Then comes the “Seventeen Year Locust”. A mid tempo, stoner-industrial rock song with electronic samples in the background and a very catchy oriental melody. The song arrangement reminds very much of Marilyn Manson but it can easily be considered as the best song of the "Educated Horses". “Scorpion Sleeps” is a relatively mediocre song as we compare it to the others. Maybe not a “filler” but very close. “100 Ways” is a short fragment of what Mr. Zombie can do when he wants to write a hypnotizing art-rock sounding tune. “Let It All Bleed Out” comes next with its “rusty butter knife” sample. Again an example of the Humphrey-Zombie collaboration with Danzig-ish chorus parts and an awesome bridge part. The 8th song of the album, “Death Of It All”, has such a “sweet” melody that it can be a perfect soundtrack for your nightmare before christmas! At this point I have to admit that Rob Zombie’s voice is very much sounding like Mr. Horror Rock, Alice Cooper, especially when singing mid-tempo tunes. His accent in “Ride” and the Southern rock feeling of “Devil’s Reject” make the two songs outstanding moments of the album. And then comes the final track “Lord Of Salem”. It’s a standard Zombie song, nothing more, nothing less. "Educated Horses" as a whole can easily be considered as the most mature work of Mr. Zombie but unfortunately it hasn’t got much to offer if you don’t like the main idea behind Rob Zombie’s music. However, if you admire his previous works, and expect no big surprises from his new release, you won’t hit the stop button of your player for a long time.

written by Egemen Limoncuoglu

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