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[astfgyl]

Fantomas - Suspended Animation.

Where do I start with this... Blue balled for about an hour with hints of great riffs and lovely drumming. "You like that riff do you? Well you can have it twice and no more". Oh they'll repeat some bits no bother, the little jaunty bits with the lad spazzing out over a few ding dong wheeee samples, but never the payoff unless it's for a maximum of two bars, and the two bars are split by Patton scatting his heart out to make sure there's no flow to it.

It'll probably grow on me.

Fantomas - The Director's Cut

So for the payoff I had to go and put this far far superior album on. It gives me a bit of the Mr. Bungle California vibes, mostly because of Patton being allowed to use all his toys again but also the source material lends to that vibe when it's put through these arrangements. Brilliant.

Mr Bungle - California

Had to after thinking about it. This is flawless, timeless, ageless, brilliant stuff altogether. Fantomas are sort of like its weird cousin but this is definitely better. Able to work with a few tunes on today for once and this is going down and absolute treat with the winter sun beaming in the window on me. Not a single dull moment on the whole album and just great ideas all the way through. Like all of the (proper) Mr Bungle stuff, it has only grown on me over the years

[Anvil]

The Crawling - What We Leave Behind
Dolmen Gate - Echoes of Ancient Tales
Sigh - Goh-Ka
Cutthroat - Invoking Terror
Challenger - Turned to Dust

[Trev]

Bruce Dickinson - Accident of Birth

Wormrot - Hiss
I'm not a big grind fan, but when it's done good it's fucking excellent. Can't wait to see these lads next week

[Barnacle Billy]

Is there a sexier DM tune than The Killchain?

[Eoin McLove]

Watching recent footage of Neurosis live from NY. Man, they are on fucking fire.

[Dr Rockso]

Is there a sexier DM tune than The Killchain?

Had the album on yesterday. What a way to go out!

[Maggot Colony]

Fantomas - Suspended Animation.

Where do I start with this... Blue balled for about an hour with hints of great riffs and lovely drumming. "You like that riff do you? Well you can have it twice and no more". Oh they'll repeat some bits no bother, the little jaunty bits with the lad spazzing out over a few ding dong wheeee samples, but never the payoff unless it's for a maximum of two bars, and the two bars are split by Patton scatting his heart out to make sure there's no flow to it.

It'll probably grow on me.

Fantomas - The Director's Cut

So for the payoff I had to go and put this far far superior album on. It gives me a bit of the Mr. Bungle California vibes, mostly because of Patton being allowed to use all his toys again but also the source material lends to that vibe when it's put through these arrangements. Brilliant.

This is giving me flashbacks to sitting through Delerium Cordia, which sounds like Mike Patton suffered severe brain trauma after a vigorous bout of autoerotic asphyxiation, then convinced the rest of the band to smoke spice and hit record. Absolute shite.

[astfgyl]

Fantomas - Suspended Animation.

Where do I start with this... Blue balled for about an hour with hints of great riffs and lovely drumming. "You like that riff do you? Well you can have it twice and no more". Oh they'll repeat some bits no bother, the little jaunty bits with the lad spazzing out over a few ding dong wheeee samples, but never the payoff unless it's for a maximum of two bars, and the two bars are split by Patton scatting his heart out to make sure there's no flow to it.

It'll probably grow on me.

Fantomas - The Director's Cut

So for the payoff I had to go and put this far far superior album on. It gives me a bit of the Mr. Bungle California vibes, mostly because of Patton being allowed to use all his toys again but also the source material lends to that vibe when it's put through these arrangements. Brilliant.

This is giving me flashbacks to sitting through Delerium Cordia, which sounds like Mike Patton suffered severe brain trauma after a vigorous bout of autoerotic asphyxiation, then convinced the rest of the band to smoke spice and hit record. Absolute shite.

Aye another innocent victim of Delirium Cordia here. I was scalded when I heard it. Worst thing since Pranzo Oltransista which may actually have had a bit more going on now that I'm thinking back about it.

I should summon @ochoill because I know he'll be up for defending both of those Fantomas albums and he's often recommended them to me

[ochoill]

They are both lethal.  Suspended Animation is a hardcore album in disguise.  It takes a bit to open out but it is unreal and the music is savage.  It hinges right on the edge of being complete chaos without ever driving into it or into noise, stays (and ye will laugh at me for this lol) focused right through.  Seeing the songs live probably turned me completely to it mind.  Anyway definitely my favourite Fantomas album, then the first album.

I love Delirium Cordia too but there is no defending that you either love it or hate it.

[leatherface]

Don Dokken : Up From The Ashes (1990, CD repress 2023)

Great hard rock album , right just before grunge /" alt rock" devoured everything around it.

[astfgyl]

They are both lethal.  Suspended Animation is a hardcore album in disguise.  It takes a bit to open out but it is unreal and the music is savage.  It hinges right on the edge of being complete chaos without ever driving into it or into noise, stays (and ye will laugh at me for this lol) focused right through.  Seeing the songs live probably turned me completely to it mind.  Anyway definitely my favourite Fantomas album, then the first album.

I love Delirium Cordia too but there is no defending that you either love it or hate it.

Oh it stays focused for sure, focused on blue balling you for the entire album and focused on never giving in and giving you more than 2 bars of any of the many good riffs.

I can't remember the first album but I remember having similar thoughts about it