15. So are the studio albums by W.A.S.P. so far. And do you know what is the best? That in each of them, including the most recent – ‘Golgotha’ which came at the beginning of the month, you can find elements of each of your favorite previous records of the band.
From the typical opener ‘Scream’, to the final ‘Golgotha’ you get what you are used to hear from Blackie and his command – nice, melodic, American heavy metal – still faithful to the tradition, yet sounding meaningful at present day.
And so it is until ‘Miss You’ – one of those lyrical songs which Blackie is really capable to fill with drama and epic. It is of the pieces in which he unfolds his voice and without allowing the song to sound cheesy, he lifts it up high and bright, to spark it in a thundering finale and wistful instrumental solo in the end. Yes, Doug Blair isn’t Chris Holmes nor Bob Kulik, who replaces the blond guitarist in the 90s, but even though the solos in the balladic songs sound as if they were written for Holmes, Doug harness strings in the direction set by the commander behind the microphone.
Just the way he does since he entered W.A.S.P. Here also starts the undifferentiated second part of the album – more mid-tempo and more dramatic making ‘Golgotha’ like a meeting point between ‘The Last Command’ and ‘The Headless Children’, but according to the contemporary scene.