Album Review: Hollywood Undead – New Empire, Vol 2
The companion to a first volume released earlier this year, New Empire, Vol. 2 finds rap-rock veterans Hollywood Undead on fine form. Like the first part, there’s a number of guest features present here – including appearances from Papa Roach and Ice Nine Kills – but despite the presence of outsiders, New Empire, Vol. 2 proves that its creators remain capable of standing on their own two feet. Unsurprisingly, much of this album finds the band dealing in various iterations of the rap-rock mash-up they made their name on. Opening track Medicate does see the Los Angeles natives stray from their formula, and they actually sound better for it, tearing through three minutes of bouncy pop-rock that revolves around a seriously hooky chorus, but that aside, there are few moments of surprise ac...
