NEWS 2022/10/29
Initially, DEAD CROSS emerged from a series of unlikely happenstance, fallen-through plans, and last-minute musical experimentation. Expectations were high, with many left guessing what sort of style a band featuring Mike Patton on vocals, Dave Lombardo on drums, guitarist Mike Crain and bassist Justin Pearson would have. The answer was to shake loose the white-knuckled grip of nostalgia, and instead embrace the endless potential for brand new, uncharted, divine filth. Dead Cross’ 2017 debut self-titled LP did just that, vacillating between providing a fitting soundtrack to Godzilla attacking Tokyo, to witches catching waves in a hurricane. The band followed up in 2018 with a two song EP, also self-titled, but remained generally low profile from that time on until the release of their scat...