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{{Infobox album<br />
| name = Colossus of Destiny<br />
| type = live<br />
| artist = [[Melvins]]<br />
| cover = Melvins-colossusofdestiny.jpg<br />
| alt =<br />
| released = April 16, 2001<br />
| recorded = December 13, 1998<br />
| venue =<br />
| studio =<br />
| genre = [[Noise (music)|Noise]]<br />
| length = 59:28<br />
| label = [[Ipecac Recordings|Ipecac]]<br />
| producer =<br />
| prev_title = [[Electroretard]]<br />
| prev_year = 2001<br />
| next_title = [[Millennium Monsterwork 2000]]<br />
| next_year = 2002<br />
}}<br />
{{Album ratings<br />
|rev1 = [[AllMusic]]<br />
|rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r525643|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic review]</ref><br />
}}<br />
'''''Colossus of Destiny''''' is a [[live album]] by [[Melvins]], released in 2001 through [[Ipecac Recordings]]. It was recorded live Friday, December 13, 1998, at Club Mangler, [[Cupertino, California]]. It is nearly an hour of synthesizer and sample experimentation ending in a performance of the song "Eye Flys". It was reported that members of the audience were lying on the ground, covering their ears during this performance.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.themelvins.net/discography/live/index.html|title=the M E L V I N S .net :: Live Albums|access-date=July 3, 2007}}</ref> The album was originally intended to be the third part of the band's 1999 album trilogy (''[[The Maggot]]'', ''[[The Bootlicker]]'', and ''[[The Crybaby]]''), until they came up with the guest star idea for ''[[The Crybaby]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.markprindle.com/kingbuzzo-i.htm|title=Buzz Osborne - 2002|access-date=July 3, 2007|author=Mark Prindle|date=2002|work=Interview}}</ref><br />
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The name of the album is taken from the [[John Fante]] book ''[[The Road to Los Angeles]]'', in which the main character, Arturo Bandini, writes a book bearing the name ''Colossus of Destiny''.<br />
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== Track listing ==<br />
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| title1 = <br />
| length1 = 59:23<br />
| title2 = <br />
| length2 = 0:05<br />
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== Personnel ==<br />
* [[Buzz Osborne|King Buzzo]] - guitar, vocals, misc.<br />
* [[Dale Crover]] - drums, vocals, misc.<br />
* [[Kevin Rutmanis|Korny Ass Joker]] - bass, misc.<br />
* [[Adam Jones (musician)|Adam Jones]] - guitar, misc.<br />
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===Additional personnel===<br />
* Randy Hawkins - live engineer<br />
* Kurt Schlegle - live engineer<br />
* [[Mackie Osborne]] - art<br />
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== References ==<br />
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[[Category:Melvins live albums]]<br />
[[Category:2001 live albums]]<br />
[[Category:Ipecac Recordings live albums]]<br />
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