Zombeast Self-Titled Review

*Originally written May 2008*

Zombeast is easily one of the best horror rock bands to emerge past the cemetery gates over the past few years. One characteristic that Zombeast possesses that draws me to this conclusion is that they have a genuine passion for what they due. They take their love of Danzig and inspiration of everything horror and inject it with their raw, energetic and intensely dark rock n' roll to be a top contender in the world of horror rock.

This self-titled debut album is chock full of throat gripping anthems that will turn you into a flesh craving fiend in mere minutes of the album starting. The opening track "Cthulhu" sets the course for this darkened path of destruction. As one of my favorite tracks here, "Cthulhu" starts off ominously and grows into a memorable and soon to be classic terrifying tale. One of the album's most thrilling songs is one of torture, pain and agony. "Life of Hell" brings forth all of these elements and is one of the strongest and best overall examples of what the band is all about. If zombies are your thing, crank up "Flesh Eaters" as once you hear the song you'll be singing the chorus in your head again and again until you "see the world through new dead eyes".

Another impressive aspect of the album that Zombeast pulled off is that it ends with the same level of integrity, passion and emotion that it started off with. While "Black Death" had me thinking "man, this is stuff that would make Danzig proud", it was the dark and chilling "Eternity" and rage engaging "Wolfskin Killer" that had me thinking that these guys are legit and have a very promising future ahead of them.

~TJ