'Dragontown' is the next part in the concept trilogy and more specifically a reference to the city by the same name on 'Brutal Planet', many links are made to the previous release and ideally should be heard before listening to this album. 'Dragontown' sees 'Alice Cooper' juggling the same darker grungy approach as 'Brutal Planet' with a more breathable melodic sound, It all comes off pretty well, but overall just lacks the standout tracks of the predecessor. The song writing is as always superb and very though provoking but all told just falls short, as not enough material is memorable.

'Dragontown' opens with possibly the strongest track 'Triggerman', this is a brisk pulsating rocker, which holds a fine free flowing rhythm throughout, 'Alice's' slightly distorted vocals work well and it all comes together excellently for my pick of the disc. Less impressive is the brooding plodder 'Deeper', a morose tale fuelled by a repetitive riff that makes it sound like a track from 'Brutal Planet'. Improvements are made with 'Dragontown' a song full of references to the previous release, musically it's a mixed bag with darker plodding parts contrasting more breathable melodic sections. 'Sex, Death and Money' follows and again the song writing is excellent, the chorus comes off splendidly and combines with some fine guitaring for one of the best tracks present. The classic 'Alice Cooper' sounding 'Fantasy Man' follows strongly with a splendid grooving rhythm, more great lyrics which are excellently sung and supported by some nice guitar licks here and there. The tempo drops for the brooding 'Somewhere in the Jungle' a serious song which looks at the innocent slaughter happening in African and although it's not a bad song it's a bit slow and depressing for my liking. Next up is 'Disgraceland' and despite this being a pretty average track, it takes an hilarious and close to the knuckle look at 'Elvis Presley' and features 'Alice' doing a cracking impersonation of the "King". The pace is dropped again for the plodding 'Sister Sara' and incorporates effective female backing vocals in this well worked take of corruption. Better still the is 'Every Woman has a Name', think 'Take it Like a Woman' / 'Only Women Bleed', this is along the same lines, an excellent 'Alice Cooper' ballad, well in the old school tradition. The momentum picks back up with 'I Just wanna be God', a track with undertones of Nu Metal, fortunately it comes off better than you might think, perhaps a little too repetitive to make the grade though. 'It's Much too Late' features a more laid back approach, the lyrics are clever and funny, but overall just feels a little light. 'The Sentinel' closes proceeding with a darker, heavier attitude, in fact this track could be straight off 'Brutal Planet', a little sluggish for my usual listening, but there's some nice touches along the way.

A good mix of tracks here as 'Alice' balances the traditionally orientated songs with a more modern approach, for me it doesn't come off as well as it could, but it's nice to see the song writing is as strong as ever.