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
Gibbs
have persuaded a who's who of
vocalists --
Wayne Static
of
Static-X
(
"Not Meant for Me"
),
David Draiman
Disturbed
"Forsaken"
Chester Bennington
Linkin Park
"System"
Marilyn Manson
"Redeemer"
), and
Jay Gordon
Orgy
"Slept So Long"
) -- to sing their songs. The rest of the album is dominated by tracks from
Warner
albums by the likes of
"Cold"
"Down With the Sickness"
Deftones
"Change [In the House of Flies]"
), plus a few tracks licensed from other labels and
bands, including
Dry Cell
, who preview their forthcoming album with
"Body Crumbles."
The result is an overview of the
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