Colossus of Destiny

Colossus of Destiny is a live album by Melvins, released on 16 April 2001 through Ipecac Recordings. It was recorded at Club Mangler in Cupertino, California, on Friday 13 December 1998, and the title comes from a book written by the main character in John Fante's The Road to Los Angeles.

This is the band at their most abrasive: nearly an hour of synthesizer and sample experimentation that closes with a performance of "Eye Flys". Reports say some of the audience lay on the floor with their hands over their ears. It was first meant to be the third part of the 1999 trilogy that became The Maggot, The Bootlicker and The Crybaby, until the guest-star idea for The Crybaby took its place. It's one for listeners who like their Melvins at the noisy, experimental end.