I don’t know man, this project really blends together and every track sort of has a hard time standing out, since the entire time it really is just Patton being over the top and not much else.

It’s a promising start for sure.

6mo

Stal

Mike Patton Binge: #9

Probably the weirdest project yet so far. A 30 track avant garde metal album of songs that average about a minute per song. My thoughts on this have been extremely mixed.

So my last listen of this album was a roller coaster for how I felt. I started off in my mind with a score between 50-60 from how my past experiences have gone. Then as the album went on, my curiosity grew along with how I felt, at my highest feeling a 75 around the track Page 16. Then at about Page ... read more

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MIKE PATTON | CHAPTER EIGHT

After breaking up with Faith No More and starting his own independent record label Ipecac Records to put out any number of his own bands and projects, he would form a new band. This band seemed really promising at first. It was named after a cool villain from early to mid 1900’s television, the album cover is a cool retro poster for said villain, I believe. And hell, look at the lineup here: Dave Lombardo from Slayer on drums, Buzz Osborne from Melvins on ... read more

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