Mondo Generator - Dead Planet
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KyussQueens of the Stone Age
Black Flag
Motorhead
Tracklist
1. Basket Case2. I Never Sleep
3. All The Way Down
4. She Only Owns You
5. Lie Detector
6. Mental Hell
7. All Systems Go
8. Like A Bomb
9. So High
10. S.S.M.T.
11. Take Me Away
12. Life of Sin
13. Paper Thin
14. Sam Hall
15. There She Goes Again
16. Bloody hammer
17. Sleep The Lie Away
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After the release of Songs for the Deaf, it was evident that Queens of the Stone Age were never quite as aggressive as they were on those earlier albums. This was clearly caused by the departure of founding member and bassist Nick Oliveri after several feuds with longtime collaborator and also founding member Josh Homme. Queens of the Stone Age continued forward without Oliveri and managed not only to carry on without faltering but also release some of the best material in their catalog. Meanwhile, Nick Oliveri remained quiet leaving many fans wondering what was next for him. Finally, some new material has surfaced in the form of Mondo Generator, a band that Oliveri has been working with since before his days playing for QOTSA. With Dead Planet, he and a new cast of musicians show that they have plenty of aggression to let out on these manic punk-influenced tracks.
Dead Planet has no shortage of fast tempos and heavy stoner metal riffs. From the opening blast of “Basket Case” to the psychedelic romp of “Sleep the Lie Away”, this album is packed full of competent and hard-hitting songwriting. The majority of songs tear by in around two and a half minutes. The problem with this is that they start to sound formulaic which doesn’t allow for many of them to stand out from the others. This could be seen as a significant weak point on an album that contains a generous 17 tracks. Fortunately, there is enough scattered creativity to save the album from becoming totally lackluster.
Most of the lyrics are about Oliveri’s well publicized psychological troubles and drug problems which are the focus of scorchers like “Basket Case”, “Mental Health”, and “So High”. The highlights on the album, however, are the longer songs which allow the songwriting to really expand on some successful ideas. For example, “Lie Detector” contains a pleasant stoner metal stomp and some excellent dissonant guitars which build over some of Oliveri’s more abrasive screams. “Take Me Away” is another great departure from the overwhelming angst of the other tracks. It features jangly acoustic guitars and even some horns which create an almost psychedelic atmosphere behind Oliveri’s impressively sung vocals of “take me away from here.”
It is great to be hearing new music from Nick Oliveri. The overall presentation of this album may leave a few fans a little disappointed but it still contains some of the better songwriting he has done in awhile. Fans of stoner metal and aggressive punk rock will no doubt be impressed with several of these tracks. Although not nearly as groundbreaking as his work with Kyuss, his earlier band which also featured Josh Homme, Mondo Generator does a decent job of creating their own monster that will surely become a force to be reckoned with in the coming years.
--Dave Spak
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Minnesota
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michigan
just cant get into much of it.