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Genres: Rock

Released: June 6, 2005

I’ll be honest. I’ve always hated this band. I’ve hated their image, their sound, etc. But City of Evil is a different direction for the band. With no screaming at all, Shadows’ voice is thrust into the limelight. This is not particularly a good thing. It’s fairly evident that years and years of touring has taken its toll upon his voice, and the result is raspy, heavily auto-tuned, and nasally. Could there be anything more metal? While the vocals may turn some people away from this album right off the bat, I encourage you to give it a fair shot. Without the screaming, City of Evil is a completely over the top metal album, complete with lyrics about sex, drugs, and rock & roll – seriously. Full of coarse language and guitar neck-licking solos, City of Evil is actually one of the stronger metal albums to be released this year.

Track List:

1. Beast and the Harlot

2. Burn It Down

3. Blinded In Chains

4. Bat Country

5. Trashed and Scattered

6. Seize the Day

7. Sidewinder

8. The Wicked End

9. Strength of the World

10. Betrayed

11. M.I.A.