Choosing Mental Illness as a Virtue

by Philip H. Anselmo & the Illegals, Philip H. Anselmo

Overview

The sophomore studio effort from the ultra-prolific extreme metal veteran and mastermind behind Pantera and Down, among other projects, Choosing Mental Illness as a Virtue delivers caustic tsunamis of atonal riffing, fractured blastbeats, and freakish instrumentation, all of which serve as a vehicle for Anselmo's unsettling lyrics and larynx-shredding howl. As was the case with 2013's Walk Through Exits Only, Anselmo is joined by frequent collaborators Jose Manuel "Blue" Gonzalez (drums), Stephen "Schteve" Taylor (guitar), and Walter Howard (bass), with newcomer Mike DeLeon taking over for departing guitarist Marzi Montazeri, all of whom contribute to the sonic beatdown with extreme prejudice. In flinging bits of grindcore, death metal, punk, thrash, and avant-garde against the proverbial extreme metal wall, the Illegals have crafted another divisive collection of aural hate mail that will please longtime Anselmo enthusiasts, and induce apoplexy in his detractors. ~ James Christopher Monger

Product Details

Release Date:	02/09/2018
Label:	Housecore
UPC:	0020286225041
Rank:	129612

Tracks

1. Little Fucking Heroes
2. Utopian
3. Choosing Mental Illness
4. The Ignorant Point
5. Individual
6. Delinquent
7. Photographic Taunts
8. Finger Me
9. Invalid Colubrine Frauds
10. Mixed Lunatic Results

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Philip H. Anselmo & the Illegals   Primary Artist
Philip H. Anselmo   Primary Artist,Vocals
Jose Manuel Gonzalez   Drums
Walter Howard   Bass
Jimmy Bower   Drums

Technical Credits

Walter Howard   Group Member
Mike DeLeon   Composer,Group Member
Stephen "The Big Fella" Berrigan   Mixing,Engineer,Producer,Mastering
Jose Manuel Gonzalez   Group Member
Philip H. Anselmo   Composer,Producer,Group Member
Steve Taylor   Composer
Stephen "Schteve" Taylor   Group Member