In the early fall of 2021, word came out that Zakk and the boys will finally release the long shelved follow up for “Grimmest Hits” and damn, I had high hopes and expectations. As someone who started to really appreciate his work just a few years ago (when “Trampled down below” was released as a single) I was stoked for new tunes.
“Set you free” and “End of days” were put out as singles with two hillarious videos along with them.
And … I was rather disappointed with those songs. Sure the videos are funny but the songs not as good as I had hoped. Oh well, what can you do? Wait for the full damn album to be out of course. In November it hit the market and soon as, I sure gave it a spin. A lot of fledged journalists praise the songwriting skills and that he really improved his singing and blah blah.
Hey wait – don’t get me wrong here. It IS a good album – but … in my mind it could and should have been more … well, in lack of better words: fresh. Yes, the songs are solid, the production is awesome, his tone is great as usual and of course everyone in the band is doing a great job. But still, something inside me is missing something.
A handful of songs keep growing on me after a few dozen spins, these are:
1) Ruins
2) Forsaken
3) Gospel of Lies (hell, just for the sabbath riff lol)
What do y’all think?? Feel free to comment.