Tenacious D: Rize of the Fenixpick

Edna Gundersen

May 15, 2012

 
Critic's Rating:
3

  • Album: Rize of the Fenix
  • Artist: Tenacious D
  • Release date: May. 16, 2012
  • Download: Rize of the Fenix, 39, Rock Is Dead, Throw Down, Deth Star

Six years after 2006 cinematic belly flop The Pick of Destiny, Jack Black and Kyle Gass are back with Rize of the Fenix, an entertaining rock 'n' droll album full of big laughs and even bigger riffs. While Rize gets much of its ferocious kick from the drum splendor of Foo Fighters' Dave Grohl, the comic duo gets credit for delivering its loony tunes with invention, fist-pumping energy and authentic rock-metal bombast.

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