At this point in the Melvins career, they can do pretty much whatever.
Even if this means starting an album with a call-and-response track in the style of Adam Ant, complete with military cadence vocals and an extended drum solo.
At the same time, withstanding some strange experimentation -- including a steamy a cappella version of the Canadian folksong “Peggy Gordon” and a sludged-out, seven-and-a-half-minute cover of the Who’s “My Generation” -- The Bride Screamed Murder is surprisingly accessible.
Their 20th (or so) studio album ranks right alongside Senile Animal and Nude with Boots, the two prior full-lengths completed with Big Business’s Jared Warren and Coady Willis.
"Inhumanity and Death," "Evil New War God," and "I’ll Finish You Off" feature some seriously meaty grooves, with dual drumming and drop-D powerhouse chunk alongside classic metal yells and moonlit howling.
When things start going off the deep end in the group’s ventures into abstract realms, brightly sung vocal melodies smash through and accentuate the gloomy comic book noir with splashes of fiery red.
Sure, the Melvins are brutish, but they’re having a lot of fun.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Water GlassMelvins | Melvins | Play | 04:16 | 9 MB | 26 MB |
| 2 | Evil New War GodMelvins | Melvins | Play | 04:48 | 11 MB | 32 MB |
| 3 | Pig HouseMelvins | Melvins | Play | 05:29 | 12 MB | 35 MB |
| 4 | I'll Finish You OffMelvins | Melvins | Play | 04:57 | 11 MB | 30 MB |
| 5 | Electric FlowerMelvins | Melvins | Play | 03:27 | 7 MB | 24 MB |
| 6 | Hospital UpMelvins | Melvins | Play | 05:38 | 12 MB | 36 MB |
| 7 | Inhumanity and DeathMelvins | Melvins | Play | 03:03 | 7 MB | 20 MB |
| 8 | My GenerationPete Townshend | Melvins | Play | 07:39 | 17 MB | 47 MB |
| 9 | Pg X 3Melvins | Melvins | Play | 06:19 | 14 MB | 29 MB |
| 45 mins | 104 MB | |||||
| 45 mins | 284 MB | |||||
| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | John Golden | Mastering |
| 2 | Toshi Kasai | Engineer |
| 3 | Melvins | Composer, Primary Artist |
| 4 | Mackie Osborne | Artwork |
| 5 | Pete Townshend | Composer |
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |
| CD Quality | FLAC | 16bit 44.1kHz | FLAC is an audio coding format which uses lossless compression. Digital audio in FLAC format has a smaller size and retains the same quality of the original Compact Disc (CD). |