Hellbilly Deluxe 2

Man this record is great! I have played it over and over...Side A is definately the best stuff but there are some great B sides as well. The sound is definately different for long time Zombie fans, but I LOVE IT!

If you want evidence of what a producer does without actually knowing, pop this CD and the new Stone Temple Pilots disc in.

Both are awful messes.

As mentioned previously in the reviews, there was no one in the studio to keep the bar high for Rob and the crew on this one.

I've seen him live a bunch times since La Sexorcisto came out.

Unlike a lot of people I really liked Educated Horses.

The songs on this record just never seem to get to where they need to be to like them. Some are so close and then there are the rest of them.

Let's put it this way, during a recent live show with Korn on the Mayhem Festical, they start playing Sick Bubblegum. To distract the crowd from how bad the song is, they had to kick big pink beach balls into the crowd.

Joey Jordison looked completely bored the whole show.

So disappointed Rob.

Rob Zombie has managed to surprise us with each of his solo albums. His last album (Educated Horses) definitely turned a few heads even though it was undeniably Zombie. This time around, Rob has gone back to a raw and less accessible sound, yet somehow it's probably his most unusual album yet. When I listened to Hellbilly Deluxe 2 for the first time I wasn't even sure how much I liked it, with the exception of the 2 songs that were being played on the radio/internet. However, after a few more spins you start to realize that this is very much Rob's style and the songs grow on you quite quickly. The stripped down sound of this record almost makes it have more in common with 1989's Make Them Die Slowly than any other record he's done. The album begins with Jesus Frankenstein, it has a great Halloween feel to it and at first it doesn't sound that far from most of Zombie's past work. Sick Bubblegum is so catchy with its heavy groove and pounding drums. The next song is What, and it's really catchy to. It sounds a lot like it was inspired by Iggy Pop with the punk riffs and the way it sounds like it was recorded in someone's garage. Mars Needs Women starts with an acoustic guitar intro, but eventually kicks into a droney yet fist-pumping concert anthem. Werewolf Baby could probably pass from the last album, and I think the chorus is a lot of fun. Virgin Witch is a heavy and gothic tune that you may have heard in the commercials for the new movie "Salt." Then we have Death And Destiny Inside The Dream Factory, a very strange but driving song that sounds like a demo tape recorded in Rob's basement. Burn is a decent song but probably the least memorable, although I do like the 70's style guitar riff during the bridge. Cease To Exist is another very strange tune, but again it's not very memorable. Werewolf Women Of The S.S. is a lot of fun, it's classic Rob and you gotta love any Zombie tune that starts with a wolf howling. The Man Who Laughs is a decent tune, but it was very surprising to hear a 4-minute drum solo in the middle of a Rob Zombie song.

So there's my review. I definitely don't think that this is one of Rob's stronger albums, but even his weaker stuff is still a lot of fun. My biggest complaint was that he called the album Hellbilly Deluxe 2, which would imply that it sounds like the first Hellbilly album. If there was a Hellbilly 2, it was The Sinister Urge. I would also recommend that if you're going to pick this album up, wait until late September when the deluxe version comes out with more (and supposedly heavier) songs.

Received the product quickly, and as described with a great price to boot. Would purchase from seller again.

Long time Zombie fan, very disappointed in the current release (as well as the past releases). Seems like they are struggling to get back to the success of "Hellbilly Deluxe".