The second release from the adventurous supergroup Dead Cross was recorded through pain and torment as guitarist Michael Crain was progressing through chemotherapy while laying down his guitar lines, the pandemic was in full swing, and lead singer Mike Patton struggled with alcohol and agoraphobia. II finds the group digging deeper into despair, hatred at organized religion and other offenses over the nine pummeling efforts, rarely finding easy solutions or anything to be positive about.
More conventional fans of Mike Patton might want to wait until January of 2013 when the long-awaited new Tomahawk LP, Oddfellows, comes out, which the singer has described as "really heavy Beach Boys".
With his latest project Peeping Tom, an album in the works since the mid 90