Released By: Misfits Records
I have ready plenty of reviews that bash this album, specifically because Danzig has nothing to do with it. Well you know what, current Danzig material sucks, so big deal if a new Misfits album sucks. It’s just an old man (Jerry Only) holding on to something that must be special to him. But that opinion aside, I will still buy whatever future release Danzig and Co. or Only will put out.
1. The Devil’s Rain – An incredibly slow track to start an album off with, specifically an album by a “punk” band. This title track is named from a 1975 William Shatner movie of the same name, a bad idea in its own. The hook is slightly catchy and the sample of a rain storm sounds pretty cool. What’s better than this song is the cover art that depicts this song. A fiend bringing down rain as it melts people’s faces off. Rating – 4 out of 10
2. Vivid Red – This song comes in one song too late it, as it is a much welcomed faster paced song about a scene from Bram Stoker’s Dracula. This song scores points for being about a horror movie and having a fairly good hook and some woahs! Rating – 6 out of 10
3. Land of the Dead – Who would have thought Only actually watches horror movies? The lyrics are actually about the movie, which is something I want to give props to, but Only actually manages to drive the hook into the ground and sounds like a jackass. Rating - 5 out of 10
4. The Black Hole – A faster paced song that sounds very similar to Nim Vind’s doo wop horror punk sound. A great hook makes this my favorite track on the album. Rating - 8 out 10
5. Twilight of the Dead – One “of the dead” title tracks is enough even for a horror punk band and Only’s woahs sound like crap in this song. And there is a solo in this song. Another terrible idea Mr. Only. Rating - 3 out of 10
6. Curse of the Mummy’s Hand – This song is soo long and drawn out. It’s like the hook is never going to come. However, the hook isn’t that bad, but the hook can’t save this song. Oh, and another solo. Rating - 4 out of 10
7. Cold In Hell – The music in this song is fun and upbeat. The repetitiveness of the lyrics makes this song almost easy to get stuck in your head. Rating - 6 out of 10
8. Unexplained – Such a long and unnecessary intro and it’s another song about being lost in space. A crappy and lazy hook makes this song easily skip able. Rating - 1 out of 10
9. Dark Shadows – This song is almost the bullet to this gang of zombies because as soon as this song starts I’m thinking about just turning this album off. The verses are just ok. Rating - 2 out of 10
10. Father – The album begins to show signs of life (maybe that’s a bad thing for a horror punk band) with this song that sounds like a crap 80s metal song. The lyrics shine here as they are about a man questioning his father if he is a vampire or not. The lyrics remind of George A. Romero’s excellent vampire movie Martin about a teenager that believes he may be a vampire even though he doesn’t have any vampire characteristics. Rating - 7 out of 10
11. Jack The Ripper – Thankfully Jerry decides to take a break on vocals and ‘ol Dez sings this song. It’s a fast paced song with a stupid hook (“where you gonna go? What cha gonna go?) that still manages to be catchy. Rating – 6 out of 10
12. Monkey’s Paw – A slower paced song that works well with Only’s vocals. The hook is just whatevs. Rating – 4 out of 10
13. Where Do They Go? – This song has a good idea; it’s about girls that go missing in Mexico. But the music sucks, Only’s vocals suck, and to top it off, Only’s wife and daughter sing on this song. Such a stupid song idea makes this the worst track on the album. Rating - 0 out of 10
14. Sleepwalkin’ – Again, not bad lyrics, but bad music and Only’s vocals again make for a crap track that kind of picks up towards the end. Rating 1 out of 10
15. Ghost of Frankenstein – This song starts off with some old sounding violin that puts me into mind of a silent monster movie. Then the song starts pretty hard, probably the hardest track on the album. Then Only starts to grunt and growl, I am assuming to sound like Frankenstein’s monster, but really it just sounds stupid. The hook is ok making this one of the better tracks on the album. Rating – 7 out of 10
16. Death Ray – Interesting enough, Dez closes the album with a fast paced song, an ok hook, and cool samples of what sounds like UFOs attacking something. Rating – 6 out of 10
Obviously neither Danzig nor Graves is coming back to the Fits, so taking this album as it is, I guess it’s cool. I was surprised by how fast I took to some of the songs.
Overall Rating – 4 out of 10
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