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22 December 2023
Those who believed Mike Patton to be the brains behind Mr. Bungle should look no further than Secret Chiefs 3\'s fourth album, Book Of Horizons, to be proven otherwise. Secret Chiefs 3, lead by Bungle\'s Trey Spruance, continues to defy classification or logic, but somehow it all works. Imagine an Ennio Morricone surf band with Middle Eastern tunings.
Secret Chiefs 3 skips intricately from adventurous orchestral arrangements and cinematic movements to death metal and back. Elaborate point/counterpoint passages explode into screaming cacophony, only to resolve in a beautiful exotic melody. Book Of Horizons is sophisticated and complex, but never at the expense of enjoyment.
It is like nothing you’ve ever heard before, but instead of being pretentious, Secret Chiefs 3 lets you in with a nod and a wink. For lovers of Mr. Bungle, Estradasphere, Fantomas, and John Zorn, Book Of Horizons is what you’ve been waiting for.
Secret Chiefs 3 skips intricately from adventurous orchestral arrangements and cinematic movements to death metal and back. Elaborate point/counterpoint passages explode into screaming cacophony, only to resolve in a beautiful exotic melody. Book Of Horizons is sophisticated and complex, but never at the expense of enjoyment.
It is like nothing you’ve ever heard before, but instead of being pretentious, Secret Chiefs 3 lets you in with a nod and a wink. For lovers of Mr. Bungle, Estradasphere, Fantomas, and John Zorn, Book Of Horizons is what you’ve been waiting for.
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issue
vol 6 - issue 11 (jul 2004)
section
entertainmental