Gold Cobra : Deluxe Version

噂のリンプ第2章、開幕！時代を席捲したヘヴィ・ロックが今度は時代を吹き飛ばす。黄金期のオリジナル・ラインナップによる6年振りとなる6作目となるアルバムが遂に完成。こちらは通常盤より4曲多いデラックス・エディション。

Coming to the conclusion that The Unquestionable Truth was so powerful it never needed the promised second volume, Limp Bizkit went on hiatus during the back half of the 2000s, with leader Fred Durst finding far more critical acclaim as a film director than he ever did as a singer. Despite these hosannas, Durst felt compelled to reunite the Bizkit, to wipe away the memories of the bungled prog of The Unquestionable Truth and the Wes Borland-less "Repeat as Necessary," to find a way to tap into the anger that started the whole ball rolling. A tough task for any band, but apart from dabbling with Auto-Tune -- the quivering electronic vocal effect that gets skewered on “AutoTunage” -- Limp Bizkit is intent on rolling back the clock and returning to the full-throttled attack of Three Dollar Bill Y’All. Durst may be a famous millionaire, but he’s still angry: he’s mad about Auto-Tune, he’s mad about the douche bags in Beverly Hills, he wonders why he should try, he thinks you should get a life and prepare yourself for a “Shark Attack.” Minus a detail or two, it’s the same set of grievances he’s been peddling since the beginning, the similarities so striking it’s surely as intentional as the dead-on revival of Bizkit’s metallic hip-hop grind. As sheer sound, it’s executed well -- more assured, musical, and, well, professional than any of their other albums -- their age lending them a dexterity absent in their hits. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

オリジナル・ラインナップとしては約10年ぶりとなる新作! イントロから超攻撃的なヘヴィー・ロック・チューンの連発で、そのテンションのまま最後まで突っ走る本作は、近年の失速～ブランクを埋めるには十分過ぎる内容だ! フレッドの下品なラップ・ヴォーカルはもちろん、ウェスによる斬新&テクニカルなギター・ソロも素晴らしく、初期3作品を思い出させる破壊力抜群の一枚に仕上がっているぞ!
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