| Product Summary | | Label: Warner/reprise/maverick | | UPC: 00093624828525 | | Release Date: 2/19/2002 | | Buy.com Sku: 60516283 | | Item#: MDJDC9 | | Buy.com Sales Rank: 25050 | Format:  CD |
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(c)2002 Warner Bros. Records Inc.
| | His thirst for life enchanted her.
His thirst for fame awoke her.
His thirst for power may kill us all.
Legendary Vampire Lestat (STUART TOWNSEND) has risen from a decades-long slumber, determined to step out into the light. No longer content with being banished to the shadows, moving among mortals who never truly see him for what he is, Lestat has reinvented himself as the closest thing to a god on Earth: a rock star.
The intoxicating lure of his music has snaked its way around the globe, ultimately finding the ear of the slumbering ancient Queen Akasha (AALIYAH) in her crypt beneath the Arctic ice. Mother of all Vampires, Akasha has been resting for centuries, waiting for the right time to rise again and seize dominion over the world. LestatÃs music is the revelation she has been waiting for, and she desires that he rule beside her.
But can Akasha be stopped? Her malevolent power may be too great for even the most ancient of the immortal Vampires to combat - she created them, and their survival depends on her own.
After all, Akasha is used to getting everything she wants... and all she wants is Hell on Earth.
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Notes & Personnel Info |  | Original songs by Jonathan Davis and Richard Gibbs. | | Music composed by Jonathan Davis and Richard Gibbs. | | Personnel: Shankar (vocals); Jonathan Davis (guitar, keyboards); Brian Welch, James "Munky" Shaffer (guitar); Richard Gibbs (keyboards); Terry Bozzio, Vinnie Colaiuta (drums). | | An hour's worth of contemporary metal constitutes the soundtrack for the vampire movie Queen of the Damned. The unusual element that lifts this collection beyond being a typical various-artists album masquerading as a soundtrack is the inclusion of five specially written songs by Jonathan Davis and Richard Gibbs that relate, at least slightly, to the film. Davis and Gibbs have persuaded a who's who of metal vocalists -- Wayne Static of Static-X ("Not Meant for Me"), David Draiman of Disturbed ("Forsaken"), Chester Bennington of Linkin Park ("System"), Marilyn Manson ("Redeemer"), and Jay Gordon of Orgy ("Slept So Long") -- to sing their songs. The rest of the album is dominated by tracks from Warner metal albums by the likes of Static-X ("Cold"), Disturbed ("Down With the Sickness"), and Deftones ("Change [In the House of Flies]"), plus a few tracks licensed from other labels and metal bands, including Dry Cell, who preview their forthcoming album with "Body Crumbles." The result is an overview of the metal music of the day, with its crunching guitar chords, pummeling drums, and harsh vocals singing desperate lyrics. The gothic, threatening tone of the music is appropriate to a horror movie, but the soundtrack also does double duty as a genre sampler. ~ William Ruhlmann | | In Anne Rice's book QUEEN OF THE DAMNED, recurring vampire character Lestadt awakes from a lengthy hibernation and proceeds to remake himself into a rock star of global proportions who ends up attracting the unwanted attentions of head vampire Queen Akasha. Although the late Aaliyah plays the title role in the film, the accompanying soundtrack contains nary a stitch of hip-hop or R&B, instead cleaving to the hard and heavy sounds conjured up by Korn's Jonathan Davis and ex-Oingo Boingo keyboardist Richard Gibbs. Due to contractual obligations, Davis was prevented from singing these songs, therefore the quintet of cuts composed by this duo are sung by an impressive array of talent from the nu-metal world. | | Marilyn Manson slithers his way through the chilling "Redeemer," Orgy's Jay Gordon haunts the ominous "Slept So Long," and Linkin Park's Chester Bennington makes his solo debut with the eerie "System." Elsewhere, Static-X's namesake Wayne Static growls through the thumping "Not Meant For Me" and Disturbed's David Draiman pours himself into the sweeping "Forsaken," featuring the Middle Eastern-flavored contributions by violinist Shankar. | | In Anne Rice's book QUEEN OF THE DAMNED, recurring vampire character Lestadt awakes from a lengthy hibernation and proceeds to remake himself into a rock star of global proportions who ends up attracting the unwanted attentions of head vampire Queen Akasha. Although the late Aaliyah plays the title role in the film, the accompanying soundtrack contains nary a stitch of hip-hop or R&B, instead cleaving to the hard and heavy sounds conjured up by Korn's Jonathan Davis and ex-Oingo Boingo keyboardist Richard Gibbs. Due to contractual obligations, Davis was prevented from singing these songs, therefore the quintet of cuts composed by this duo are sung by an impressive array of talent from the nu-metal world. | | Marilyn Manson slithers his way through the chilling "Redeemer," Orgy's Jay Gordon haunts the ominous "Slept So Long," and Linkin Park's Chester Bennington makes his solo debut with the eerie "System." Elsewhere, Static-X's namesake Wayne Static growls through the thumping "Not Meant For Me" and Disturbed's David Draiman pours himself into the sweeping "Forsaken," featuring the Middle Eastern-flavored contributions by violinist Shankar. |
Producer: Jonathan Davis; Richard Gibbs |
| | Technical Info | | Release Date : 02/19/2002 | | Original Release Date : 2002 | | Catalog ID : 48285 | | Label : Warner Bros. Records (Record Label) | | Number of Discs : 1 | | Studio/Live : Studio | | Mono/Stereo : Stereo | | SPAR Code : n/a | | UPC : 00093624828525 |
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| | Professional Reviews | | Q (4/02, p.126)
- 3 out of 5 stars - "...Linkin Park's Chester Bennington, Disturbed's David Draiman and Marilyn Manson all tackle Jonathan Davis' [Korn] neo-gothic songs with success..."Q (4/02, p.126)
- 3 out of 5 stars - "...Linkin Park's Chester Bennington, Disturbed's David Draiman and Marilyn Manson all tackle Jonathan Davis' [Korn] neo-gothic songs with success..." CMJ (3/4/02, p.14)
- "A virtual who's who of Nu-Metal...KoRn's Jonathan Davis....Davis enlisted the help of fellow rockers...to handle vocal chores..." CMJ (3/4/02, p.14)
- "A virtual who's who of Nu-Metal...KoRn's Jonathan Davis....Davis enlisted the help of fellow rockers...to handle vocal chores..." |
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