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Wednesday 13 - Duration: 00:43:20
- Available from: 25/04/2025
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Napalm Records
Relive to the honors of the chronicles at the time of the debut of the Murderdells – parallel project of the late Slipknot drummer Joey Jordison, in that garment busy as a guitarist – the former frontman of the Frankesin Drag Queens from Planet 13, at the century Joseph Pool, had promptly taken the opportunity to launch his solo career named Wednesday 13 with a Tris d'Assi (“Transylvania 92010”, “Fang Bang” and “Skeletons”) in a perfect mix of hard rock, glam and horror punk in the wake of the masters of the genre, from Alice Cooper to Misfits.
Unfortunately, the following triptych, as well as the late sequel with the Murderdells, had marked a sharp qualitative decrease – with the negative peak touched by the very popular “The Dixie Dead” – only to then partially recover with the last trio of work in the studio, returned to discreet levels even without reaching the freshness of the beginning.
Well, we can say that, against all expectations, the middle -aged crisis and the double record figure seem vice versa to have brought well to the happy Wednesday 13, which with “Mid Death Crisis” churns out what is probably his best job for nineteen years now, ideally closing the circle with the horror glam atmospheres of “Fang Bang” but adding the experience in the last twenty years.
The characteristic song of Mr. Poole remains immediately recognizable, but the whole band turns sent to the Luna Park: “Rotting Away”, “No Apologies” (with Tama Downe of the Faster Pussycat) and “Xanastasy” they pour on between a Schitarrata and the other with the edge of the most dated trips (from “God is a” Morgue Than Words “), By perfectly recalling the golden years of Hair Metal and horror masks.
A party would not be such without an anthem to be danced, and from this point of view “decapital” is perfect for recalling the glories of the 'Fuck Cam' (the equivalent of the 'Kiss Cam', but with a medium finger instead of the lips, used in some old shows during the execution of “I Love to Say Fuck”), as well as the four punk chords of “Blood Storm” (with the inevitable ones “Oh-oh” To the counter -THEM) and the very tight “Sick and Violent” are perfect for giving zombies in an ideal re -edition of the video of “thriller”, while giving proof of the skills of the newcomer Mike Dupke (former drummer of the Wasp) behind the skins.
Hand of the Addams family would raise the thumb in front of “In Merry” (the new “from here to the head”), and also the Midtempo (“When the Devil Commands”, “I Hurt You”, “My Funeral”) can move the foot thanks to harmonious and ficcant axoli of the two guitarists Roman Suerman and Jack Tankersley, Best test in fifteen years of service.
As the best horror sagas teach, the relaunch chapter starts again from the origins by neglecting what occurred in the middle, with the right mix nostalgia and freshness: if this is the effect of the half -age crisis, we just have to wish Mr. Pool to perform fifty years from here to eternity.
Daniel D`Amico for SANREMO.FM
