The Gutter Twins: Saturnalia

WELL, WHAT DID YOU EXPECT — Adele? Putting former Screaming Trees frontman Mark Lanegan — not so much human as a walking medicine cabinet — and ex-Afghan Whigs toxic avenger Greg Dulli into a studio was never going to result in a feel-good hit of the summer, was it? Such is the brooding menace throughout Saturnalia — a debauched Roman ceremony where slaves swapped places with their masters, since you ask — you can almost hear Scott Weiland ripping up his SS cap in envy at the sheer creepiness of it all.