Fantômas is the brainchild of Mike Patton. The name comes from a series of pre World War I French crime thriller novels. The character Fantômas is an anti-hero who commits the most appalling crimes. Fantômas is anyone and no one, everywhere and nowhere, waging an implacable war against the bourgeois society in which he moves. The Lord of Terror!

The music can only be described as unique. From subtle and precise to brutal and explosive. It is influenced equally by hardcore/death metal, cartoon music and film soundtracks. It is made up of tiny cells of music that move like frames in a comic strip. It is certainly an amalgamation of the bands from which the members come without sounding very much like any one of them.

DELIRIUM CORDIA is the third full length release from Fantômas. Their 1999 self titled debut was the first release on the now legendary Ipecac Recordings label. They followed that up with the haunting DIRECTOR'S CUT in 2001. The DIRECTOR'S CUT was a collection of cover versions of motion picture soundtrack music.