Philp H. Anselmo & the Illegals - Choosing Mental Illness As A Virtue - CD (Digipak, 2018, Season of Mist) 

Philip H. Anselmo remains one of the most confrontational and uncompromising voices in heavy music. Scarred, controversial, and fiercely independent, the former Pantera frontman refuses to fade quietly into metal history. Instead, he doubles down on rage, intensity, and authenticity with Choosing Mental Illness As A Virtue—a brutal statement of intent from an artist still fueled by defiance.

Following the crushing Walk Through Exits Only (2013), this second full-length album with The Illegals pushes Anselmo’s extreme vision even further. The record fuses the primal aggression and groove-driven heaviness of Pantera with relentless thrash, hardcore fury, and Southern sludge—drawing deeply from the hostile, confrontational sound of the New Orleans underground that Phil helped shape.

Sonically unforgiving and emotionally raw, Choosing Mental Illness As A Virtue delivers punishing riffs, violent rhythms, and venomous vocals that stand as a new benchmark for modern extreme metal. This is not nostalgia—it’s a vicious, forward-moving assault built for fans who crave heaviness without compromise.

Recommended if you like: Pantera, Down, Superjoint Ritual, Eyehategod, Soilent Green, Acid Bath, Warbeast, Exhorder, Crowbar, Corrosion of Conformity and extreme sludge-thrash metal.

Artist: Philip Anselmo & Illegals 
Release Title: Choosing Mental Illness As A Virtue
Label: Season of Mist
Year: 2018
Cat #: SOM455D
Format: CD
Duration: Album
Packaging Type: Digipack
Condition: New & Factory Sealed

Tracklist:

01. Little Fucking Heroes
02. Utopian
03. Choosing Mental Illness
04. The Ignorant Point
05. Individual
06. Delinquent
07. Photographic Taunts
08. Finger Me
09. Invalid Colubrine Frauds
10. Mixed Lunatic Results