"One look in my eyes and you know what I came here for," screams Henry Rollins [ tickets ] in the title track off his upcoming Rollins Band [ tickets ] release, "Get Some Go Again," and by the intensity in his voice it's immediately apparent he's come to kick ass.

The album, which will be released Feb. 29, is as powerful as the singer's biceps. It's tight, emotionally charged and needs to be played at high decibels to fully appreciate it. Should we expect anything less from Rollins? Of course not.

A little background: In 1998, Rollins split with his bandmates of over a decade. He produced a new album by Los Angeles band Mother Superior [ tickets ] (among a multitude of other endeavors), and enjoyed their tunes so much he asked them to back him on his new album. Not surprisingly, guitarist Jim Wilson, bassist Marcus Blake and drummer Jason Mackenroth accepted.

Produced by Rollins (again, not surprisingly), ''Get Some Go Again'' is a thundering debut for this latest incarnation of the Rollins Band. Not to say that former drummer Sim Cain, bassist Melvin Gibbs and guitarist Chris Haskett aren't amazing musicians, but this fresh blood has brought new ideas and different vibes.

''Get Some Go Again'' may not be as technically dazzling or experimental-sounding as previous Rollins Band albums, but it has more soul. As Rollins recently said, the music on this release would have been too easy for his former bandmates to play, but that doesn't make it any less intense than previous Rollins releases. Actually, ''Get Some Go Again'' is the strongest release since ''The End of Silence.''

In the same vein as his hero, Phil Lynott of Thin Lizzy, Rollins opts for straight-up rock and high-powered funk over post-punk noise and fusion; the metal power chords are there for the most part, but Rollins really stretches out on this disc. Listening to ''Love's So Heavy,'' it sounds as if Rollins took pointers from the Red Hot Chili Peppers on how to get funky, while ''On the Day'' and ''Brother Interior'' both burn slow and hot like a Black Sabbath masterpiece. Rollins even covers Thin Lizzy's ''Are You Ready?,'' complete with added riffs by original Lizzy guitarist Scott Gorham. But he strays the furthest from his metal roots on the hidden track, ''L.A. Money Train,'' which features another guest guitar-slinger, Wayne Kramer of MC5. The tune is a 14-minute funk jam with Rollins spewing comedic lyrics like James Brown.

With the heavy-duty music also comes the thought-provoking, personal lyrics for which Rollins is known. ''I sailed the sea of desolation, dropped my anchor there. Along the depths of isolation, walked its length and was not scared,'' he sings in the opening track, ''Illumination.'' Rollins rages against the machine, looks deep into his soul and gives us nothing less than his absolute best.

Due to his genetic make-up, or whatever you want to call it, Rollins will not be slowing down for quite a while--and ''Get Some Go Again,'' as the title explains, is another representation of the vigor with which this multi-talented artist attacks his projects.