This is a fine disc to slide into the player in that interplanetary orbiter you're driving around these days, and crank to bang-your-head decibels just as you go all afterburner into the Forbidden Zone. The Matrix movie soundtrack is a loud, awesomely wild ride that brilliantly illuminates real links among hard rock, hip-hop, and electronica with a hi-sci-fi flair (and flare) for fusion. These sounds are deep, dark, and resonant, as is the tone of the film, with the blackest moments provided by Meat Beat Manifesto in "Prime Audio Soup," Rob D. with "Clubbed to Death," and Propellerheads' "Spybreak! (Short One)." The brimstone burbles on with super-scale performances by Rage Against the Machine and "Wake Up," Marilyn Manson's "Rock Is Dead," and Monster Magnet's absolutely otherworldly "Look Into Your Orb for the Wanring," guaranteed to punch a hole in your wall if Ministry's "Bad Blood" hasn't done so already. The album's mega-cut, however, is no doubt Hot Rod Herman's outlandish remix of Rob Zombie's Halloween rave anthem, "Dragula," which would be worth the price of admission alone even if the entire effect were not the hardest-core theme park sonic extravaganza around. A rockin' ear-blaster for this world as well as the next.

Track Lists
01. Marilyn Manson - Rock Is Dead
02. Propellerheads - Spybreak! (Short One)
03. Ministry - Bad Blood
04. Rob D - Clubbed To Death
05. Meat Beat Manifesto - Prime Audio Soup
06. Lunatic Calm - Leave You Far Behind
07. Prodigy - Mindfields
08. Rob Zombie - Dragula
09. The Deftones - My Own Summer (Shove It)
10. The Hive - Ultrasonic Sound
11. Monster Magnet - Look To Your Orb For The Warning
12. Rammstein - Du Hast
13. Rage Againts The Machine - Wake Up