Queen of the Damned
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Free Music Notes for Queen of the Damned
Free Music Review: Great Nu-Metal All-Encompassing Album
Hit: 5 Stars
Queen of the Damned, while always having the lingering Korn-esque feeling, still is able to best Korn's albums.1. Not Meant For Me - Wayne Static, as always, sounds like Jonathan Davis, and now he's even got Korn playing the instruments, as they do on the 5 Davis originals. 8/10
2. Forsaken - Excellent track with Draiman on vocals. Has the Middle-Eastern vibe going for it. Preview of his vocals on Believe. One of the top two songs. 10/10
3. System - Interesting track, however Davis succeeds at making Bennington sound like him too. Finally good to see Bennington away from the rapping "skills" of Shinoda again. 9/10
4. Change - Great Song, you've probably heard it before. 9/10
5. Redeemer - The best song on the album. Manson is more eerie and pissed off than anyone else. Davis original. 10/10
6. Dead Cell - PR's best song from Infest... not saying that much. 6/10
7. Penetrate - Godhead is Manson's protege, and Godhead sounds just like the guys in Manson do... except more whisper-oriented. (9/10)
8. Slept So Long - Is Gordon like a cockroach? Will he too survive a nuclear blast? He has flop after flop and STILL is around... decent song b/c he sheds the techno aspect of Orgy due to Korn being his backing music. 8/10
9. Down With The Sickness - Disturbed at their finest. Everyone's heard this by now. 9.5/10
10. Cold - Crushing song. You'll find yourself screaming along with Wayne by the end. 9/10
11. Headstrong - Tool meets nu-metal... go figure. 7/10
12. Crumble - Definite potential in this band, just lose the Chester Bennington-esque growl before each chorus and you've got some true talent. 9/10
13. Excess - What the hell is this? It's a rap song with some mediocre instruments in the background. Avoid this garbage. 0/10
14. Before I'm Dead - Finally the Kidneythieves get recognition! Great band, check out the song and album Zerospace. 9/10
Free Music Review: Me? I'm satisfied.
Hit: 5 Stars
Very few soundtracks anymore actually match and capture the content and the atmosphere of the movie it was made for, but the Queen of the Damned soundtrack stays true to the movie. As we all know, Jonathan Davis (Korn) and Richard Gibbs wrote and composed 5 of the songs on here, but due to legal issues with Korn's label, Epic, Jonathan's vocals could only appear in the movie, but not on the soundtrack. Five well known vocalists were brought in to sing these songs instead. The songs are: 'Not Meant For Me' sung by Wayne from Static-X, 'Forsaken' sung by David from Disturbed (My personal favorite song on here), 'System' sung by Chester from Linkin Park, 'Redeemer' sung by Marilyn Manson himself, and 'Slept So Long' sung by Jay from Orgy. A few of the songs feature Head & Munky from Korn on guitars and Sam Rivers from Limp Bizkit on bass, but other than those few songs, Jonathan handles all the bass, guitar and some drum work. These five songs are undeniably the highlight of the album. As I said before, 'Forsaken' is my favorite out of the whole CD, and I think many will agree with me that it is the best. 'Redeemer' was very cool, and I don't even like Marilyn Manson. The rest of the songs on here are previously released tracks, but it is good to see them here because they fit the movie so well. Static-X contribute their new single "Cold," Disturbed have the infamous "Down With The Sickness," and of course, like so many other soundtracks/compilations out there, Deftones' "Change (In the House of Flies)" is included. I have lost track of how many copies of that song I have by now. The tracks by Kidneythieves and Tricky are also great. They are very eerie and moody and match the film. Overall, if you buy one soundtrack this year, make it "Queen of the Damned."(Buyer beware: The tracklisting on the back of the CD and in the booklet is in the incorrect order. The listing on the CD is the only correct one)
Free Music Review: Awesome soundtrack!
Hit: 5 Stars
despite never seeing the movie(yet), i heard that its soundtrack was really good. so i decided to check it out on amazon[.com] and download a couple of songs. after listening to them, i decided to go buy the soundtrack. it is awesome! all the songs are so excellent. unlike a lot of movie soundtracks, which jump from rock songs to pop songs to jazz songs, it sticks with one general type of music-hard rock. anyway, i will give you a quick rating of each song-1. not meant for me-5/5
2. forsaken-5/5
3. system-5/5 FAV SONG! chester's voice is awesome!
4. change(in the house of flies)-kinda creepy vocals, but cool-4.5/5
5. redeemer-never been a big manson fan,but i like this song weird beginning-4.5/5
6. dead cell-not quite fitting for the soundtrack, but i like this song-4.5/5
7. penetrate-3.5/5
8. slept so long-5/5
9. down with the sickness-im not a big disturbed fan, either, but this song is pretty cool-4/5
10. cold-4.5/5
11. headstrong-4/5
12. body crumbles-i originally downloaded a diff. version of this song. i love it, either way-5/5
13. excess-3.5/5 this one is growing on me..
14. before i'm dead- 3.5/5 this one is growing on me, too..
overall, i kickass soundtrack! there is no bad song on this soundtrack..the songs that i gave 3.5s to might even be able to be 4s.i just havent listened to them enough yet. this cd has a dark vibe to it, obviously. i love it! i can listen to the whole thing without having to skip a song. definetly worth the money!
Free Music Review: blood sucking delicious
Hit: 5 Stars
this amazing display of how music can go right makes me love it even more every time i hear the soundtrack and watch the movie, which is more times then i can count. i love it. jon davis and wayne static along with marilyn manson and the rest of the crew did an outstanding job, which almost couldn't get any better, especially for the type of movie it is. it was perfect, no ifs, ands, or buts about it.
first off, let me start with about the only minus of the soundtrack, papa roaches dead cell. it didn't fit. it totally threw off the mood the first 5 amazing songs set. and as much of a fan of disturbed i am, i think they could have done without down with the sickness.
now for the plusses. tricky's song excess is on it. that song is fantastic, only surpassed by evolution revolution love, but just about as good. the first five songs i just can't believe they have on one soundtrack they are so good.
not meant for me by wayne static,forsaken by david draiman, system by chester bennington, change(in the house of flies) by the deftones, and redeemer by marilyn manson. the videos they showed on the extras section of the dvds were awesome as well. no better goth style ever shown on a video.
get this cd and love it. marry it and have little damned kids who know how to play music this good.
Free Music Review: A voice for a truly immortal vampire rock star!
Hit: 5 Stars
I've always found it hard to imagine how the ancient Vampire Lestat would sound on the rock scene today... One would expect him to be like my mum shouting, "Turn that racket down! I can't hear myself think in here!" while he tunes in to some Mozart!Jonathan Davis from KoRn and ex-Oingo Boingo musian, Richard Gibbs have certainly made a tremendous effort here with five brilliant songs "performed by The Vampire Lestat" himself (Not Meant For Me, Forsaken, System, Redeemer & Slept So Long).
We all hear Jon Davis's voice in the movie (while Stuart Townsend mimes), but due to contract problems his voice cannot be used on the CD itself. The perfect solution though, is to use some guest vocalists from other well-known rock bands, like Marilyn Manson, Linkin Park, Static-X etc. The results are quite stunning! (You will get the chance to hear Jon Davis's voice in full, with the MTV-style videos, on the DVD when it comes out)
Definitely the 5 Lestat songs are the best on this CD - 'System' being my favourite, and my only complaint is that there aren't more Davis/Gibbs songs! I do however, love 'Change' by The Deftones, and 'Cold' by Static-X...
Lestat Rocks!
Debs (The Queen of the Damned Movie Cast Site