It began with Senses Fail, and their angst riddled song “Bite to Break the Skin (The Legion of Doom Remix)”. This song is layered with driving beats, squealing guitar riffs, and vocals that switched from melodic to throat ripping. Atreyu’s “Her Portrait in Black”, the next track, takes this raw energy to the next level. Its mosh pit inducing drum beats thrusts you headlong into the hunt. You want to tear off your clothes, and run wildly into the night. “Washing Away Me in the Tides”, by Trivium, and “Eternal Battle”, by Mendozza, grab this intensity and drag it, kicking and screaming, through the next eight minutes of music.
“Our Truth”, by Lacuna Coil, add harplike vocals to the male dominated guttural sounds, bringing with it a sound reminiscent of early nineties rock. It’s not thrash metal, but it has a backbone. Gosling, with their song “Cat People (putting out the fire)”, sounds like something straight out of a David Lynch movie. It’s slightly offbeat, and, again, not really in time with the rest of this CD. But “Why Are You Up”, by Bobby Gold, methodically strikes back with a naughty track that even Kate Beckinsale couldn’t resist getting sweaty to.
And just as you’re about to score with one glistening Kate, in a cemetery no less, Meat Beat Manifesto’s “Suicide” breaks the groove. Its message of death, was not the problem, it’s the repetitive lyrics, and creative void, that annoy the listener. And most likely would cause Kate to sink her protracted canines into your fleshy neck.
As I left the cemetery, single, I parted with the last song on this soundtrack, “Halloween 2”, by Cradle of Filth. Its rapid fire drum beat put some the jump back in steps. It’s loud, angry, and full of life. All the things one needs after they’ve spent the night among the dead.
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