Delìrium Còrdia

Delìrivm Còrdia
Studio album by Fantômas
Released	January 27, 2004
Recorded	2003
Genre	Avant-garde metal
Length	74:17
Label	Ipecac
Producer	Mike Patton
Fantômas chronology
Millennium Monsterwork 2000 (2002) Delìrivm Còrdia (2004) Suspended Animation (2005)

Delìrivm Còrdia is the third studio album by American avant-garde metal band Fantômas, released on January 27, 2004, by record label Ipecac.

Style

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Music

The music, which was composed solely by Patton, could be described as the score to a horror movie and/or concept album centering on the theme of surgery without anesthesia. The album consists of a single track that runs for 74 minutes and 17 seconds.

Several music genres and styles are covered over the course of the album, including

. The track then ends abruptly, with the sound of someone counting in a fast tempo, followed immediately by the stylus sliding across a record's surface.

Artwork

The booklet contains graphic photos of actual surgeries in which organs are seen being removed from human bodies from Max Aguilera's book The Sacred Heart: An Atlas of the Body Seen Through Invasive Surgery. Low-resolution images can be viewed here.

A quote on the label backcard reads: "Like the surgeon, the composer slashes open the body of his fellow man, removes his eyes, empties his abdomen of organs, hangs him up on a hook holding up to the light all of the body's palpitating treasures sending a burst of light into its innermost depths." The quote is attributed to Richard Selzer M.D., who is also credited with "voices." This quote is paraphrased from Selzer's introduction to Max Aguilera's book, though it replaces the word "photographer" (Aguilera's profession) with "composer."

The font used for all text contained on the album uses V in place of U (with the exception of the "Max Aguilera" and "Manufactured and Distributed by Caroline Distributions"), presumably a nod to

. For example, "Buzz Osborne - Trevor Dunn" is written on the back as "Bvzz Osborne - Trevor Dvnn", etc.

Reception

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Pitchfork	5.9/10[3]
Rolling Stone	[4]
Stylus Magazine	B+[5]

Delìrivm Còrdia was met with mixed to positive reviews. Review aggregation site

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Delìrivm Còrdia"	Mike Patton	74:17
Total length:			74:17

Note: The phrase "Surgical Sound Specimens from the Museum of Skin" (written on the back of the box) and the Richard Selzer M.D. quote (shown above) are both sometimes referred to as the actual name of the piece, however it is officially known simply as Delìrivm Còrdia.[6]

Personnel

• Mike Patton – vocals, samples, vocal percussion, producer, arrangement, design/layout
• Dave Lombardo – drums
• Buzz Osborne – guitar
• Trevor Dunn – bass
• Max Aguilera-Hellweg –
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• S. Husky Höskulds – engineer
• Mott Lange – assistant engineer
• Gene Grimaldi – mastering
• Martin Kvamme – artwork
• Richard Selzer – voices

Chart performance

Chart	Peak
Australian Albums (ARIA Charts)[7]	54
U.S. Top Heatseekers	7	[8]
U.S. Billboard Independent Albums	7	[9]
French Album Chart	118	[10]
U.S. Billboard 200	183	[11]

References

External links

• Delìrium Còrdia at MusicBrainz (list of releases)