Choosing Mental Illness as a Virtue

The sophomore studio effort from the ultra-prolific extreme metal veteran and mastermind behind and , among other projects, delivers caustic tsunamis of atonal riffing, fractured blastbeats, and freakish instrumentation, all of which serve as a vehicle for 's unsettling lyrics and larynx-shredding howl. As was the case with 2013's , is joined by frequent collaborators (drums), (guitar), and (bass), with newcomer taking over for departing guitarist , 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, have crafted another divisive collection of aural hate mail that will please longtime enthusiasts, and induce apoplexy in his detractors. ~ James Christopher Monger