Sol Invictus
Faith No More are back with their first album in 18 years, and two decades away haven't softened Mike Patton’s coal-black heart. He’s pissed off and proud of it, picking fights with just about anyone and anything.
Faith No More are back with their first album in 18 years, and two decades away haven't softened Mike Patton’s coal-black heart. He’s pissed off and proud of it, picking fights with just about anyone and anything.
Even when the band was racking up radio hits and Grammy nominations, Faith No More always seemed like deliberate outsiders—outside the mainstream, outside any particular scene, outside musically. Grunge couldn’t claim the San Francisco band, because it was too metal. More mainstream metal fans found Faith No More’s…
Even when the band was racking up radio hits and Grammy nominations, Faith No More always seemed like deliberate outsiders—outside the mainstream, outside any particular scene, outside musically. Grunge couldn’t claim the San Francisco band, because it was too metal. More mainstream metal fans found Faith No More’s…
FNM's return is an album unsure of itself, yet one with a wild-eyed lunatic forever ducking into and out of the shadows. It feels dark, unkempt, anguished and unruly.
FNM's return is an album unsure of itself, yet one with a wild-eyed lunatic forever ducking into and out of the shadows. It feels dark, unkempt, anguished and unruly.
It’s been 18 years since seminal metal-freak weirdos Faith No More have released a proper album, but it’s inaccurate to say…
It’s been 18 years since seminal metal-freak weirdos Faith No More have released a proper album, but it’s inaccurate to say…
Hell-bent on reaching higher than before rather than pissing on their life’s work, trust these perennial non-conformists to creep back in to the fray with a lofty album title that conjures the same smirking self-awareness that always made them dangerous.
Hell-bent on reaching higher than before rather than pissing on their life’s work, trust these perennial non-conformists to creep back in to the fray with a lofty album title that conjures the same smirking self-awareness that always made them dangerous.
There is no band on earth quite like Faith No More. No other aggressive outfit occupies a similar space or maintains the same kind of razor'...
There is no band on earth quite like Faith No More. No other aggressive outfit occupies a similar space or maintains the same kind of razor'...
For a long time, as unlikely a reunion as the original lineup of VAN HALEN still is, the moment is finally here. They'd hit a slew of gigs spanning from 2009 to 2012, but if you'd put money down upon a brand new FAITH NO MORE album surfacing then, you'd have cast a sucker bet. ...
For a long time, as unlikely a reunion as the original lineup of VAN HALEN still is, the moment is finally here. They'd hit a slew of gigs spanning from 2009 to 2012, but if you'd put money down upon a brand new FAITH NO MORE album surfacing then, you'd have cast a sucker bet. ...
A review of Sol Invictus by Faith No More, available in Europe May 15th and in North America on the 18th via Reclamation Recordings.
A review of Sol Invictus by Faith No More, available in Europe May 15th and in North America on the 18th via Reclamation Recordings.
Absent the lightning-in-a-bottle voltage of their heyday, Faith No More’s Sol Invictus is shockingly no more than adequate.
Absent the lightning-in-a-bottle voltage of their heyday, Faith No More’s Sol Invictus is shockingly no more than adequate.
Faith No More return with an album that proves Mike Patton still hasn’t given up experimenting, but it’s not up there with their best material
Faith No More return with an album that proves Mike Patton still hasn’t given up experimenting, but it’s not up there with their best material
Faith No More - Sol Invictus review: The Sound of Perfectly Calculated Revenge.
Faith No More - Sol Invictus review: The Sound of Perfectly Calculated Revenge.