David Lynch-iansynth stabs kick off the fourth effort from the Pennsylvanian goth rockers, and opening track Rats is a straightup homage to Marilyn Manson with its driving beat, thick walls of sonic fuzz and profanity-laced lyrics. ‘Shut your mouth before I fuck it’, hisses Chris Motionless, in one of many moments of overblown nastiness. Necessary Evil could be a Korn track even without the Jonathan Davis cameo, and if you can excuse the slightly cringy roar of ‘You’re mine, motherfucker!’ at the beginning of Soft, there’s a powerful chorus in there. It’s not the only time the lyrics feel a bit teeny – ‘If she’s got a SOFTWAREmark” gingersoftwareuiphraseguid=“65ba551c-809f-45ef-b153-41a101051eef” id=“6ad63d8e-8bdb-42f1-b28a-a4f5cb3a85cc”>pulse then she’s not my type’ from Not My Type: Dead As Fuck 2, feels a little budget-Hammer Horror, but the added cackles in the background suggest that could be intentional. There’s another horror homage with a Neon Demon vocal sample at the start of The Ladder, which riffs on Gotye’s 2011 hit with the line ‘Now you’re just somebody that I used to fuck.’ It’s these little touches that add interest to a record that largely continues, rather than reinvents, what Motionless In White are about, but there are enough singalong choruses and stomping riffs to satisfy diehard fans.
Motionless In White - Graveyard Shift album review
Industrial metallers tinker with the template
You can trust Louder
Latest
"It allowed us to push the boundaries of what we thought was feasible." Listen to Knocked Loose and Poppy's outrageously heavy new single, Suffocate
Frank Turner announces summer headline tour of intimate venues
"Rather than a fascinating document of Linkin Park’s movements over the years, Papercuts is little more than a playlist set to shuffle." Linkin Park's first greatest hits album is a disappointing missed opportunity