CD Review, The Lost Tracks of Danzig

So I was at F.Y.E last night and was about to pick up Shadows Fall’s Art Of Balance and Machinehead’s Blackening when I saw The Lost Tracks Of Danzig and it was calling my name. This is a two disc set and is about a big as the CD outer cases when they used to sell them back in the early 90’s. The cover art is really cool and the inner sleave looks like a comic book cover and as usual there pictures of the band and Glenn shirtless and with claws and the typical Glenn Danzig stuff.

Now if your not a hardcore Danzig fan and you just like the song Mother ‘93 then chances are you won’t dig any of this. If your a metal fan looking to get into Danzig then DO NOT START HERE! Start with Danzig 1 and go from there. If your a hardcore fan that loves even the old shit from the misfits and Samhain then you will probably like this because it sounds like old dirty recorded danzig.

Disc one sounds as if it focuses more on the older style stuff before Danzig 4. The song Cold Cold Rain sounds like it could have been a great Danzig ballad such as Sistinas or Blood and Tears but the vocals are very low and it doesnt sound very well mixed but still sounds cool. The cover of T-rex’s classic Buick Mckane is pretty good, I’d say better than the GnR version. Two different versions of When Death Had No Name are on disc one. If you are a true fan you’ve heard atleast one version somewhere or another throughout the years. The acoustic version of Come to Silver is kinda shitty sounding but its and O.K. song.

Disk two starts sounding more like the latter half of the Danzig catalog. With industrial style guitar and vocal sounds and heavy bass drum sounds, it does not appeal to me as much as disc one. Bound by Blood is deffenatly the best song on disc two. If you happen to be at an FYE or somewhere that you can preview CD’s before you buy then give this set a listen before you buy it.
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