The menacing masks the band wears onstage have been completely updated, but much of the music on Hollywood Undead’s third record will sound familiar to fans of its previous releases: a furious mix of metal guitars, unruly rhymes, and occasional journeys into contemporary hip-hop. But if Notes from the Underground is spiked with the band’s notoriously ill-mannered intensity, tunes like “We Are” and “Dead Bite” also show that Hollywood Undead is increasingly adept at making singles that are both shockingly vicious and broadly appealing. The menacing masks the band wears onstage have been completely updated, but much of the music on Hollywood Undead’s third record will sound familiar to fans of its previous releases: a furious mix of metal guitars, unruly rhymes, and occasional journeys into contemporary hip-hop. But if Notes from the Underground is spiked with the band’s notoriously ill-mannered intensity, tunes like “We Are” and “Dead Bite” also show that Hollywood Undead is increasingly adept at making singles that are both shockingly vicious and broadly appealing.
Hollywood Undead Notes From The Underground Unabridged Books
Powered byMore Info:Ever since they clawed their way into the mainstream with their 2008 near platinum-selling debut Swan Songs and its acclaimed 2010 follow-up American Tragedy, the masked Los Angeles collective - Johnny 3 Tears, J-Dog, Charlie Scene, Danny, Funny Man, and Da Kurlzz - never lost sight of where they came from. Their third full-length album Notes From The Underground emerges directly from that same place behind the curtain, underneath the veneer, and inside the darkest heart of their city.