Ugh. Not impressed.
I own Songs for the Deaf, which I really like in spite of the terrible radio station skits. I passed on buying Lullabies to Paralyze because Nick Oliveri left the band and Dave Grohl (my favorite aspect of Deaf) wasn’t involved either. It didn’t help that the record got mixed reviews. I was excited, then, when most of the reviews I read raved about Era Vulgaris. The Queens’ brand of hard rock is out of fashion right now, and there’s hardly anyone doing it well, so this record was coming at the perfect time. (I must admit that playing “No One Knows” repeatedly on Guitar Hero 1 might also have primed me for the release of this album.
But it’s just a bunch of noise. Josh Homme can still play guitar really well, and his band plays some intimidating passages, but there isn’t a song on the album. Compare it to Deaf, which had “Hanging Tree,” “First It Giveth” and others in addition to the awesome singles “No One Knows” and “Go With The Flow.” Each of these was a song I could hum. There’s only one song like that on Era Vulgaris, and it’s “Make It Wit Chu.” Sorry, Queens. Not good enough.
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