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ROB ZOMBIE “The Great Satan”
ROB ZOMBIE “The Great Satan”
By Iron Sheik
"If we want to live we must die." All hail the Great Satan, ROB ZOMBIE! Satan! Satan! Satan! With an opening peek in, and a "wop bop, a loo bop, a wop bop, a loo bop" he sucks the listener right in. Only ROB ZOMBIE could write something like that and make it a hook that sticks in the brain. Offerings of lyrical witticism abound. We will delve into ROB ZOMBIE's newest great offering!
Sir Lord Acid Wolf Man has pulled off what will definitely be one of the greatest albums of 2026! Forget ten, this is a top five contender! He proves on The Great Satan that there is still fuel in his Dragula!
I have been a fan of ROB ZOMBIE since the days of “La Sexorcisto: Devil Music Vol 1” in the 90s. Memories! Along the way I became a bigger and bigger fan seeing him live on The Sinister Urge tour opening for OZZY on his Down To Earth Tour, or as the tour was properly known as The Merry Mayhem Tour. Anticipation was high for the show on December 6, 2001. It did not disappoint! Then I saw him again at Ozzfest August 11, 2002 where he headlined the second stage in a denim and T-shirt appearance. It was a show sans makeup, ZOMBIE style clothes and no theatrics. Nor did this show disappoint! It was a first for him at the time. Now in 2026 the makeup is as ZOMBIE as ever with a renewed sound akin to “Astrocreep 2000/Hellbilly Deluxe/Sinister Urge” groove.
We have the classic team of Riggs on guitar and Blasko on bass together for the first time since the “Sinister Urge” album and joining them for his first pounding drums is Ginger Fish of early MARILYN MANSON fame. This lineup is ZOMBIE's tightest and greatest lineup yet! This is why there is an air of “Hellbilly Deluxe” and “Sinister Urge” throughout “The Great Satan” making it the best album since those two. ROB ZOMBIE has not released a bad album, yet he sounds re-invigorated on “The Great Satan”.
My favorite depravity is “Sir Lord Acid Wolf Man” which is a slow creeper of a song. “F.T.W. 84” even harkens back to “W.T.P.M.F./Psychoholic Slag” that opened WHITE ZOMBIE’'s “La Sexorcisto”. “(I'm A) Rock 'N' Roller” slams… it’s the third and current single, and it is the song I hear on my local rock station. Songs like “Tarantula” and “Heather Days” further hit with a punk edge. This is an album from its opening through “Punks And Demons” and “The Black Scorpion” to ending “Grave Discontent” that has welcomed us to not only an Electric Age but The Devilman himself, “The Great Satan”.
“The Great Satan” is an album full of devilishly groovy kroovy sounds. ROB ZOMBIE’'s love of horror and b-movie schlock is on full display once again, and it is a full display of sexy swingin' ZOMBIE musings. He has a way of making things sound devilishy good such as his doo wop bop leaning do. ROB ZOMBIE knocks it out of the coffin with such great fervor on an album that will become a classic: “The Great Satan”. Listen! Listen! Listen!
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