Skrillex
Scary Monsters And Nice Sprites

Electro, dubstep, drum'n'bass, dance, house, pop, all passionately combined to pump some damn adrenaline into your veins!
It's impossible not to be shaken like a cocktail by the granitic beats and ignorant synths of "Rock N' Roll (Will Take You To The Mountain)", which make Justice seem fit to compose the next theme song for the Gormiti; the deliberately over-the-top explosions of violence in "Scary Monsters And Nice Sprites" hilariously alternate with ultra-melodic parts, and fun is guaranteed; of course, dubstep purists wrinkle their noses at what they perceive as the "sell-out" of the genre, but taking music too seriously spoils the pleasure of listening.

"Kill EVERYBODY" is the synthesis of the two previous tracks: over a delicate electro beat like a sprinkle of mayonnaise on carbonara pasta, destructive wobble-bass rains down, in a continuous alternation between pauses and flares that only fades at the end, suggesting there's also room for melody.
Indeed "All I Ask Of You" while maintaining ignorance as its guiding star, instead of aggression, focuses on sticky melodies and a female vocal chorus from a beach stand: the interlude is still fun, but certainly not the best Skrillex has to offer.
Fortunately, with "Scatta (feat. Foreign Beggars)", things get serious again: here are the evil bass lines a la Skrillex, the explosions, this time seasoned with the rhymes of the Foreign Beggars (by the way, their EP was released recently): the mix works great and suggests that this fruitful collaboration should and could perhaps become more stable.
The album ideally closes with "With You Friends (Long Drive)", revisited but noticeably altered (to be honest, worsened) from the previous EP "My Name Is Skrillex": more or less like in "All I Ask Of You" it moves on house tracks, dominated by piano, vocal samples, and melody, for a pleasant (albeit flashy) house piece that, however, clashes a bit with the rest of the album.

Two remixes of the title track follow, respectively by Noisia and Zedd: to my surprise, I have to admit that the best is the one by the lesser-known (never heard of) Zedd, who brings originality and a lot of verve compared to the aesthetically perfect work by Noisia which, however, feels a bit like "homework". However, the grand finale is the remix of "Kill EVERYBODY" by the duo Bare Noize, simply terrifying and much nastier than the already fierce original mix.
In short, finally something different, the impact with the sound of the album could clearly be too much for those not used to listening to electro, dubstep, and the like, but in the end, trying something new means having nothing to lose, right?