Faith No More are no-doubt one of the most important bands in 90s rock music. Their albums with Mike Patton remain classics to this day. From the cheesy rap rock of The Real Thing to the more dark and progressive Angel Dust to the twisted King For A Day... and Album Of The Year, the band has never failed to surprise fans.
What did come as a big surprise was when the band announced they would be releasing a new album in 2015, in the middle of last year. After much speculation and hope from fans, the band finally gave the fans the news they were hoping for.
Sol Invictus comes out on 18th May (UK) and the 19th May (US), and the first official single of the record was given to us mere weeks ago on the Marvel website. That song was "Superhero"
The track opens with a monstrous that we'd come to expect from the band and the classic piano melodies of Roddy Bottum. The brooding intro kicks into the pounding drums of Mike Bordin and the infectious call-and-response verse grabs you by your ears and refuses to let go. As the song progresses we come across the schizophrenic vocal patterns of Mike Patton, and the slap-bass of Billy Gould and the clean-cut distortion of Jim Martin.
When you look at the song as a Faith No More song, it is still fairly straight-forward. You don't see the experimentation you'd find on other Patton projects (Mr. Bungle, Peeping Tom, Fantomas etc.) and you don't hear the wretched screams from King For A Day as often as you might like to. But middle of the road for a band like Faith No More, is still way left-field for most of their peers. If you were to examine other 90s rock bands from the US and look at where their careers are, with the exception of Deftones, very few are continuing to push the boundaries. It's refreshing to see a quality band doing just that, 30 years into their career.
What did come as a big surprise was when the band announced they would be releasing a new album in 2015, in the middle of last year. After much speculation and hope from fans, the band finally gave the fans the news they were hoping for.
Sol Invictus comes out on 18th May (UK) and the 19th May (US), and the first official single of the record was given to us mere weeks ago on the Marvel website. That song was "Superhero"
The track opens with a monstrous that we'd come to expect from the band and the classic piano melodies of Roddy Bottum. The brooding intro kicks into the pounding drums of Mike Bordin and the infectious call-and-response verse grabs you by your ears and refuses to let go. As the song progresses we come across the schizophrenic vocal patterns of Mike Patton, and the slap-bass of Billy Gould and the clean-cut distortion of Jim Martin.
When you look at the song as a Faith No More song, it is still fairly straight-forward. You don't see the experimentation you'd find on other Patton projects (Mr. Bungle, Peeping Tom, Fantomas etc.) and you don't hear the wretched screams from King For A Day as often as you might like to. But middle of the road for a band like Faith No More, is still way left-field for most of their peers. If you were to examine other 90s rock bands from the US and look at where their careers are, with the exception of Deftones, very few are continuing to push the boundaries. It's refreshing to see a quality band doing just that, 30 years into their career.
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