Murderdolls BEYOND THE VALLEY OF THE MURDERDOLLS

Murderdolls: Wednesday 13 (vocals); Joey Jordison, Tripp Eisen (guitar); Eric Griffin (bass); Ben Graves (drums).
Recorded at Sr. Audio, Des Moines, Iowa between April and May 2002.
Includes 6 bonus tracks & a bonus DVD.
Murderdolls: Wednesday 13 (vocals); Joey Jordison, Tripp Eisen (guitar); Eric Griffin (bass); Ben Graves (drums).
Recorded at Sr. Audio, Des Moines, Iowa between April and May 2002.
Personnel: Wednesday 13 (vocals, guitar, drums, bendir, background vocals); Joey Jordison (guitar, drums, background vocals); Tripp Eisen (guitar, background vocals).
Audio Mixers: Joey Jordison; Matt Sepanic; Michael Barbiero; Wednesday 13.
Recording information: S.R. Audio, Des Moines, IA; Sydney, Australia.
Photographer: P.R. Brown.
Unknown Contributor Role: Wednesday 13.
For his side project Murderdolls, Slipknot drummer Joey Jordison threw a number of curves at Slipknot fans. For one thing, he emerged from behind the drumkit to play guitar, along with Tripp Eisen of Static-X fame. For another, the dark, grinding industrial metal of Slipknot is forsaken in favor a more light-hearted (at least relatively) and punk-inspired approach. While there are plenty of grisly scenarios presented in the lyrics here, they're generally of the trashy, b-movie variety previously employed by such seminal horror-punk outfits as the Misfits and the Cramps. The sheer savagery in the attack of the vocals, guitars, and drums should insure that Slipknot admirers don't feel too disenfranchised, but the lean, speedy, heavily ironic songs that populate the album are definitely a stylistic detour for Jordison.

• Format: CD
• Genre: Heavy Metal