Under two minutes, eerie green light, and zero interest in slowing down. Rob Zombie has unleashed the music video for “The Black Scorpion,” the latest single from his acclaimed new album ‘The Great Satan’, and it hits exactly as hard as the title suggests. Zombie and his crew tear through the punk-metal track with the kind of ferocious efficiency that makes it clear this record means business. “The Black Scorpion” joins recent standouts “F.T.W. 84,” “(I’m a) Rock ‘N’ Roller,” “Heathen Days,” and “Punks And Demons” as further proof that ‘The Great Satan’ ranks among the boldest and most fully realized records of Zombie’s career.
Four decades in and the man hasn’t lost a step. Fusing avant-garde aesthetics with monstrous, groove-driven rock across his entire career, Zombie has built a singular place in heavy music that nobody else occupies. ‘The Great Satan’ extends that legacy with authority.