The Melvins have long been considered one of hard rock/metal's most powerful/monolithic-sounding bands, despite only consisting of three members. So, imagine what the group would sound like with two drummers. Well, imagine no more. The Melvins' second release of 2006, A Senile Animal, sees longtime members -- guitarist Buzz Osborne and drummer Dale Crover -- joined by both members of noise duo Big Business (bassist Jared Warren and drummer Coady Willis). Unlike some bands that have two drummers but do not sound that remarkably different than if they had a single one, the "new look" Melvins puts the extra pair of sticks to good use, as evidenced by the drum march breakdown of the album opening The Talking Horse, the onslaught of You've Never Been Right, and Civilized Worm, which ends in an absolute landslide of percussion. Although they started out primarily as a punk band that slowed down the riffs, the Melvins have also always mixed in prog rock-like bits, such as the tricky rhythms of Blood Witch and the King Crimson/Tool-ish The Hawk. The album also contains some of the group's most straightforward compositions in some time, including the metallic/new wave-ish ditty A History of Drunks. The transfusion of new blood has made one of rock's gnarliest beats even -- gnarlier! ~ Greg Prato, Rovi

1		The Talking Horse
2		Blood Witch
3		Civilized Worm
4		A History of Drunks
5		Rat Faced Granny
6		The Hawk
7		You've Never Been Right
8		A History of Bad Men
9		The Mechanical Bride
10		A Vast Filthy Prison

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