For those who don't know who Buckethead is, I’ll let you in on the secret. He was raised in a chicken coop by chickens. The chickens liked him so much they, scratched his face off. Now he could wear a mask everyday. Buckethead used to travel down the hill from the coop. He would watch movies through a knothole in the drive inn’s fence. He couldn’t hear what was happening in the movies, instead he would his little guitar. So that is where the legend of Buckethead began.

The album kicks off in regular Buckethead style, deep disembodied sounds along with a flurry of high pitched notes. Next we shift gears into a slower more melodic number. This style is featured heavily through out the album, each song with a characteristic of its own. "The Elephant Mans Alarm Clock" sees a recurrence of the note choices from the opener, along with the sporadic rhythmic choices. "Lurker At The Threshold" Parts 1-4 are the epitome of the album, mixing parts from all over Buckethead's career into one 4 part movement. "Oakridge Cake" has a funky hip hop flavour to it, perhaps this is why it a tribute to "Kool Keith." "Droid Assembly" is a stand out track, hip hop beats are the basic background beat. Meanwhile Buckethead lays catchy rhythms and bizarre turntable like sounds over it. The final two tracks wrap up the album fantastically.

I would recommend this album to anyone who is interested in guitar wizardry, or curious to who this masked wonder is. If you've never heard Buckethead before, or are along time fan definitely pick this up. This is a brilliant showcase of the elements and playing styles Buckethead has experimented with through out the past decade.

Rating: 4.5/5