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1994 brought us farther into the world of Danzig

Eddie Lancekick | Pacific Northwest | 02/13/2006

(4 out of 5 stars)

"Danzig seemed to move a bit beyond the "doom blues" songs we were used to in past efforts and forged forward on this "Danzig 4" album with a frenzied, frantic upgrade of quicker paced songs like "Brand new god". Danzigs vocals are as usual, a baritone crooning and crying of sorts, but quickly give way to the rest of the bands musicianship. Diversity again is the strength for this band, but the one song that absolutely steals the show on this one is "Can't Speak". Not since Metallica's commercial breakthrough with "One" has a dark, slow song of doom been so moving and strong. "Can't Speak" has a great slow beat with an "in and out" reverb sound that later gets some added flange from the guitarists. The impending organ sounding theme is one of the best I've ever heard of any song by the band. It's message is just as powerful, proving again that the bands songwriting has not given way to any pressure for success but the one they put on themselves to strive to create different, eccentric dark themed music.



"Until you call on the Dark" and "Dominion" are tracks that shouldn't be overlooked, and have a more general, signature sound that we've seen before from Mr. Danzig and his crew. Overall, four is just as good as the first three in my humble opinion."

Buy this in spite of the other reviewers

The Zero | 03/26/2006

(4 out of 5 stars)

"The mutants who have reviewed this album may not be able to spell or put together even a mildly coherent sentence, but they are right about one thing: Danzig 4 is great. It is easily his best effort since his solo debut. Unfortunately, everything after is disposable."