Villains of Vaudeville - Villains of Vaudeville (2013)



Artist: Villains of Vaudeville
Title Of Album: Villains of Vaudeville
Year Of Release: 2013
Label: Stardog Media
Genre: Rock, Modern Hard Rock, Metal
Quality: Mp3
Bitrate: 320 kbps
Total Time: 37:55 Min
Total Size: 97 Mb



Tracklist:

01. Spirit of Lust (Intro)
02. The Devil Is Waiting
03. Eat Your Heart Out
04. Dead Man’s Masquerade
05. Motor Psycho
06. Black Heart Saints
07. Moon Shine Witch Lover
08. Plastic Jesus
09. Dirty Star
10. Demolition Baby
11. Is It My Body

Listening to Villains Of Vaudeville’s debut album is a bit like tumbling – Alice-In-Wonderland-style – into a shadowy and darkly fascinating
world where twisted creatures and twisted feelings peek out at every
turn. Think Rob Zombie, and maybe especially Alice Cooper, to get an
inkling of the kind of sinister and devilishly theatrical vibe that’s
going on here. The music is heavy and hard – hard rock, metal, gothic –
all of it wound together tightly, with gleams of synthesizers running
through it.
Villains of Vaudeville is the creation of Kenny Kweens, probably best known as the former bass-player of Shake The Faith,
Beautiful Creatures and LA Guns. Here he takes on the lead vocals as
well, and is the undisputed ringleader and master of ceremonies on an
album that was, according to Kweens himself, inspired by the voices in his head. All I can say about that is, that his head must be one hell of an interesting place!
To me, “Villains De Vaudeville” plays out like a concept album, the
soundtrack of a night filled with wild nightmares, black-magic visions,
and eerie dreams. The tunes are ripped up by Kweens’ growly,
werewolf-hoarse vocals, and by the terrific guitar-work that ripples and
shreds through the music like razor-wire.
After a restrained, whisper-light intro, Villains of Vaudeville rip away the curtain and
shoot out the lights with the menacingly seductive “The Devil Is
Waiting”. It’s a great track with riffs heavy enough to take your breath
away, and lyrics that reveal the world you’ve just entered: “Look at
all the Holy Whores / Sitting pretty in their electric chairs / Soul
Destroyers, Sunday morning nightmares / The Devil is Waiting, but I
don’t care.”
The whole album is bristling with sinful swagger, brutally good drumming, and ravaging, ravishing riffs on tunes like the
sinister “Eat Your Heart Out”; the slower and at times almost chant-like “Black Heart Saints”; and the slamming “Moon Shine Witch Lover”.
My own favorites include “Motor Psycho” – a track that twists an oriental vibe into the heavy ferocity
of the music; and the hard-rocking “Plastic Jesus” – a high energy, dark
and delicious shot of throbbing guitar and bass, rock-hard drums, and
rough-your-ears-up vocals. Straight-up hard-rocker “Demolition Baby” is
another standout with its slightly glossier sheen and hooky chorus.
The final track is well chosen: a cover of Alice Cooper’s “Is It My Body”
with Villains of Vaudeville giving the track a hard edge and a distorted
touch. It’s a great fit for an album that shares a lot of Alice
Cooper’s wickedly entertaining spirit.
Kweens obviously got some dark, creative juices flowing for “Villains de Vaudeville”, and if you
hanker for the shadowier, heavier side of things, it should be right up
your alley. A rather creepy and sinister alley to be sure, but then
that’s just the way it should be.

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