Dave Grohl announced the Kerrang! readers’ wet dream of a supergroup in 2005: “Me on drums, Josh Homme [Queens of the Stone Age] on guitar and John Paul Jones [Led Zep] playing bass. That wouldn’t suck.” He’s right — the holy trio’s debut album is a million miles from sucking. Grohl thumps the skins with a tribal intensity, trading vocals with Homme, who rolls out a neat falsetto on Scumbag Blues. The maniac blues of New Fang is inspired, while Elephants combines Rock and Roll-era Led Zep with the dense, dark riffs of QOTSA.
(Columbia)