Just another vampire movie soundtrack

Queen of the Damned Soundtrack\nVarious Artists\nWarner Bros. Records\nSo what's worse? Another movie about vampires, or another soundtrack from a motion picture about vampires? I'm not sure yet because I haven't seen the movie. But at least I can tell you how much the soundtrack sucks. \nFor starters, if you like listening to Jonathan Davis side projects involving other members of Korn and Limp Bizkit, then you're in for a treat. Secondly, if you enjoy listening to songs containing any of the following words: pain, blood, death, sickness, trapped, or (insert profanity here), then you're really in for a treat. Sit tight. \nQueen of the Damned contains five songs written and co-produced by Jonathan Davis and John Gibbs of Oingo-Boingo fame. Lending vocal talents for each Davis-produced track are Wayne Static of Static-X, David Draiman of Disturbed, Chester Bennington of Linkin Park, Marilyn Manson and Jay Gordan of Orgy. \nWayne Static moans: "You think you're smart, you're not. It's plain to see, that you want me to fall off. It's killing me," in the lead track, "Not Meant for Me." What's worse than the song's melancholy lyrics is the fact that the guitar riffs echo brilliant Korn albums from days gone by such as Life is Peachy and Follow the Leader. Come on, Jonathan, can't you offer a little more creativity than just old Korn guitar licks? \nThe same sentiment exists, unfortunately, for the other four songs Davis produced. Despite an impressive bass line delivered by Sam Rivers of Limp Bizkit in the track "System," Chester Bennington of Linkin Park kills the momentum of the rhythm as soon as he screams out the greatest clichéd vampire lyric ever, "Why won't you die? Your blood in mine. We'll be fine. Then your body will be mine." This isn't exactly what I call brilliant lyricism, Jonathan.\nThe sun does shine on a few selected tracks that have nothing at all to do with Jonathan Davis. Chino Moreno and the boys from The Deftones make an appearance midway through the soundtrack on "Change (In the House of Flies)," released off their latest album, White Pony. Tricky, the long time trip-hop producer from the UK, delivers the best song on the album. "Excess" is an up-beat psychedelic romp through programmed drum loops and voice samples that really give the song a lot of bite. Instead of spending $15 on this album, here's what I recommend: Go back through your old Korn and Deftones albums and listen to those instead. That way, you won't have to discover (as I did) what a botched attempt at vampire rock sounds like. \n

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