Jack White is back on the drums yet again. For the first time since White released two albums as a solo artist, he has reunited with the Dead Weather, the Nashville band with whom he recorded two albums in 2009 and 2010. The band returns with “Dodge and Burn,” its third studio album.

While the album features bizarre noises and hard rock, the band seems to rely on more mainstream sounds than on earlier albums. Nevertheless, the Kills’ Alison Mosshart continues to shine as the lead vocalist and White’s experimental side appears from time to time.

Like nearly all Jack White projects, guitars are prominently featured throughout the album. Dean Fertita of Queens of the Stone Age may be the primary guitarist, but White’s influence as a producer is apparent, as the album’s first riff on “I Feel Love (Every Million Miles)” sounds like it comes straight from The White Stripes’ 2003 album “Elephant.”

Robust sounds, such as the bulging fuzz riffs on “Rough Detective” and irregular electric noises on “Three Dollar Hat,” infiltrate “Dodge and Burn” like prior Dead Weather albums. Yet the guitars do not overpower: just as the loud staccato chords on “Open Up (That’s Enough)” start to feel overly repetitive, a gentle electric piano melody appears in the background as an effective contrast.

On the other hand, the band does seem to lose its creativity when it occasionally reverts back to mainstream songwriting techniques. The back-and-forth vocals in “Rough Detective” seem better suited for Jordin Sparks and Chris Brown than for Mosshart and White. Maybe you could call this experimental, but it sounds quite out of place in this context.

On “Dodge and Burn,” the Dead Weather sticks to its roots as experimental and jamming hard rock. Although not quite as innovative as those from its first two albums, the band’s new riffs and songs are catchy and powerful.