So, leading up to the release of ‘Mid Death Crisis’, it inspired me to go back on some of the albums I didn’t dive into as hard as I did with the first few in his discography that I fell in love with as a teenager, and that’s when I re discovered this one, and honestly, after properly listening to it, this might be in my top 5 Wednesday 13 albums.
So, this is the 2019 release by Horror Punk legend Wednesday 13, who over the years has become infamous with his many projects under different aliases, such as:
-Maniac Spider Trash
-Frankenstein Drag Queens From Planet 13
-Bourbon Crow
-Gunfire 76
-Murderdolls
And his most ongoing project, this one Wednesday 13, and as mentioned above, a lot of his earlier work, such as:
-Transylvania 90210 and Skeletons, were my favourite albums on repeat, but now I’ve discovered this one, and honestly, it goes right up there!
This album’s first official track, ‘I Wanna Be Cremated’, has this project off to an infectiously good start with a tongue-in-cheek Punk anthem talking about, as the song states, how he wants to be cremated.
The overall aura, nostalgia of the 90s, and punk/horror atmosphere continues on to every track after that, continuing with ‘Ghoul Of My Dreams’, which sounds like if Green Day had died, become zombies, and started playing a concert of the living dead because it’s got that mainstream feel to the instrumentation but with the trademark dark and twisted lyrical themes as Wednesday has made a career writing about!
The more I dive into this project, it becomes obvious why upon re discovery I love this album so much; it’s because (arguably) it’s the most mainstream punk-sounding Wednesday album (instrumentally) speaking. Most of his other albums have a more ‘Metal’ approach, and while I love those as well, there’s something wholesome and fun about hearing 13 put his trademark twisted themes and imagery onto a bed of infectious, anthem-worthy Punk tracks, and it makes the whole album a blast to listen to!
Far from a one-hit wonder, Wednesday 13 decided to have fun with this one and dive headfirst into the punk-inspired aspect and produce banger after banger that will surely stand the test of time! Can’t wait for his new album!
https://open.spotify.com/album/1DFGTkD8vfNuiOETRRwBiA?si=IIIfOBakS9e58ttkULnbDQ
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