For your consideration... Fantomas' second album The Director's Cut. Comprised of Mike Patton (FNM, Mr. Bungle, Peeping Tom, etc.), Buzz Osborne (The Melvins), Dave Lombardo (Slayer, Testament, Grip Inc.) and Trevor Dunn (Mr. Bungle, Secret Chiefs 3), Fantomas are a super group of pretty awesome musicians and are somehow douche-bag free. A rarity in the land of so called "super groups." With a firm foundation in metal, Fantomas wanders freely in the more experimental waters of noise and avant-garde. The Director's Cut pays homage to great songs of film via Fantomas' inspired renditions of them. Included, but not limited to, is the theme from "The Godfather", the lost silent classic "Der Golem", "Cape Fear", "Charade", "Rosemary's Baby", "Spider Baby", and (of course) "Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me". Why in the world would Fantomas do a cover album of movie themes, you ask? Well, Fantomas can do whatever the fuck they want. But, beyond that truism is the reality that these are not just covers. They are expansions and reinterpretations of classic pieces of cinema music. Each song will seem both familiar and foreign as they travel between the music you know and the realm of Fantomas. "The Godfather" opens the album as familiar as the standard version every red blooded American knows so well. But, it soon becomes apparent that while these are tributes, nothing is too holy that it cannot be dissected and re-envisioned wholly. The Director's Cut is a series of unique visions as singular as the films from which they came. Oh yeah, and it's totally bad ass.
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