W.A.S.P. Babylon Genres:Pop, Rock, Metal 2009 release from Blackie Lawless and the boys. W.A.S.P., the multi-platinum U.S. Metal rockers return with their strongest CD to date! Themed around the biblical visions of The Four Horseman of the Apocalypse, Blackie and... more » his crew have created a Metal masterpiece that will leave fans, both old and new, craving for more. Nine tracks. Demolition.« less
All Artists:W.A.S.P. Title:Babylon Members Wishing: 3 Total Copies: 0 Label:Demolition Original Release Date: 10/13/2009 Re-Release Date: 10/27/2009 Genres:Pop, Rock, Metal Style: Number of Discs: 1 SwapaCD Credits: 1 UPC:5060011191659
Synopsis
Album Description
2009 release from Blackie Lawless and the boys. W.A.S.P., the multi-platinum U.S. Metal rockers return with their strongest CD to date! Themed around the biblical visions of The Four Horseman of the Apocalypse, Blackie and his crew have created a Metal masterpiece that will leave fans, both old and new, craving for more. Nine tracks. Demolition.
CD Reviews
Man boobs rock!
Valerie Higgins | Las Vegas Baby! | 11/06/2009
(3 out of 5 stars)
"Not great and not terrible.
Blackie is long past his prime and it shows.
Songs are decent.
Nothing to write home about.
Better than nothing but it could have been much better."
I'm sorry but this is 3 out of 5
Q o K '75 | 11/29/2009
(3 out of 5 stars)
"I wanted this to be a 5 star review.
I really did. It's just NOT. Blackie sounds good but not great.
The songs are good NOT great. He played it VERY SAFE and it sounds like an album from WASP in the 80's only the songs aren't as good.
Worth getting just not what I was hoping for."
Best drummer Blackie has ever had!
Venus | Calabasas, Ca 91302 | 11/27/2009
(4 out of 5 stars)
"I could take this or leave it minus the drums.
WOW!
Awesome drummer.
Hands down the best drummer Blackie has ever even dreamed of having!"
Godless Run
Kurt J. Schneider | Streamwood, Il United States | 02/25/2010
(4 out of 5 stars)
"First you will wonder why I give this 4/5 --- 7 original songs and 2 covers songs does not a CD make in 2010..
The songs that are here....
Crazy - A small riff at beginning will make you think wild child - but that quickly exits as the songs drives... This is about politicians not women -- This song is a great beginning to a solid effort.
Die Another Day - Great song - good transition to chorus -- this is classic WASP sound
Babylon's Burning -- lyrically clever -- Blackie has a way at showing history repeating itself.. Video for this is on youtube and is cool as well -- positive message hidden behind tons of meaning..
Burn - Deep Purple Cover that I could do without
Into the fire - another GREAT Song - with a great chorus and great hidden meaning in the lyrics -- HAUNTING!!
Thunder Red -- a solid CD track that sound from something from modern wasp - not the best track but a good listen..
Seas on Fire -- a driving song which is only good because it is new... Good not great
Godless Run - potentially the best ballad that WASP has created. This is such an epic song it is worth the price of the CD -- the driving haunting sound like only Blackie can deliver it... Did I say I love this song? "I did not run to you" later "I will not run from you" meaning our friend blackie is starting to see that believing in "Something" means giving it a chance (be it God, Life, Love, etc)... I don't think it means that Blackie has finished his search...
Promised Land - Chuck Berry song - Elvis sang it - sounds like blackie had fun with this -- I think if Burn and promised land were BONUS tracks I would be ok with it - but this has very little place with this CD ... it does not make any sense to have this on it...
So I guess I just like Blackie's writing so much that the cover tracks throw it for me -- This is not as solid as Dominator, but does rock. Godless Run is one of the best songs Blackie has ever written and the CD is worth it for Five Awesome Songs - 2 decent fillers and 2 cover songs...
A pretty good effort but I am still waiting for another Crimson - I know he can do it!!!
This is a solid addition to any WASP fan's collection for sure..."
3 Stars Because:
Dean | Newport Beach CA | 12/25/2009
(3 out of 5 stars)
"
I still love his hair:
It seems to have some rehash of guitar lines that I faintly hear in the background from other albums but I really thought his 'Crimson Idol' CD was and still is excellent as well as his Double Live album and it also reminds me of his 'Electric Circus Live' CD and we all know that Blackie is a bit older nowadays but I'm glad to see he's back on the scene after all the controversy that he's endured, I've seen a couple old videos that popped up on the TV for the Metal Mania program that the run on cable and at that moment wondered whatever happened to him and now I know now that he back on the scene. I also went thru my collection and found his 'Last Command' CD and thought it was pretty well done. That picture on the cover could have made for a better CD had the sound been really metallized."
