Faith No More frontman Mike Patton has a starring role in the upcoming video game, The Darkness II, in which he voices the character of the Darkness.
“They wanted some kind of otherworldly voice, basically screaming and narration, and I thought, ‘that’s kind of in my wheelhouse,'” Patton told Rolling Stone.
The game is due out on February 7th, 2012.
In related news, Patton has revealed that Tomahawk is at work on a new album.
Mike Patton will collaborate with Australian band Pivixki for a show at Great American Music Hall in San Francisco on May 18.
Patton’s Faith No More bandmate Billy Gould is also scheduled on the bill to debut his new project The Talking Book.
Mike Patton’s Italian pop project Mondo Cane will see a vinyl release on November 22 via Ipecac.
Mike Patton’s (Faith No More, Peeping Tom) project Mondo Cane will make its live U.S. debut at San Francisco’s Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival on October 3.
Lovage — a project featuring Mike Patton and Dan The Automator — are currently working on a follow-up to their 2001 release, “Music to Make Love to Your Old Lady By”, according to stubbadub.com. More details to come.