But the second Godzilla album, HOLY CRAP. This album, like Afterbirth's Who's in There? truly deserves a track by track review of its own. Before we start, it should be noted that Gary Wheeler doesn't sing on this album either.
The album begins with "Ingoz", probably the stupidest intro on any album ever released. It begins with some guy whispering, "For the killing joke..." and then some random guitar riff apears. After that, we get the deadly combination of the terrible guitars, the clunky drum machine and the vocalist trying to sound scary by screaming "GODZILLA!" into the microphone but instead it sounds as if he's constipated.
After that, we're treated to a seven minute cover of "Helter Skelter" by YOU KNOW WHO! The cover is probably the best part of the album, but the cover is stretched far too long and features some annoying female backing vocals and some synth that really doesn't belong in the cover.
After that, we're treated to the heartfelt ballad, "Ass of the Prophet". The less we talk about that, the better.
This is followed by "I Followed the Zombie", a song that must be heard to be believed. It cannot be described at all. But right now you should be thinking about the worst song in the world. Maybe it's a song by Justin Bieber, maybe it's a song from this website, or maybe even the music from Action 52 or Crazy Bus. Either way, none of those musicial failures come close to what you are about to hear (you know, except for Crazy Bus.)
"Cinderella Rockefella" features the annoying backing vocalist from the "Helter Skelter" cover handling all of the vocals. This song doesn't even count as metal! There's some distorted guitars, but they're accompanied with the most annoying synthesizer riff repeated over and over and over and over and over again!
By the middle of the song, everything is messed up. The vocals start playing backwards at different speeds, and that annoying synthesizer riff is still going! MAKE IT STOP! After doing a YouTube search, it turns out the band stole this fairly straightforward 60's song called "Cinderella Rockefella" and turned it into an abomination. BUT WHY!?!?!?!?
"Halfbreed", while an incredibly stupid song, is heaven compared to those last two songs. But like every song on this album, it's way too long and repetitive. The music is still really bad and the lyrics are really stupid, but the singer in this song sounds like Nelson from The Simpsons for some reason.
After "Halfbreed", we have the ambient track "Killing Joke" which actually sounds a lot like Jan List (but with even worse vocals and lyrics, which were so bad his stolen cow finally ran away from him after years of torture and abuse.) The entire thing is just the singer screaming references to earlier songs in the album and "IT'S TIME TO SAY GOOD NIGHT!" with a "creepy" atmosphere which is just slightly better than Jan's.
When "Killing Joke" finally ends, we get the song "Foul." It is the best original song in the album because it features actual guitar riffs, even if they are just as generic as the ones in the first Godzilla album. Synthesizers are still dominant, making the track still not heavy metal besides having an actual riff or two.
The album ends with "Outgoz", which is a pointless reprise of "Ingoz".
Actually, I should take back those words. Godzilla II has changed my life. It is not a metal album, but there is no genre classification that can truly describe it. It exists in its own, isolated world, isolated even from the other albums released by Metal Enterprises. Godzilla II is a truly unique, expirimental experience. Every instrument in this album bleeds into one another with perfect harmony, with a good amount of space in the dry mix for all of them to shine at least for one song. The drum machine fits perfectly with the atmosphere, and the guitars and synthesizers have a unique sound that can't be heard anywhere else. The lyrics take us on an abstract journey that will question the mind, the soul, and just about every aspect of human nature. Most pop lyrics talk about love, dancing or just having a good time. But Godzilla write a concept piece that reveals true feelings about such things as abandonment, following zombies and even the asses of prophets. Laugh if you want, but Godzilla have the same honesty and emotion as Pink Floyd's The Dark Side of the Moon. But while The Dark Side of the Moon has become one of the biggest selling albums of all time, Godzilla II has become sadly misunderstood. Indeed, I believe Godzilla II is the best album ever released.
Listen to "Godzilla II"
BONUS!
Listen to the theme from "Crazy Bus"
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