After the 3 year pandemic a lot had happened within Wednesday 13 life such as loss of his mother and of course Joey Jordison. He mentioned he could of written a record around that heartbreak and also the strangeness of the pandemic but he choose to go back to his horror roots in most of this record.
During the 20 Years of Fears tour he decided it was time to release a new round of material after the Necrophaze and the off and on tour to represent that just before the pandemic.
Before the release of the record Wednesday 13 did 3 videos and singles for the record. The first being the Exorcist driven video You’re So Hideous (even though the song was written around Medusa), Insides Out and the third being Its a Good Day to be a Bad Guy.
The art work for the record was done by John Bush who also did a large number of this past tour shirt art and of course the famous Necrophaze comic work.
Track List
- Severed
- Insides Out
- Exhume and Devour
- You’re So Hideous
- Good Day to be a Bad Guy
- Return to Haddonfield
- Horrifier
- Hell is Coming Home
- Halfway to the Grave
- Christine: The Fury in the Night
- The Other Side
Personal View – This record kicks out in high gear with Insides Out which I personally think is the gem of the whole record and might even even one of his heaviest tunes since Monsters of the Universe record. Such an amazing song and the video is over the top.
This record is a great mix of Wednesday 13 from almost all his eras with sound. Exhume and Devour has a nice classic Wednesday 13 intro and the guitar riff hits you right in the face. The song is just a classic Wednesday 13 sound and song. Good Day to be a Bad Guy has that Fang Bang feel and could have easily came off that record just a fun tune. The title track Horrirfier is a heavy grinding tune with some pretty forward chorus.
Some of the tracks that do sound different for Wednesday 13 for something new, Hell is Coming Home which has a strange whining guitar sound , Halfway to the Grave the vocals are totally different and has that 80s sound which works it into a diamond of the record. (another one of my favorites). The final song of the record is called The Other Side which is probably a tough song to write and sing for Wednesday 13 as it is dedicated to his mother and Joey. And yes it is a ballad which he really has not really done since Condolences.
This record is a nice mix and solid Wednesday 13 record.
I had the special chance to actual meet and see the band live the night the record was released as they were touring in my city in Canada. I have met the band a number of times but it was nice to get the count down live on stage. Horrifier is defiantly a throw on repeat record!
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