Ultra-prolific spell-caster
Rob Crow
's third studio album under the
Goblin Cock
moniker,
Necronomidonkeykongimicon
is worth recommending for the name alone, but it's hardly bereft of substance. The hooded necromancer wielding a B.C. Rich Warlock guitar that adorns the cover doesn't help matters, especially for listeners who might be new to the offbeat doom/power metal project, but
Crow
's take on the genre is so multifaceted and unpredictable that it ultimately transcends its more absurdist tendencies. A melange of face-melting riffage and left-field melodic turns,
spills forth from a viscera-stained tackle box brimming with hooks, effectively pairing fiery punk and sludge metal might with crafty alt-rock choruses, sounding for all the world like what
Redd Kross
may have unleashed had they been raised on
Sabbath
instead of
Cheap Trick
. ~ James Christopher Monger