Ashes to Ashes
A towering mid-tempo anthem of gothic rock and alternative metal, blending cinematic synthesizers with Mike Patton’s most soaring, dramatic vocal performance.
May 19, 1997 · Slash
A towering mid-tempo anthem of gothic rock and alternative metal, blending cinematic synthesizers with Mike Patton’s most soaring, dramatic vocal performance.
May 19, 1997 · Slash
Ashes to Ashes represents Faith No More at their most cinematic and polished. Gone is the frantic, scattershot energy of their early funk-metal days, replaced by a sense of gothic grandeur and melodic precision. The track is built around a haunting, organ-like synthesizer hook that provides a somber foundation for Mike Patton to deliver one of his most traditionally beautiful yet powerful vocal performances. It feels like a widescreen epic, capturing a specific late-90s mood where alternative rock began to embrace high-fidelity production and darker, more existential themes.
How does Ashes to Ashes sound next to the rest of Faith No More's catalogue?
Dusk saturates this record far more than the artist's norm.
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