
Deformed and laughing screaming!
All you know,
is alone,
you see a,
Phantom Stranger!
Down you go,
all alone,
you love my,
Phantom Stranger!
A wretched heart
in the dark decay,
dominate forever...
Destroy the things you love
and see if I remember
All you know,
is alone,
you see a,
Phantom Stranger!
down you go
all alone
you love my,
Phantom Stranger!
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