Michael Shawn “Clown” Crahan, also known by his number #6 in Slipknot, is an American musician, music producer, and artist, he also is interested in photography and painting. He is best known as one of the two custom percussionists of Slipknot, but also the drummer of To My Surprise and Dirty Little Rabbits. The Black Dots Of Death is the project he’s involved most recently and this “Ever Since We Were Children” is their sick, but convincing debut album. Hard to label very explicitly this material, The Black Dots Of Death twisting around the borders of rock from its roots to the post rock, horror rock and industrial area, but they include also post grunge tunes and trip hop elements and surprisingly they are heavy without being noisy at all, they are absolutely sick, but still kind of… beautiful. Well, maybe I’m sick and pervert as well, but I really like this shit. “I’m sorry that I failed you, I’m sorry I wasn’t there, I’m sorry to disappoint you, but I really don’t fucking care!” Say that again! 😆 9 sick songs and 3 sicker remixes, an universe filled with freaks, perverts, with the most purest human dirt. The Black Dots of Death sounds like a perfect blending of Marilyn Manson from the era of “Portrait of an American Family” with Puscifer – the side project of Maynard James Keenan (Tool, A Perfect Circle). And this is kind of another radiography (portrait) of who we really are. Don’t expect crushing guitar riffs because there’s no such things, but still this is heavy. And sick. And I like it! So… “Let’s get fucked up!” 😀
The Black Dots Of Death – Official Site
The Black Dots Of Death – On MySpace
