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Rating: In 1997, the resurrected Jerry Only decided to reboot a cult band for the majority of punks (and not just for them alone). After recruiting three new comrades, Michael Graves (vocals), Dr. Chud (drums), and Doyle Wolfgang von Frankenstein (guitar), our cheerful bassist released a new work under the Misfits brand, namely: "American Psycho".
Without further ado, I would move on to the analysis of the aforementioned musical product. The first thing that catches the listener's ear is the album's slightly Thrash attitude (a term to be taken with a grain of salt, do not expect Slayer-like outbursts, Mustaine-like solos, or Anthrax-type riffs) which nicely mitigates the ever-present horror-punk attitude of the band, a true trademark of the Misfits since their very first sounds. The songs (there are seventeen in total) are simple, immediate, short in duration, and played with visceral passion and a desire to have fun.
The tracks I would like to highlight are: "Dig Up Her Bones", "Resurrection", and "Shining", a choice solely driven by my personal musical taste, as all the compositions maintain a very high standard and do not become boring. To conclude, I would recommend this album to almost everyone and especially to those who want to relax for a little less than half an hour and immerse themselves in these atmospheres of 1950s American horror cinema, which today make us, individuals accustomed to far different "atrocities," laugh heartily.
P.S. Some might accuse me of not discussing much about the Misfits legend and their historic singer Glen Danzig, but let me say in my defense that I refrained from doing so to avoid the already-heard and the obligatory celebration of a glorious but now distant past.
Tracklist Lyrics and Videos
04 Walk Among Us (01:23)
They'll find pieces of you
scattered on the ground
I am the madman in your dreams
We are the evil ones
We need the planet to demonstrate
We want your body to incubate
Begin the breeding of an alien superior race
That in which will ultimately dominate
Give into what you cannot fight
Walk Among Us! Walk Among Us!
The abductions have already begun
All around us we've infected someone you love
Initiate the start of an alien war
We're already one!
Give into what you cannot fight
Walk Among Us! Walk Among Us!
05 The Hunger (01:43)
We become... Erupt in violence
Destroy the silence
Our time has come - Go!
We are the outcasted ancient descendants
The ones who've been calling and
Would you still die for the dead yet still living
Starved of a time that's now come
We are the children... The hungry children
We become... erupt in violence
Seduce the silence
Our time has come - Go!
We are the kindred Hell's
ancient descendants slaves
begging the night not to go...
Would you still die for?
The dead yet still living
Starved of a life that's now gone
We are the children, the hungry children
(We become...)
The blood quench the hunger
The blood quench the hunger
The blood quench the hunger
07 Dig Up Her Bones (03:01)
Anything is what she is
Anywhere is where she's from
Anything is what she'll be
Anything as long as it's mine
And the door it opened a way back in
Or is it way back out???
Anyplace is where she'll be
Anyplace she'll see you from
Lies and secrets become your world
Anytime, anywhere, she takes me away
And death climbs up the steps one by one
To give you the rose that's been burned by her son
Chorus:
Point me to the sky above
I can't get there on my own
walk me to the graveyard
Dig up her bones
I have seen the demon's face
I have heard of her death place
I fall down on my knees
In Praise of the...
Horrible things that take her away
And death climbs up the steps one by one
To give you the rose that's been burned by her son
Chorus:
Point me to the sky above
I can't get there on my own
walk me to the graveyard
Dig up her bones
Point me to the sky above
I can't get there on my own
walk me to the graveyard
Dig up her bones
Bones
08 Blacklight (01:27)
A pounding pulse stirs anxious feelings inside
Sick breaths of undead life
Help me angel evil cried
The children of the night
Take this wasted mortal life
Melt me into blacklight
Lie on the floor and let the body die
Become the beasts in which you fear
Help me angel evil cried
The children of the night
Take this wasted mortal life
Melt me into blacklight
Help me angel evil cried
The children of the night
Take this wasted mortal life
Melt me into blacklight
On
Go
09 Resurrection (01:29)
Complications inside of me reminds me that
My heart won't always beat
The ugly face of death that's smiling
At my rotting teeth
I will die here in this sorrow
I was waiting for tomorrow
Palpitate the pulse until
You feel your heart explode against the wall
Talk about me,
Laugh about me,
Cry about me,
Nail me to the cross
I'll be a martyr for the hated
The weak, the ugly, the lost
I will die here in this sorrow
I won't wait for your tomorrow
Palpitate the pulse until
You resurrect my soul from the wall
Talk about me,
Laugh about me,
Cry about me,
Nail me to the cross
11 Crimson Ghost (02:01)
I know your every move behind this face
I have control over expendable
When confrontation comes down to the wire
I'll use my cyclotrode to commence the fire
You're never gonna get me
Being followed, I get quick to the chase
I take my cyclotrode right out of the case
Atomic force electrocutes your motor
Leaving dead in flames - I always escape!
You're never gonna get me
I'm the Crimson Ghost!
16 Shining (02:59)
Control the urge to spit up vile worms... soul
Monsters seduced by her attention
Try draining the infection
Locked in a world of bile soaked skin... Heaven
Monsters seduced by her attention
She's draining the infection
Carol Anne the beast is calling
Carol Anne, Carol Anne she can hear souls sing
Carol Anne the beast it needs you
Here it comes, here it comes
Reaching out somewhere from inside your TV
Control the urge to spit up vile worms... soul
Monsters seduced by her attention
Try draining the infection
Carol Anne the beast is calling
Carol Anne, Carol Anne she can hear souls sing
Carol Anne the beast it needs you
Here it comes, here it comes
Reaching out somewhere from inside your TV
Carol Anne the beast is calling
Carol Anne, Carol Anne she can hear souls sing
Carol Anne the beast it needs you
Here it comes, here it comes
Reaching out somewhere from inside your TV
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By jeff3buckley
They are an icon simply because, without ever topping the charts, they have created a cult following through generations.
Dig Up Her Bones... jumps high above the others and has a perfect chorus to memorize and scream... maybe from the grave as per the script.
