Dracula 2000 [PA]

Performer: Original Soundtrack
Distributor: Sony Music Distribution (

Notes: Producers include: Josh Abraham, Vinnie Paul, Matt Hyde, Johnny K, Ulrich Wild. Compilation producers: Andy Gould, Ed Gaerrard, Denise Luiso, Randy Spendlove. The soundtrack to Dracula 2000 is yet another one of those new '90s-metal collections designed to increase awareness of the accompanying film among its young male target audience. The problem here isn't the blatant marketing-department calculation, though -- it's the unevenness of the material. Pantera, Slayer, and Monster Magnet are their usual selves, but the soundtrack is padded out with material from a lot of as-yet-unknown outfits, who don't necessarily separate themselves from the alt-metal pack. Some of the new recordings by bands fairly well-known in the alt-metal community -- Powerman 5000, Disturbed, System of a Down, Static-X, Linkin Park, (hed) P.E. -- are decent, but whether that's enough to carry an entire soundtrack album depends on just how rabid an alt-metal fan you are. ~ Steve Huey The soundtrack to the first Dracula movie of the new millennium is certainly something for metalheads to sink their teeth into. Any fan of heavy or industrial music will want to pick this up and grab one as a gift for a fellow headbanger, too. Powerman 5000 kicks off the album in high gear and speedy fashion with the appropriately named "Ultra Mega," while Slayer, the band that practically invented metal brutality, does what it does best on "Bloodline". A deep, funky bassline propels System Of A Down's punky "Metro," and Monster Magnet, always up for a phat groove, contributes a fierce drum shuffle on the hook laden "Heads Explode." Godhead and Marilyn Manson team up and show their angst on "Break You Down," which should wreck your speakers quite nicely, and Pantera introduce "Avoid the Light" with a pretty acoustic piece, before launching into the massive riffs and double bass drums usually associated with their sound. (Hed) P.E. are geared for radio play with "Swan Dive", a by turns jazzy and then heavy singalong. Finally Flybanger carry the flag high for modern metal, giving us a sample of their upcoming album with tight harmonies and riffs on "Blind World".

Rolling Stone (1/18/01, pp.59-60) - 3 stars out of 5 - "...A monster mash....Hard rockers from Powerman 5000 to Linkin Park get into the vampire spirit....The highlight comes sourtesy of primordial Satanists Slayer, who deliver minimal, raw-meat riffage on 'Bloodline'..."

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