#Dead cross shillelagh skin

The bass is thick and heavy and the guitars play a mix of high lines and sudden drops to a chugging riff. He mixes his voice and tones up regularly leading us from his sultry tones into manic screams and back again quickly.

Like with the album, Patton sings like a man possessed. Squealing guitars and a fast, loose drum beat start us off before it settles into a chugging rhythm with Patton sounding menacing over the top.

#Dead cross shillelagh skin

First up is Skin of a Redneck which is 4 minutes of mayhem. They carry straight on from the album, keeping the slightly unhinged tint to it all. In regards to new music, there are only 2 new songs on it and then 2 remixes of songs from the Dead Cross album. It is short, really short actually with just 4 tracks and 13 minutes of music on it altogether and, to be honest, it is a little disappointing. So, letвЂ™s check out the new EP, Dead Cross. They certainly delivered on that first album. Chuck in the bass skills of Justin Pearson (Retox and Head Wound City) and the guitar skills of Mike Crain (Retox) and it seems impossible for them not to make intense and varied music. Throw in the supreme drum skills of Dave Lombardo (ex Slayer and Suicidal Tendencies) and you have two living legends in this most super of super groups.

We here at GBHBL are big fans of Mike Patton through his work with Faith No More, Mr Bungle and even his voice work on video games like The Darkness. I havenвЂ™t heard much from the band since then so was pleasantly surprised to see this arrive on my music player this morning. Creative, heavy and completely bonkers, it was a breath of fresh air to listen to. It was released via PattonвЂ™s own Ipecac Recordings.Дead Cross released their debut album almost a year ago now and it is fantastic. Coming a little out of the blue, and confusingly named the same as the album, this is Dead Cross by Dead Cross, again, but this time as an EP. Mike Patton and Dave LombardoвЂ™s super group have just released a new EP.