Godhead - Evolver

Last I checked, Godhead was an industrial goth-rock band signed by Marilyn Manson, a rocking rock band that toured with Manson, Rammstein, Disturbed, Static X, and had a place on Ozzfest 2001. I listened to this new album under the assumption that it was going to be industrial, heavy, full of drum machines/samples, and have the same electronic-filtery goodness that made the last album reasonably enjoyable. When I say reasonably enjoyable, I mean that it is unintentionally amusing, like a good B-horror movie (example: “The Mangler”). Well, at some point previous to this album, Godhead stopped being an industrial/metal band and trimmed the use of electronics/drum machines/samples. This album sounds nothing like the first. They tried to take a serious stab at making music, thus falling flat on their faces. Let me get right to it, Godhead’s front-man, Jason C. Miller, recently said, “We wanted to make a great record that would be like an experience in the spirit of Pink Floyd or David Bowie and I think we accomplished that in our own way.” Keep in mind that this statement is coming from a band whose previous lyrics includes, “I got a gun in my hand, and I feel like a man, I’m the Pope of my generation.” Genre-parody bands need to be aware of their absurdity in order to continue in the same direction. Bands like The Presidents of the United States of America, Aqua, and Mindless Self Indulgence embrace this style and succeed immeasurably; they take the negative, overused aspects of a genre to such extremes that it becomes entertaining. Godhead is an ambitious group of people that went in the opposite direction that I feel they should have gone. They should have become even MORE Goth, MORE Industrial, and most importantly more ridiculous. [www.godhead.com]