Puscifer: V is for Vagina Review

Asides from being great pop culture horror/action flicks, the Underworld movies were also known to have produced two really good goth-styled soundtracks. Two of the really standout songs on these albums were from Maynard James Keenan's side project Puscifer.

Keenan - best known for his work in Tool and A Perfect Circle - created two really original and haunting songs in REV. 22:20 and The Undertaker. These two songs were perfected industrial rock-goth, so you could imagine my excitement when I heard that Keenan was going to release a full length Puscifer CD.

Unfortunately V is for Vagina turned out to be a big disappointment. The music, in fact, is nothing like the two previously released items from the soundtracks. The entire album is a dull drone of hardly distinguishable music with low monotonous singing. The music shows potential, but after the great soundtrack releases and the fact that this is Keenan, you wouldn't expect potential, you'd expect immediate actuality. Even the CD versions of Rev. 22:20 and The Undertaker were remixed to fit into the sleepy theme of the album.

For someone who likes to experiment, Keenan was hardly experimental with this Puscifer release.

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