Make Them Die Slowly (album)
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| Studio album by White Zombie | ||||
| Released | March 22, 1989 | |||
| Recorded | November, 1988 at Platinum Island, New York City | |||
| Genre | Heavy metal | |||
| Length | 39:56 | |||
| Label | Caroline | |||
| Producer | Bill Laswell | |||
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Make Them Die Slowly is the second album by White Zombie released in 1989. It is presumably named after the 1981 cannibal movie Cannibal Ferox, which was originally released in the US as Make Them Die Slowly. There is a printing error on the CD's side saying "Let Them Die Slowly" instead of the album's proper title.
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[edit] Production
Iggy Pop, who was a fan of their last album, recommended that the band recruit producer Bill Laswell to work on their follow-up release. It is reported that the band spent a total of four days in the recording studio and had to re-record the album three separate times. The band was not satisfied the with the first finished product due to it sounding too similar to their last album. Laswell was unsatisfied with the second recording and advised that the band give it a third try and re-record it from scratch. By that time the lack of money and shoddy production made it unable for over half of the songs recorded to be placed on the album. Some of the songs cut from the release are "Dead Ringer", "Freak War", "Punishment Park", "Scum Kill II", and "Star Slammer".
The band has expressed their dissatisfaction with the finished album because of its "tinny" production.[1] Guitarist John Ricci left the band the day the record was completed due to a case of Carpal tunnel syndrome.
[edit] Music
The album displays change from the punk-influenced noise rock of their earlier albums to a sound more reminiscent of thrash metal. Rob has claimed "We fell into the noise scene by accident" and that "After a while we got fed up and didn't want to have anything to do with it. We tried to move away from it consciously".[2] Sean has cited both Metallica and Slayer as being influential to the band during this time. [3] In an interview with Creem Presents: Thrash Metal, Sean suggested that, "The new stuff is pretty close to being metal," while Rob claimed, "I don't know if you'd really call it 'metal' but there's a lot more focus to it. The songs are more like... songs."[4]
[edit] Reception
Because of the shift in musical style critics usually review the album less-favorably than the bands previous efforts, citing it as being too derivative and lacking in good production values.[5]. However, some fans tend to enjoy this release more as the album more closely resembles the sound that would dominate much of White Zombie's later career.
[edit] Track listing
All lyrics written by Rob Zombie, all music composed by White Zombie.
| # | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "Demonspeed" | 5:21 |
| 2. | "Disaster Blaster" | 6:03 |
| 3. | "Murderworld" | 6:10 |
| 4. | "Revenge" | 4:22 |
| 5. | "Acid Flesh" | 5:30 |
| 6. | "Power Hungry" | 5:12 |
| 7. | "Godslayer" | 7:12 |
[edit] Personnel
[edit] Band members
- Ivan de Prume - Drums
- John Ricci - Guitar
- Sean Yseult - Bass, Art Direction
- Rob Zombie - Vocals, Lyricist, Art Direction
- Susan Glister - Backup Vocals
[edit] Technical staff
- Martin Bisi - Engineering
- Oz Fritz - Assistant Engineer
- Bill Laswell - Producer
- Robert Musso - Engineer
- Nicky Skopelitis - Programming
- Artie Smith - Technician
- Howie Weinberg - Mastering
[edit] Notes
- ^ Take 5 with Sean Yseult of White Zombie, cited January 21, 2009
- ^ Sullivan, Jim. "White Zombie: Inappropriately Pleasant?" The Boston Globe. August 4, 1989, cited May 26, 2009
- ^ Morgan Y. Evans interviews Sean Yseult
- ^ Sprague, David. "I Walked With White Zombie" Creem Presents: Thrash Metal. 1988, cited July 31, 2008
- ^ Piero Scaruffi's White Zombie page Piero Scaruffi review, cited July 31, 2008
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