La Sexorcisto: Devil Music, Vol. 1 is the third album by metal band White Zombie.
The album's sound is a mix of Groove metal and Funk metal with lots of B-movie samples. Rob Zombie explained he "wanted to keep a groovable dance element in the music", a trait which is often absent in Metal music.
Contrary to rumors, a "Devil Music, Vol. 2" was never planned for recording or release.
Almost every song on the album made an appearance on the 1994 vid...
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La Sexorcisto: Devil Music, Vol. 1 is the third album by metal band White Zombie.
The album's sound is a mix of Groove metal and Funk metal with lots of B-movie samples. Rob Zombie explained he "wanted to keep a groovable dance element in the music", a trait which is often absent in Metal music.
Contrary to rumors, a "Devil Music, Vol. 2" was never planned for recording or release.
Almost every song on the album made an appearance on the 1994 video game Way of the Warrior.
The album was both a critical and commercial success for White Zombie, climbing up the charts in the US and gaining massive MTV video airplay and mainstream rock radio airplay with "Thunder Kiss '65" and "Black Sunshine." It was certified Double Platinum by the RIAA.
Jacob N. Lunders of allmusic praised the album with 4.5 out of 5 stars and claimed "Perhaps co-defining the future of heavy metal, White Zombie's major-label debut nearly equals fellow classics Guns N' Roses' Appetite for Destruction, The Cult's...
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