More blistering rock from The Dead Weather

Like its 2009 debut, The Dead Weather's second album is packed with the kind of thumping, snarly, bluesy hard rock that just begs to be played loud.

Jack White and his new supergroup -- Alison Mosshart of The Kills on vocals and guitar, guitarist Dean Fertita of Queens of the Stone Age (and The Raconteurs, White's other band besides the White Stripes) and Raconteurs bassist Jack Lawrence -- deliver 11 serious rock 'n' roll tracks on "Sea of Cowards."

The opening track, "Blue Blood Blues," a throbbing, crunchy groove topped with drummer White's sweet and salty voice, sets the tone for the album.

The Nashville quartet stays gritty, groovy and guitar-driven throughout. They get down and dirty on the sexy, swampy, organ-tinged "Gasoline," and a little bit punk on the thumpy and thick "Jawbreaker," with its distortion-soaked vocals and guitars.

They get a little weird, too, with the tempo-shifting, odd and experimental "I'm Mad" and the creepy closing track, "Old Mary," anchored by an eerie piano.

But if it's unflinching rock you want, turn this one up.

CHECK THIS TRACK OUT: Trippy video aside, the single, "Die by The Drop," gives a good taste of the band's sound and the vocal stylings of Mosshart and White.