Nine reviews logged, 74/100: for an eighth solo album landing five years after the last one, The Great Satan nails its comeback. Dom Lawson (Blabbermouth, 8.5/10) sums up the general enthusiasm with his usual delicacy: a record « belched from the swirling depths of one unusually creative man’s imagination » that « rocks like an absolute motherfucker ». Kerrang!, Classic Rock, AllMusic and Sputnikmusic all line up at 8/10.
The consensus: at 61, Zombie remains an actual old-school rock star in an era of calibrated relatability, and his fifteen tracks swing between « futuristic and old school », big riffs and B-movie synths. « F.T.W. 84 » and « The Black Scorpion » unite the converted.
The dissenting voice comes — no surprise — from Pitchfork (5.4/10), the only outlet finding the carnival worn out, while Spectrum Culture (6.5/10) politely tempers. The public follows at 67/100 across 433 votes: not the instant classic of Hellbilly Deluxe, but the man’s best reception in a long while. The Great Satan is doing fine, thanks for asking.