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ALBUM REVIEW: Puscifer – Normal Isn’t

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Puscifer return with their first album since 2020, Normal Isn’t (Puscifer Entertainment / Alchemy Recordings / BMG). The record features founder Maynard James Keenan (vocals, additional synths) alongside longtime members Mat Mitchell (bass, guitar, synths, stick, recording, co-production with the rest of the band) and Carina Round (vocals, vocal sampling, additional synths). They are joined by Gunnar Olsen (drums), Greg Edwards (bass), and Sarah Jones (drums), plus a few guests, including Tony Levin (King Crimson, Peter Gabriel), and Danny Carey (Tool). Continue reading →


ALBUM REVIEW: Puscifer – Existential Reckoning : Rewired

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Puscifer will always be best known as one of the many creative outlets for Tool / A Perfect Circle vocalist Maynard James Keenan, and as an avenue for the most obscure depths of his musical creativity. But the band has always been a collaborative affair, with Keenan working alongside many different artists over the years, with their albums subsequently always providing an infusion of many different ideas and experiences. Existential Reckoning : Rewired (Puscifer Entertainment / Alchemy Recordings/ BMG) is the remix accompaniment to their 2020 album, which itself was a typically avant-garde electro-rock melting pot of futuristic and otherworldly sounds. 

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LIVESTREAM REVIEW: Puscifer – “Money Shot Live” 

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During the very strange time that is the Covid quarantine era, livestreams have become quite popular over the last year. Having seen a few of them, they are well produced and are meant to feel as if one is at the show, albeit with no one else around, and have been quite popular. Having said that, the latest Puscifer livestream entitled Billy D and the Hall of Feathered Serpents featuring Money Shot is on a whole different level! Starting off with Billy D (portrayed by Maynard James Keenan) ending up in an underground luchador bar with “bartesians” serving up experiences in a glass, each drink served up is named after a track from the Money Shot album.

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