Formed by video director Andrews Jenkins (Korn, Dandy Warhols, Nike, Adidas, Budweiser, EA Games), Dirty Halo is a realization of inspired electro-pop.
As a mocker of black metal, I was sure Darkthrone was going to just get dropped in my shit pile. Slap that corpse-paint on me like King Diamond, I’m a convert!
Just simple grooves and riffs attacked like hunks of meat waved in front of feral animals. And Danko Jones is pretty upfront about his interest in fucking.
Based on the name, I was expecting a dense, noisy, aggressively inaccessible cataclysm. Instead what I got is a pleasantly accessible attempt at radio rock.
Splattery-ass punk garage hewed from hard rock/acid garage rootage. Tunes get whirled around, riifs/leads dissolve into each other, and the songs stick.