I seem to pull this album out for a listen once every 4 or 5 years and today happened to be one of those days.Disco Volante is a tough listen - definitely the toughest listen of the three albums Mr. Bungle have released - but it seems to improve with age. Featuring vocals from master front man Mike Patton [this being his main band before he joined Faith No More] this album is an aural assault that covers a range of musical styles, from speed metal to avant-garde jazz, interspersed with occasional snippets of creepy carnival music, random maniacal laughing and death screams. So not really one for the family then...
The highlight is the 12 minute track "The Bends" - a 10-part aquatic journey which explores the terrors of the deep and successfully manages to drag the listener down into the abyss as well. "Everyone I Went To High School With Is Dead" is death metal doom with cult-like chanting, while "Desert Search For Techno Allah" made hardcore arabian techno cool again - at least for a few minutes. The weirdest moment comes in "Carry Stress In The Jaw", with vocals in the second half of the song from someone who sounds exactly like Grandpa Simpson! I kid you not.
Disco Volante it's like a disturbing nightmare: some will spend hours trying to analyze what they just went through, however most will try and banish it from their memory as soon as possible.
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