God of Thunder (EP)

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God of Thunder
White Zombie God of Thunder 1.jpg
EP by
ReleasedOctober 1989 (1989-10)
Recorded1989 (1989)
Studio Chung King House of Metal
(New York City, NY)
Genre Groove metal
Length14:07
Label Caroline
Producer Daniel Rey
White Zombie chronology
Make Them Die Slowly
(1989)
God of Thunder
(1989)
La Sexorcisto: Devil Music Volume One
(1992)

God of Thunder is an EP by White Zombie which was released in 1989 by Caroline Records. It was the band's first release with Jay Yuenger on guitar. EP contains "God of Thunder", originally a Kiss song from their 1976 album Destroyer , and "Disaster Blaster II", a reworked version of "Disaster Blaster" from their 1989 album Make Them Die Slowly . [1]

Contents

Music

The release was a shift from the traditional heavy metal style of Make Them Die Slowly to the more groove-oriented sound of their next release La Sexorcisto: Devil Music, Vol. 1 .

"Star Slammer", which was originally cut from the Make Them Die Slowly recording sessions, was also re-recorded around the time of this EP's release. However, it was left off the EP.

Release and reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Chicago Tribune Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [3]
Pitchfork 7.6/10 [4]

In an interview on Loudwire, Rob Zombie denied making the album cover to provoke Gene Simmons in order to gain press coverage. In fact, Simmons never filed any sort of lawsuit or complaint against the band for the cover art of the album. [5] On May 31, 2006, Zombie fronted a supergroup which performed "God of Thunder" at the VH1 Rock Honors.

Everett True of Melody Maker magazine gave the EP an enthusiastic and unconventional review, stating, "THIS one kicks some serious ass. I think that's all you need to know." [6] The record has remained popular with fans of the band's later work due to it being stylistically similar to La Sexorcisto .

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Rob Zombie; all music is composed by White Zombie, except God of Thunder written by Paul Stanley

Side one
No.TitleLength
1."God of Thunder" (Kiss cover)3:52
Side two
No.TitleLength
1."Love Razor"5:19
2."Disaster Blaster II"4:56

Sample overview

#TitleSamples [7]
1"God of Thunder"
  • "You wanted the best and you got the best...the hottest band in the world" is from "Detroit Rock City" on Kiss' live album Alive II (1977).
  • "Hey now wait a minute" is from the film Head (1968) featuring the voice of Mike Nesmith of the Monkees. The sample is also featured on the soundtrack to the film.
  • "Suck on this!" is from the film Taxi Driver (1976).
  • "They kill for one reason: they kill for food. They eat their victims, you understand that, Mr. Berman? That's what keeps them going" is from the film Dawn of the Dead (1978).
2"Love Razor"--
3"Disaster Blaster II"

Personnel

Adapted from the God of Thunder liner notes. [8]

Release history

RegionDateLabelFormatCatalog
United States1989 Caroline LP CAROL 1457

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