Review Summary: They've got me
Okay, so I’ve managed to like Skillet’s past few albums, but after too many listens, they get completely annoying. And I agree, they’ve been in a loop of the same music throughout their latest years. Until Dominion. Dominion is an earworm. Something about it just makes you want to relisten even though it’s not THAT good. But, with the band stepping away from trying to recreate Comatose, they’ve created an amazing, catchy album.
Upon listening to the opening track/lead single Surviving The Game, your hopes for this album (if you had any) may have been immediately destroyed. But after that, you may be surprised to hear that Skillet actually created a catchy guitar riff! With a scream in there? Delightful! Surviving the Game pushes through to be the best on the album.
Sound like generic hard rock? Wait till the title track. Dominion’s package includes an old Collide style guitar riff with lyrics perfectly resembling the story line of Fire Emblem (completely coincidental). Or take a look at Destroyer. Funky guitar riffs and a distorted robot saying (destoyerrrrrr) are what you’ll hear.
The album is not without its ballads. Valley of Death features a gentle piano and strings, and launches off 937mph into space on the third verse. And then Jen and John knock it out of the park with Forever or the End. It also contains some very sincere lyrics, something we haven’t seen from Skillet in a long time. (tell me what your thinkin’/ so I don’t have to pretend/ cuz’ your mind’s a million miles away/ I’m a song that goes on/ way beyond the ozone/ you treat me like a stranger at the gates.)
The album is not complete without the knuckleballer White Horse. Oh boy. You just have to listen to it.
And there you have it. Skillet’s best album. Easily accessible and enjoyable. Give it a shot, you’ll be surprised.
